Quick Bear v. Leupp
United States Supreme Court
210 U.S. 50 (1908)
- Written by Miller Jozwiak, JD
Facts
In the 1860s, the United States (the government) (defendant) entered into a treaty with a Native American tribe for the acquisition of large amounts of land. This treaty created trust funds that were to be distributed to the tribe in exchange for the land in the following years. For years, these funds were used, in part, to fund religiously sectarian schools that Native American children attended. In the 1890s, however, Congress passed several annual appropriations acts that prohibited funding of sectarian education using general public appropriations. Notwithstanding this prohibition, the government continued to use money from the treaty funds to fund sectarian schools for the education of Native Americans. A group of Native Americans, including Reuben Quick Bear (collectively, “Quick Bear”) (plaintiffs) sued the government for violating the prohibition on using public appropriations to fund sectarian schools for the education of Native Americans. The district court and the court of appeals rejected Quick Bear’s challenge, and Quick Bear appealed to the Supreme Court.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Fuller, C.J.)
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