Northwestern Bands of Shoshone Indians v. United States

Section 1 of the Jurisdictional Act (45 Stat. 1407) provides as follows:

That jurisdiction be, and hereby is, conferred upon the Court of Claims, notwithstanding lapse of time or statutes of limitations, to hear, adjudicate, and render judgment in any and all claims which the northwestern bands of Shoshone Indians may have against the United States arising under or' growing out of the treaty of July 2, 1863 (18 Stat. 685, 2 Kappler 848); treaty of July 30, 1863 (13 Stat. 663, 2 Kappler 850); Act of Congress approved December 15, 1874 (18 Stat. 291), and any subsequent treaty Act of Congress,…