Assiniboine Indian Tribe v. United States

LITTLETON, Judge.

This is an appeal from a final determination of the Indian Claims Commission. Assiniboine Indian Tribe v. United States, 2 Ind.Cl.Com. 272. The appellant filed an amended petition with the Commission alleging a claim under clause (1) of Section 21 of the Indian Claims Commission Act, Aug. 13, 1946, 60 Stat. 1049, 25 U.S.C.A. 70a, for approximately $23,000,000, as just com*908pensation. The appellant alleged that the land given to it by the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851, 11 Stat. 749, was taken by the United States for public use under the power of eminent domain without rendering…