PAWNEE INDIAN TRIBE OF OKLAHOMA v. UNITED STATES

Appeal No. 7-61.

301 F.2d 667 (1962)

PAWNEE INDIAN TRIBE OF OKLAHOMA, consisting of the four confederated bands of Pawnee Indians, namely: Chaui or Grand Pawnee, Kitkehahki or Republican Pawnee, Pitahauerat or Tappage Pawnee, and Skidi, Loup or Wolfe Pawnee, v. The UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

Certiorari Denied June 11, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Wheeler, Jr., Tulsa, Okl., for plaintiff; Arthur B. Honnold, John M. Wheeler, and Robert L. Wheeler, Tulsa, Okl., on the briefs.

Ralph A. Barney, Washington, D. C., with whom was Ramsey Clark, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant.


Certiorari Denied June 11, 1962. See 82 S.Ct. 1556.

WHITAKER, Judge.

This case is before the court on appeal from the Indian Claims Commission.

The issues presented are the proper valuation of the lands on the dates they were ceded to the United States and the credits to which the United States is entitled.

The lands are located in Kansas and Nebraska. On October 9, 1833, the Tribe ceded to the United States by treaty 13,074,000 acres; on August...

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