Quapaw Tribe of Indians v. United States

The Quapaw Tribe of Indians has appealed to this court from a final determination of the Indian Claims Commission adverse to that tribe’s claim contained in Count I of its petition (immemorial occupancy and possession), and also from the Commission’s determination allowing certain offsets in the sum of $48,592.73 from the amount found to be due the tribe in connection with Count II. The Government has filed a cross appeal from the Commission’s final determination in favor of the tribe under Count II, with respect to a treaty reservation.

COUNT i

Count I is asserted under Section 2 (3) of the…