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The Cherokee cases : two landmark federal decisions in the fight for sovereignty / Jill Norgren.

Summary:

"This compact history is the first to explore two landmark U.S. Supreme Court cases of the early 1830s: Cherokee Nation v. Georgia and Worcester v. Georgia. Legal historian Jill Norgren details the extraordinary story behind these cases, describing how John Ross and other leaders of the Cherokee Nation, having internalized the principles of American law, tested their sovereignty rights before Chief Justice John Marshall in the highest court of the land. The Cherokees' goal was to solidify these rights and to challenge the aggressive actions that the government and people of Georgia carried out against them under the aegis of law.

Written in a style accessible both to students and to general readers, The Cherokee Cases is an ideal guide to understanding the political development of the Cherokee Nation in the early nineteenth century and the tragic outcome of these cases so critical to the establishment of U.S. federal Indian law."--Jacket.

Record details

ISBN: 0806136065
ISBN: 9780806136066
Physical Description: x, 212 pages : maps ; 22 cm
Publisher: Norman [Okla.] : University of Oklahoma Press, ©2004.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-201) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Who came first was not all that mattered -- Prelude to litigation -- The Age of Jackson -- The test of Cherokee legal rights Begins -- A decision on Indian sovereignty -- Conclusion: the life of landmark litigation -- app. I. The State v. George Tassels -- app. II. The Cherokee Nation v. the State of Georgia -- app. III. Samuel A. Worcester v. the State of Georgia.