Mr. Justice Reed delivered the opinion of the Court. The Northwestern Bands of Shoshone Indians, peti- ■ tioners here, seek to recover from the United States damages estimated at fifteen million dollars for the taking of some fifteen million acres of the lands held by these Indians by aboriginal or immemorial title. This title was alleged by the Indians to have been recognized by the United States by the trea…
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