Legal Opinion
Lemieux v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 18, 1926No. 7306PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN B. SANBORN, District Judge.
Peter Lemieux, tbe appellant, is a mixed-blood Cbippewa Indian, a member of tbe Fond du Lac band of that tribe. He was bom in 1851, in Wisconsin, near tbe city of Superior. His father was a mixed-blood and his mother a full-blood, both Chippewas and members of tbe same band. Lemieux has been enrolled as a member of tbe tribe and has participated in every payment made by tbe government to it and its members since bis birth. He has never resided upon tbe Fond du Lae reservation in tbe state of Minnesota, except possibly for a few months at tbe time be selected…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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- Cherokee Nation v. HitchcockSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
- Felix v. PatrickSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Cornelius v. KesselSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
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3Cited by27 opinions
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