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TURTLE MOUNTAIN BAND OF CHIPPEWA IND. v. UNITED STATES

Appeal No. 6-72.

490 F.2d 935 (1974)

TURTLE MOUNTAIN BAND OF CHIPPEWA INDIANS et al. v. The UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

January 23, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glen A. Wilkinson, Washington, D. C., atty. of record for the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians; Wilkinson, Cragun & Barker, Frances L. Horn, Washinton, D. C., and Stormon & Stormon, Rolla, N. D., of counsel.

Marvin J. Sonosky, Washington, D. C., for Red Lake and Pembina Bands, and others. Rodney J. Edwards, atty. of record.

Lawrence C. Mills, Chicago, Ill., atty. of record, for Little Shell Bands; Mills & Garrett and William R. Yowell, Chicago, Ill., of counsel.

Jonathan C. Eaton, Jr., Minot, N. D., atty. of record, for The Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation.

Robert E. Fraley, U. S. Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., with whom was Asst. Atty. Gen. Wallace H. Johnson, for The United States.

Before DAVIS, SKELTON and KUNZIG, Judges.

ON APPEALS FROM THE INDIAN CLAIMS COMMISSION

DAVIS, Judge:

These interlocutory appeals under the Indian Claims Commission Act concern Indian title to a large area in North Dakota, about 10 million acres along the Canadian border. In the early 19th century, numbers of Chippewas moved westward from their woodland home to the plains area in what is now Minnesota, North Dakota, and parts of Canada. They adapted to life on the plains and pushed back other tribes...

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