United States Supreme Court decision United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians

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United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians is a landmark 1980 U.S. Supreme Court case that held the federal government had unlawfully taken the Black Hills from the Sioux, awarding monetary compensation for the violation of their treaty rights.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Supreme Court decision ⓘ
federal Indian law case ⓘ
landmark case ⓘ
takings clause case ⓘ
appliesConstitutionalProvision Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
appliesStatute Indian Claims Commission Act ⓘ
concernsStateOrRegion South Dakota ⓘ
Wyoming ⓘ
concernsTerritory Black Hills ⓘ
hasChiefJusticeAtDecision Warren E. Burger ⓘ
hasCitation 448 U.S. 371 ⓘ
hasCountry United States of America ⓘ
hasCourt Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
hasDecisionDate 1980-06-30 ⓘ
hasDissentBy Chief Justice Warren E. Burger ⓘ
linked to: Warren E. Burger

Justice Potter Stewart ⓘ
linked to: Potter Stewart

Justice William H. Rehnquist ⓘ
hasHistoricalContext 19th-century U.S. expansion into Sioux treaty lands ⓘ
hasIssue whether Congress’s actions constituted a taking requiring just compensation ⓘ
whether prior Court of Claims proceedings barred further recovery ⓘ
hasLegalSubject Fifth Amendment takings ⓘ
Native American treaty rights ⓘ
federal trust responsibility ⓘ
sovereign immunity ⓘ
hasLongTermEffect became a key precedent in later Native American land and compensation claims ⓘ
established a major trust fund for the Sioux Nation based on the compensation award ⓘ
hasMajorityOpinionBy Justice Harry A. Blackmun ⓘ
linked to: Harry A. Blackmun
hasRemedyType monetary damages rather than land restoration ⓘ
hasTreatyContext Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868) ⓘ
hasUSReportsPage 371 ⓘ
hasUSReportsVolume 448 ⓘ
hasVote 8–1 on key holdings ⓘ
hasYearDecided 1980 ⓘ
held the United States had unlawfully taken the Black Hills from the Sioux Nation ⓘ
the federal government violated the treaty rights of the Sioux Nation ⓘ
the taking of the Black Hills required just compensation under the Fifth Amendment ⓘ
involvesParty Sioux Nation of Indians ⓘ
linked to: Great Sioux Nation

United States ⓘ
involvesTribe Lakota Sioux ⓘ
linked to: Sioux people

Sioux Nation of Indians ⓘ
linked to: Great Sioux Nation
isCharacterizedAs one of the most significant Supreme Court decisions on Native American land claims ⓘ
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
recognized that the Black Hills were taken without just compensation ⓘ
that the United States breached its treaty obligations to the Sioux Nation ⓘ
relatesToDoctrine just compensation ⓘ
res judicata ⓘ
separation of powers in claims against the United States ⓘ
resultedIn monetary compensation award to the Sioux Nation ⓘ

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Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868 → interpretedBy → United States Supreme Court decision United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians ⓘ
Great Sioux Reservation → legalDispute → United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians ⓘ
linked to: United States Supreme Court decision United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians
He Sapa → subjectOf → United States Supreme Court case United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians (1980) (as Black Hills) ⓘ
linked to: United States Supreme Court decision United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians