Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. Wismer
Citations
- 246 U.S. 283
- 38 S. Ct. 240
- 62 L. Ed. 716
- 1918 U.S. LEXIS 1546
Syllabus
<p>Lands opposite the line of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company constituting an Indian reservation when the line was definitely located, were not embraced in the grant of odd.numbered sections made to the company by the Act of July 2,1864, c. 217,13 Stat. 365.</p> <p>A reservation'of public lands for and exclusively devoted to the .occupancy of a tribe of Indians, made under the direction and with the approval of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and expressly or tacitly approved by the Secretary of the Interior, held, valid and effectual to exclude the lands from the Northern Pacific grant, although not formally sanctioned by the President until after the railroad had filed its plat of definite location.</p>
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- describes an \agreement\ between the Spokane Tribe of Indians, the Department of the Interior, and the Department of War
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