...to Invoke the Court's jurisdiction against Georgia. On the subject of that relationship he declared: The condition of the Indians In relation to the United...other two people in existence. In general, nations now owning a common alleglenco, are foreign to each other. The term foreign nation Is, with strict...

...surprise upon a moment's reflection. As long ago as 1831, the great Chief Justice John Marshall declared : "The condition of the Indians in relation to the United...unlike that of any other two people in existence. . . . (T)he relation of Indians to the United States is marked by peculiar and cardinal distinctions...

...states" entitled to invoke the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, the Chief Justice stated that "the condition of the Indians in relation to the United...unlike that of any other two people in existence." Later Supreme Court decisions have reaffirmed the special guardianship of the Federal Government for...

...their title does not subject the land to entry, unless expressly authorized by the legislature. Ibid. The condition of the Indians, in relation to the United...applicable by either to the other. But the relation of the Indiana to the United States, is marked by peculiar and cardinal distinctions, which exist no where...

...between the United Sutes and its native peoples began to generate lawsuits. In 1 83 1 . observing that "the condition of the Indians in relation to the United...unlike that of any other two people in existence," Marshall described the tribes as "distinct political communities, having territorial boundaries, within...

...between the United States and its native peoples began to generate lawsuits In 1831. observing that "the condition of the Indians in relation to the United...unlike that of any other two people in existence," Marshall described the tribes as "distinct political communities, having territorial boundaries, within...

...federal Indian law there seems to be an inevitable reference to Chief Justice John Marshall's remark that the condition of the Indians in relation to the United...other two people in existence. In general, nations not owning a common allegiance are foreign to each other. But the relation of the Indians to the United...

...Justice John Marshall had stated it clearly in his Cherokee v. Georgia decision (1831) when he wrote "the condition of the Indians in relation to the United...is perhaps unlike that of any other two people in SOURCE: Roger L. Nichols, "The Indian in Nineteenth-Century America: A Unique Minority." Used by permission...

...Nation was a "distinct political society." Speaking for the Court, Chief Justice Marshall stated that "the condition of the Indians in relation to the United...perhaps unlike that of any other two people in existence . . . , marked by peculiar and cardinal distinctions which exist no where else." While Chief Justice...

...Nation was a "distinct political society." Speaking for the Court, Chief Justice Marshall stated that "the condition of the Indians in relation to the United...perhaps unlike that of any other two people in existence . . . , narked by peculiar and cardinal distinctions which exist nowhere else." While Chief Justice...