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United States v. Sisseton & Wahpeton Indians, 208 U.S. 561 (1908)
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United States v. Sisseton & Wahpeton Indians, 208 U.S. 561 (1908)
United States v. Sisseton & Wahpeton Indians No 338, 339 Argued January 7, 8, 1908 Decided February 24, 1908 208 U.S. 561
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS
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While there are no general rules of law determining what payments are chargeable against Indian annuities when annuities which have been confiscated on account of an outbreak of the annuitant Indians are restored, sums paid by the government for the support of the annuitants on account of their destitution must be taken into account, and, in this case, the restored annuities are also chargeable with the amount of depredations during the outbreak for which the Indian were liable under a treaty made subsequently to that granting the annuity and before the outbreak.
This court affirms the judgment of the Court of Claims adjusting the claim of the Sisseton and Wahpeton Band of Sioux Indians for their confiscated annuities restored under acts of Congress and in regard to which jurisdiction was conferred by the Act of June 21, 1906, c. 3504, 34 Stat 372.
42 Ct.Ct. 416 affirmed.
The facts are stated in the opinion.
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U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," United States v. Sisseton & Wahpeton Indians, 208 U.S. 561 (1908) in 208 U.S. 561 Original Sources, accessed September 7, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=VT91K5EA7AEN5V4.
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U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." United States v. Sisseton & Wahpeton Indians, 208 U.S. 561 (1908), in 208 U.S. 561, Original Sources. 7 Sep. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=VT91K5EA7AEN5V4.
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U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in United States v. Sisseton & Wahpeton Indians, 208 U.S. 561 (1908). cited in 1908, 208 U.S. 561. Original Sources, retrieved 7 September 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=VT91K5EA7AEN5V4.
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