YANKTON SIOUX TRIBE OF INDIANS v. UNITED STATES

Citation

272 U.S. 351 (1926)

Decision : 9-0

Majority Opinion: George Sutherland

Justices Participating

• Edward Sanford | voted with the majority or plurality

• George Sutherland | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

• Harlan Stone | voted with the majority or plurality

• James McReynolds | voted with the majority or plurality

• Louis Brandeis | voted with the majority or plurality

• Oliver Holmes | voted with the majority or plurality

• Pierce Butler | voted with the majority or plurality

• William Taft | voted with the majority or plurality

• Willis Van Devanter | voted with the majority or plurality

Categories

• Claims against the U.S.
• Contracts
• Indian Country
• Land/allotment/grants of land
• Natural Resources
• Treaties
• Wardship/Trust

Case Cited In

• 299 U.S. 476 (1936), SHOSHONE TRIBE OF INDIANS v. UNITED STATES
• 476 U.S. 498 (1985), SOUTH CAROLINA et al. v. CATAWBA INDIAN TRIBE, INC.
• 544 U.S. 197 (2004), CITY OF SHERRILL, NEW YORK v. ONEIDA INDIAN NATION OF NEW YORK, et al.