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United States Indian Claims Commission Final Report, United States Indian Claims Commission Sep 1978

United States Indian Claims Commission Final Report, United States Indian Claims Commission

US Government Documents related to Indigenous Nations

This document, dated September 30, 1978, is the final report of the United States (US) Indian Claims Commission which operated from 1946 to 1978. The Claims Commission served as an intermediary between Indigenous people in the United States and the US Court of Claims to help process the volume of claims filed against the United States. Following the “Indian Citizenship Act” (An Act to Authorize the Secretary of the Interior to Issue Certificates of Citizenship to Indians) in 1924, an increasing number of Indigenous people were filing suit with the Court of Claims over treaty violations and other grievances about …


An Act To Create An Indian Claims Commission, To Provide For The Powers, Duties, And Functions Thereof, And For Other Purposes, United States Congress Aug 1946

An Act To Create An Indian Claims Commission, To Provide For The Powers, Duties, And Functions Thereof, And For Other Purposes, United States Congress

US Government Documents related to Indigenous Nations

This United States (US) Public Law, also known as US Public Law 79-726, passed on August 13, 1946 to establish the Indian Claims Commission. The Claims Commission, which operated from 1946 to 1978, served as an intermediary between Indigenous people in the United States and the US Court of Claims to help process the volume of claims filed against the United States for treaty violations and other grievances related to the conduct of the US government.