The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation, Montana v. The United States

OPINION

This is still another phase of the many-sided suit brought by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes under the special jurisdictional Act of July 30, 1946, 60 Stat. 715. This particular claim, under paragraph 10 of the petition, has resulted in an opinion and findings by Trial Commissioner Harry E. Wood in which he recommends that the plaintiffs be held entitled to recover 6,066,668.78 plus interest from January 1, 1912. The facts and background, and the reasons for the commissioner’s ultimate recommendation, are set forth in his opinion and findings which are annexed hereto. The…