Indian Claims Commission report and related materials, 1980-1982.

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Indian Claims Commission report and related materials, 1980-1982.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122600218

Reports, exhibits, and other trial documents relating to a legal claim filed with the United States Indian Claims Commission by the Lower Sioux Indian Community (Minn.), concerning the 1851 Treaty of Mendota (Minn.). The Dakota plaintiffs argued that the 1857 treaty was unfair, and that it was neither competently nor honestly administered.

4.5 cu. ft. (4 boxes, including 44 reels microfilm and 2 reels filmslides).

Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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