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H UNITED STATES V. WINANS (1905 - US SUPREME COURT) I “[T]he treaty was not a grant of rights to the Indians, but a grant of right from them, a reservation of those not granted." 198 U.S. 371, 381. I The treaties “imposed a servitude upon every piece of land as though described therein." 198 U.S. 371, 381. (servitude = the subjection of property to an easement (a right to cross or use land)) I "[T]he right was intended to be continuing against the United States and its grantees as well as against the state and its grantees." 198 U.S. 371, 381-82. First US Supreme Court case using Canons of Treaty Construction to interpret Stevens Treaties.

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