Confederated Bands of Ute Indians v. United States

By a treaty of March 2, 1868, 15 Stat. 619, a reservation of some 15 million acres was established for the Ute Indians. By an agreement of September 13, 1873, ratified by Act of April 29, 1874, 18 Stat. 36, the Indians ceded to the United States some three million acres of this reservation. See Ute Indians v. United States, 45 C. Cls. 440, 454 (Finding XI). By Executive Orders of November 22, 1875, 1 Kappler 834, February 7, 1879, 1 Kappler 834, and August 17, 1876, 1 Kappler 834, other lands were added to the reservation.

On March 6, 1880, an agreement was made by the chiefs and headmen of…