Rosebud Sioux Tribe v. Kneip

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1977-04-04

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Mr. Justice Rehnquist delivered the opinion of the Court. In June 1972, the Rosebud Sioux Tribe sued in the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota to obtain a declaratory judgment that the original boundaries of their reservation, as defined in the Act of March 2, 1889, 25 Stat. 888 , had not been diminished by three subsequent Acts of Congress passed in…

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