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Notable Supreme Court case in establishing Indian sovereignty...
Notable Supreme Court case in establishing Indian sovereignty...
Item # 705569
March 10, 1832
NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, March 10, 1832 Inside has a very notable Supreme Court case, "The Cherokee Case", being Samuel A. Worcester vs. the state of Georgia. In the case the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Cherokee Indians constituted a nation holding distinct sovereign powers.
Although the decision became the foundation of the principle of tribal sovereignty in the twentieth century, it did not protect the Cherokees from being removed from their ancestral homeland in the Southeast.
Sixteen pages, 6 1/4 by 9 3/4 inches, nice condition.
Category: Pre-Civil War