United States v. Mille Lac Band of Chippewa Indians in Minn.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. The facts, which involve the construction and interpretation of the various treaties, agreements and statutes relating to the Mille Lac Reservation, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Devanter
This suit was begun under the act of February 15, 1909, 35 Stat. 619, c. 126, which authorized the Court of Claims “to hear and determine a suit or suits to be brought by and on behalf-of the Mille Lac Band of Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota against the United States on account of losses sustained 'by them or the Chippewas of Minnesota by reason of the opening of the Mille Lac Reservation ... to public settlement under the general land laws of the United States.”
The lands to which the act and the suit relate are four fractional townships bordering on the Mille Lac in Minnesota, and…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- United States v. Choctaw NationSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
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