Seminole Nation of Oklahoma v. United States

Appellant, the Seminole Nation, appeals from a May 31, 1972 Indian Claims Commission decision1 vacating a favorable June 24, 1966 order2 and dismissing appellant’s petition. For reasons which we shall hereafter set out, we affirm the 1972 decision of the Indian Claims Commission.

Apellant brought its original complaint before the Indian Claims Commission on August 6,1951, seeking judgment for the actual loss it incurred because of the alleged wrongful action of the United States in divesting the Seminole Nation of a one-half interest in the royalties on all minerals recovered from the area…