Alle Landansprüche der amerikanischen Ureinwohner, für die die US-Regierung die Stämme zwischen 1946 und 1978 bezahlt hat.


On July 31, 1979, the Sioux were awarded $17.5 million with 5 percent interest totaling $105 million. However, the victory was short lived. The Sioux declined to accept the money, because acceptance would legally terminate Sioux demands for return of the Black Hills. The money remains in a Bureau of Indian Affairs account accruing compound interest. As of 2011, the Sioux’s award plus interest was „about $1 billion“ or „1.3 billion“ (equivalent to $1.14-$1.48 billion in 2019).

The 1851 Land Claims Act gave new American-territory tribes two years to file claims after the Mexican-American war when the US basically doubled its territory by buying it from Mexico. But the US Senate rejected all Indian tribal claims from California because it would have interfered with the Gold Rush and subsequent settlement of white people. This rejection happened in secret at the time, and it wasn’t publicly known until decades later.

The „Indians of California“ on the map is a lawsuit settlement class of about two dozen tribes across the state right after WWII, which claimed about 99% of state land. They got what amounted to about 47c per acre, but no Federal recognition.