CHILDREN OF CHIPPEWA, OTTAWA AND POTAWATOMY TRIBES v. U. OF M. REGENTS

Docket No. 44533.

104 Mich. App. 482 (1981)

305 N.W.2d 522

CHILDREN OF THE CHIPPEWA, OTTAWA AND POTAWATOMY TRIBES v. THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided January 26, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elmer E. White, for plaintiffs.

Roderick K. Daane, for defendant.

Before: T.M. BURNS, P.J., and BEASLEY and G.R. DENEWETH, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

On September 29, 1817, the Treaty of Fort Meigs, 7 Stat 160, was executed. The Chippewa, Ottawa and Potawatomy Indian Tribes were signatories of the first part and the government of the United States of America was the signatory of the second part. The treaty was drafted entirely by the representative of the United States. The defendant at bar was not a party to the treaty.

Notwithstanding this latter fact, the plaintiffs, who are descendants of...

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