Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta
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Federal Indian Law and Tribal Sovereignty
This is really a case about federal indian law and tribal sovereignty. The constitution explicitly bars states from doing either of those things on their own. In the 18 twenties, the state of georgia started passing laws to abolish the cherokee nation. These state laws were challenged and taken up by the supreme court in a case called worster v georgia. That was in 18 32. Chief justice marshall said that under the constitution, only the federal government had pow or to manage relations with tribes.
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