...and granted it jurisdiction, of claims "on behalf of any Indian tribe, band, or other idantif iable group of American Indians residing within the territorial limits of the United States or Alaska." (§ 2, 25 USC § 70a) . In United States' v. Tho ?Ja_t I -.•-:> 'miac-o^ of Um'lr'kJoct, 1951, 411...

...jurisdiction of any claim against the United Stales accruing after August 13, 1946, in favor of any tribe, band, or other identifiable group of American...claim is one arising under the Constitution, laws or treaties of the United Stales, or Executive orders of the President, or is one which otherwise would...

...affirmation of Section 2 which states that the Commission shall hear and determine claims "on behalf of any tribe, band, or other identifiable group of American...territorial limits of the United States or Alaska." Acceptance of individual claims, it was stated numerous times, was against the intent of Congress and...

...practice. The Commission was authorized to hear and determine claims against the United States on behalf of any Indian tribe, band, or other "identifiable...territorial limits of the United States or Alaska. The claims which it could hear and determine included "( 1 ) claims in law or equity arising under...

...Commission was empowered to "hear and determine" a variety of "claims against the United States on behalf of any Indian tribe, band, or other identifiable group...residing within the territorial limits of the United States," including claims based on treaties "revised on the ground of fraud, duress, unconscionable...

...which is intended to include all likely claimants within the jurisdiction of. the Commission: "any tribe, band, or other identifiable group of American...territorial limits of the United States or Alaska." Due to the reliance on anthropologists, these terms have given rise to unexpected semantic complications....

...that: The Commission shall hear and determine the following claims against the United States on behalf of any Indian tribe, band, or other identifiable group...territorial limits of the United States or Alaska: (i) claims in law or equity arising under the Constitution, laws, treaties of the United States, and...

...Act: The Commission shall hear and determine the following claims against the United States on behalf of any Indian tribe, band or other identifiable group...territorial limits of the United States or Alaska: (1) claims in law or equity arising under the Constitution, laws, treaties of the United States, and...

...legislation. In August 1946 it passed the Indian Claims Commission (ice) Act, which gave carte blanche to "any Indian tribe, band, or other identifiable group...residing within the territorial limits of the United States" to file any and all claims within four years and set up an independent judiciary board to hear...

...Indian Tucker Act directs the invocation of jurisdiction by the Court of Federal Claims in favor of any tribe, band, or other identifiable group of American...claim is one arising under the Constitution, laws or treaties of the United States, or Executive orders of the President, or is one which otherwise would...