Legal Opinion
Pawnee Indian Tribe of Oklahoma v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided April 4, 1962No. Appeal No. 7-61PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WHITAKER, Judge.
This case is before the court on appeal from the Indian Claims Commission.
The issues presented are the proper valuation of the lands on the dates they were ceded to the United States and the credits to which the United States is entitled.
The lands are located in Kansas and Nebraska. On October 9, 1833, the Tribe ceded to the United States by treaty 13.074.000 acres; on August 6, 1848, 110,419 acres; on September 24, 1857, 9.878.000 acres; and on March 3, 1875, *6684,800 acres. The lands ceded on October 9, 1833, were valued by the Indian Claims Commission at 35 cents an acre, the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Osage Nation of Indians v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1951
- Miami Tribe of Oklahoma v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1959
- Miami Tribe of Oklahoma v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1960
- Crow Tribe of Indians v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1960
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- The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation, Montana v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1971
- The United States v. The Delaware Tribe of Indians and the Absentee Delaware Tribe of IndiansUnited States Court of Claims · 1970
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