Legal Opinion
Wolfchild v. United States
United States Court of Federal Claims
Decided April 27, 2007No. Nos. 03-2684L, 01-568LPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
LETTOW, Judge.
Over 20,000 individuals claiming descent from persons who were members of the Mdewakanton band of Sioux Indians and who assisted white settlers in Minnesota during the 1862 Sioux uprising (the “loyal Mdewakanton”) have brought suit or have sought to join suit against the United States in this Indian trust case. See Wolfchild v. United States, 62 Fed.Cl. 521, 526-29 (2004) (“Wolfchild J”) (summarizing the history of the 1862 Sioux uprising and the posture of the loyal Mdewakanton). Prior proceedings in this action addressed the nature and viability of the Indian…
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