In what circumstances have courts interpreted the words "public lands" in a treaty?

In Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation v. Maison, 262 F.Supp. 871, 873 (D.Or.1966), aff'd sub nom. Holcomb v. Confederated Tribes, 382 F.2d 1013 (9th Cir.1967), the court explicitly rejected a technical reading of treaty language and held that ceded national forest lands are within the scope of expressly reserved Indian off-reservation use rights. In United States v. Blendaur, 128 F. 910, 913 (9th Cir.1904), the court dealt explicitly with the construction of the words "public lands:"