Legal Opinion
Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided April 17, 1964No. Appeal No. 6-63; Appeal No. 7-63PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDavis, Judge
These two separate appeals from the Indian Claims Commission arise out of the Treaty of May 10, 1854, 10 Stat. 1053, with the Shawnees; in both cases, the Commission held that the different claims the appellants prosecute are not covered by the Indian Claims Commission Act. 12 Ind. Cl. Comm. 161, 180 (decided March 22 and March 29, 1963)1 .
In 1825, by the Treaty of November 7th, 7 Stat. 284, the Shawnee Nation relinquished to the United States all right to a large tract in Missouri given them by Spain. In return, the Federal Government granted the Indians either another area in Missouri or a…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- New York Indians v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Minnesota Chippewa Tribe v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1963
- Blackfeather v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Miami Tribe of Oklahoma v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1960
- Cherokee Freedmen & Cherokee Freedmen's Ass'n v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1963
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3Cited by16 opinions
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- Western Shoshone Legal Defense & Education Ass'n v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1976
- Yankton Sioux Tribe v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1980
- Red Lake and Pembina Bands, Jay H. Hoag and Associate Attorneys for in Docket 18-A v. Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, Docket 113, Little Shell Band of Chippewa Indians, Docket 191, and the United States. Little Shell Band of Chippewa Indians v. Red Lake, Pembina and White Earth Bands, Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians and the United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1965
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