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  2. Worcester v. Georgia - Wikipedia

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    Worcester v. Georgia, 31 U.S. (6 Pet.) 515 (1832), was a landmark case in which the United States Supreme Court vacated the conviction of Samuel Worcester and held that the Georgia criminal statute that prohibited non-Native Americans from being present on Native American lands without a license from the state was unconstitutional.

  3. Indigenous rights - Wikipedia

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    Indigenous rights are those rights that exist in recognition of the specific condition of indigenous peoples.This includes not only the most basic human rights of physical survival and integrity, but also the rights over their land (including native title), language, religion, and other elements of cultural heritage that are a part of their existence and identity as a people.

  4. List of United States Supreme Court cases involving Indian tribes

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    This is a list of U.S. Supreme Court cases involving Native American Tribes.Included in the list are Supreme Court cases that have a major component that deals with the relationship between tribes, between a governmental entity and tribes, tribal sovereignty, tribal rights (including property, hunting, fishing, religion, etc.) and actions involving members of tribes.

  5. Cherokee Nation v. Georgia - Wikipedia

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    Georgia (1831), 30 U.S. (5 Pet.) 1 (1831), was a landmark United States Supreme Court case. The Cherokee Nation asked the Court to stop Georgia from enforcing state laws that took away their rights within the Cherokee territory.

  6. State-recognized tribes in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Georgia established a liaison, the Georgia Council on American Indian Concerns, in 2001, under the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, State Parks and Historic Sites Division. [30] [31] In 2007, the state legislature formally recognized the following as American Indian tribes of Georgia: [32] Cherokee of Georgia Tribal Council. [6]

  7. Category : Native American tribes in Georgia (U.S. state)

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    Pages in category "Native American tribes in Georgia (U.S. state)" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

  8. Native American civil rights - Wikipedia

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    Native American civil rights are the civil rights of Native Americans in the United States.Native Americans are citizens of their respective Native nations as well as of the United States, and those nations are characterized under United States law as "domestic dependent nations", a special relationship that creates a tension between rights retained via tribal sovereignty and rights that ...

  9. Tribal sovereignty in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Georgia (1831), holding the Cherokee nation dependent, with a relationship to the United States like that of a "ward to its guardian". Worcester v. Georgia (1832), which laid out the relationship between tribes and the state and federal governments, stating that the federal government was the sole authority to deal with Indian nations. [14]