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| | Cass County v. Leech Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, 524 U.S. 103 (1998) |
 | | The Leech Lake Reservation, which today encompasses 588,684 acres within the northern Minnesota counties of Cass, Itasca, and Beltrami, was established by federal treaty in 1855 and was augmented by subsequent treaties and executive orders. |
 | | Since then, the Leech Lake Band has sought to re-establish its land base by purchasing back parcels of reservation land that were allotted to individual Indians or sold to non-Indians during the allotment period. |
 | | The Leech Lake Band and the United States, as amicus, also argue that the parcels at issue here are not alienableand therefore not taxableunder the terms of the Indian Nonintercourse Act, which provides: No purchase, grant, lease, or other conveyance of lands. |
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