Legal Opinion
Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided April 17, 1964No. Appeal No. 1-63PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDavis, Judge
In the first years of the 1830’s, a large number of Oneida Indians, encouraged by the Federal Government, moved from upstate New York to live on lands in Wisconsin acquired for them from the Menominees. By the Treaty of February 3, 1838, 7 Stat. 566, these groups (known as the First Christian and Orchard parties of the Oneidas) ceded to the United States all these lands, except for a reservation (of about 65,000 acres) “in the vicinity of Green Bay” “to be 'held as other Indian lands are held.” This reservation (Boyce designates it as Area 158) became tribal property and remained so until the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Horowitz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Wooden-Ware Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- United States v. Shoshone Tribe of IndiansSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Tee-Hit-Ton Indians v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- United States v. Klamath & Moadoc Tribes of IndiansSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
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3Cited by24 opinions
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- Confederated Tribes of Colville Reservation v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1992
- United States v. Oneida Nation of New YorkUnited States Court of Claims · 1973
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