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Sioux Tribe of Indians v. United States

United States Court of Claims

Decided February 4, 1946No. C-531(18-24)PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LITTLETON, Judge.

The act of March 2, 1889, 25 Stat. 888, divided the then existing Great Sioux Reservation into seven separate reservations (including the one for the Santee Sioux in Nebraska), and sec. 21 thereof directed the sale or disposition for the benefit of the Sioux Tribe of all land not included in such separate reservations or otherwise reserved. It also authorized in section 8 general allotments to the Sioux Indians on the several reservations and the issuance of patents therefor, and such allotments were made. Sec. 12 authorized the Secretary of Interior to negotiate with the…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. United States v. GermaineSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
  2. United States v. BirdsallSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
  3. United States v. FisherSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
  4. United States v. Seminole NationSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
  5. Sioux Tribe of Indians v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1942

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Navajo Tribe of Indians v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1980
  2. United States v. Sioux Nation of IndiansUnited States Court of Claims · 1975
  3. Yankton Sioux Tribe v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1980
  4. United States v. Oneida Nation of New YorkUnited States Court of Claims · 1978
  5. White Mountain Apache Tribe v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1992

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