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UNITED STATES v. SISSETON AND WAHPETON BANDS OF SIOUX INDIANS

Nos. 338, 339.

208 U.S. 561 (1908)

UNITED STATES v. SISSETON AND WAHPETON BANDS OF SIOUX INDIANS. SISSETON AND WAHPETON BANDS OF SIOUX INDIANS v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 24, 1908.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George M. Anderson, with whom Mr. Assistant Attorney General Thompson was on the brief, for the United States.

Mr. William H. Robeson and Mr. Marion Butler, with whom Mr. Charles A. Maxwell, Mr. George S. Chase and Mr. Josiah M. Vale were on the brief, for the Sisseton and Wahpeton Sioux.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a claim for annuities granted by the treaty of July 23, 1851, 10 Stat. 949, but declared forfeited by the act of February 16, 1863, c. 37, 12 Stat. 652, in consequence of a great outbreak and massacre by the Indians. The claim is made under the Indian appropriation act of June 21, 1906, c. 3504, 34 Stat. 325, p. 372, the material part of which is as follows:<...

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