ANTOINE v. UNITED STATES

No. 80-1143.

637 F.2d 1177 (1981)

Jacob Wallace ANTOINE, on his own behalf and also on behalf of his relatives similarly situated, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided January 12, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary E. Davis, Gregory, S. D., for appellant.

Robert D. Clark, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before HEANEY and STEPHENSON, Circuit Judges, and MURPHY, District Judge.


HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Jacob W. Antoine, an enrolled member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe of South Dakota, challenges the dismissal of his suit to recover possession or damages for the government's failure to issue a patent for a parcel of land within the Rosebud reservation. We reverse.

Antoine claims an interest in a 320-acre tract of land pursuant to Article 6 of the Sioux Treaty of April 29, 1868, 15 Stat. 635, which provides in part as follows...

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