Discussion of California Ballot Initiatives

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Originally Posted by Strangler Lewis

My knowledge of Indian law is limited, but I think it's been over a century since Congress declared that Indian tribes are not separate nations with whom treaties can be made.

That's true. Congress did declare in 1868 that the period of making treaties was over. That doesn't mean that the ideas of sovereignty, as defined by Justice Marshall in Cherokee v Georgia and Worchester v Georgia in the
1830's as dependant sovereign nations does not still hold.

Of course, President Jackson ignored this ruling and ordered the removal of the Cherokee nation to Indian Territory (now Oklahoma, of course).