Pottawatomie Nation of Indians v. United States

The issue in this case, heard on appeal from orders of the Indian Claims Commission, is whether all Indians of the Pottawatomie tribe, or only certain groups thereof, should share in any award by the Commission of additional compensation for lands ceded by Pottawatomies under the treaty of October 20, 1832, 7 Stat. 378. Appellants would restrict the award-to certain “bands”; appellees Hannahville Indian Community, et al., woidd have all Pottawatomies share.1 *768Appellee United States has no financial interest in tlie outcome and consequently has taken no position. A majority of the Commission…