Chippewa Indians v. United States

This case was heard and submitted under Rule 39 (a) upon the question of plaintiffs' right to recover. The questions with reference to the value of property, which plaintiffs allege was unlawfully allotted, and as to such offsets as might be proper, in the event plaintiffs should be held entitled to recover, were reserved for future consideration, if necessary. No findings have therefore been made with respect to these questions.

*147Under the civilization act of 1889, all the bands and tribes of the Chippewa Indians in Minnesota living on twelve distinct reservations ceded to the United States,…