Indian Claims Commission Act

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The Indian Claims Commission Act was a 1946 U.S. federal law that created a special commission to hear and resolve longstanding monetary claims by Native American tribes against the federal government for past treaty violations and land takings.

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Indian Claims Commission 2
Indian Claims Commission Act canonical 2

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal law ⓘ
statute ⓘ
allowedClaimType claims based on fair and honorable dealings not recognized by existing law ⓘ
failure to pay treaty-promised compensation ⓘ
illegal or wrongful taking of tribal lands ⓘ
unconscionable consideration for land cessions ⓘ
appliesTo Alaska Native groups ⓘ
linked to: Alaska Natives

federally recognized Native American tribes ⓘ
commissionAppointmentBy President of the United States ⓘ
commissionComposition three commissioners ⓘ
commissionConfirmationBy United States Senate ⓘ
commissionNature quasi-judicial tribunal ⓘ
commissionPower to enter final judgments subject to review ⓘ
commissionPower to hear evidence and make findings of fact and law ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
createdBodyType special commission ⓘ
criticism limited to monetary compensation rather than land return ⓘ
process controlled largely by federal legal standards ⓘ
valuation of lands often based on historic rather than contemporary values ⓘ
dateEnacted 1946 ⓘ
effect did not restore tribal land bases ⓘ
enabled hundreds of tribal claims to be filed ⓘ
resulted in substantial monetary awards to many tribes ⓘ
enactedBy United States Congress ⓘ
established Indian Claims Commission ⓘ
excludedRemedy land restoration ⓘ
historicalContext post–World War II federal Indian policy ⓘ
implementedPrinciple federal trust responsibility toward Native American tribes ⓘ
jurisdiction United States federal government ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalRemedyType monetary compensation ⓘ
legalStatus historical statute no longer in active operation as originally enacted ⓘ
legislativeBody United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
policyEra early termination era of United States Indian policy ⓘ
purpose to provide a legal forum for Native American tribes to bring monetary claims against the United States ⓘ
to resolve claims arising from uncompensated or undercompensated land takings ⓘ
to resolve longstanding claims arising from treaty violations ⓘ
relatedTo Indian Claims Commission ⓘ
United States Court of Claims ⓘ
federal Indian law ⓘ
repealedOrSuperseded Indian Claims Commission Act amendments and termination provisions ⓘ
reviewedBy United States Court of Claims ⓘ
shortDescription Act creating a special tribunal to hear Native American claims against the United States ⓘ
signedBy Harry S. Truman ⓘ
statuteOfLimitations generally five years from the date of the Act for filing claims ⓘ
subjectMatter Native American land claims ⓘ
Native American treaty claims ⓘ
claims arising under the Constitution, laws, treaties, and executive orders of the United States ⓘ
timePeriodCovered claims arising before August 13, 1946 ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians → appliesStatute → Indian Claims Commission Act ⓘ
Indian Claims Commission Act → established → Indian Claims Commission ⓘ
linked to: Indian Claims Commission Act
Indian Claims Commission Act → relatedTo → Indian Claims Commission ⓘ
linked to: Indian Claims Commission Act