QUOTES ABOUT THE GUARANTEE OF BLACKFEET RIGHTS UNDER U.S. LAW
“All treaties made…under the authority of the U.S., shall be the Supreme Law of the Land….”
-U.S. Constitution (1789) Article IV, Clause 2
“Congress shall have the power to…regulate Commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian Tribes.”
-U.S. Constitution (1789) Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
“The Indian nations had always been considered as distinct, independent political communities, retaining their original natural rights, as the undisputed possessors of the soil, from time immemorial…”
-Worcestor v. Georgia, 31 U.S. 515 (1832)
“The words “treaty” and “nation” are words of our own language, selected in our diplomatic and legislative proceedings, by ourselves, having each definite and well understood meaning. We have applied them to Indians, as we have applied them to the other nations of the Earth. They are applied to all in the same sense.”
-Worcestor v. Georgia, 31 U.S. 515 (1832)
“The Cherokee nation, then, is a distinct community, occupying its own territory….In which the laws of Georgia can have no force….” Treaties “guaranty to them all the land within their boundary, solemnly pledge the faith of the U.S. to restrain their Citizens from trespassing on it, and recognize the pre-existing power of the nation to govern itself.”
-Worcestor v. Georgia, 31 U.S. 515 (1832)
“the treaty was not a grant of rights to the Indians, but a grant of rights from them-a reservation of those not granted.”
-U.S. v. Winans, 198 U.S. 371 (1905)
“All treaties made…under the authority of the U.S., shall be the Supreme Law of the Land….”
-U.S. Constitution (1789) Article IV, Clause 2
“Congress shall have the power to…regulate Commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian Tribes.”
-U.S. Constitution (1789) Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
“The Indian nations had always been considered as distinct, independent political communities, retaining their original natural rights, as the undisputed possessors of the soil, from time immemorial…”
-Worcestor v. Georgia, 31 U.S. 515 (1832)
“The words “treaty” and “nation” are words of our own language, selected in our diplomatic and legislative proceedings, by ourselves, having each definite and well understood meaning. We have applied them to Indians, as we have applied them to the other nations of the Earth. They are applied to all in the same sense.”
-Worcestor v. Georgia, 31 U.S. 515 (1832)
“The Cherokee nation, then, is a distinct community, occupying its own territory….In which the laws of Georgia can have no force….” Treaties “guaranty to them all the land within their boundary, solemnly pledge the faith of the U.S. to restrain their Citizens from trespassing on it, and recognize the pre-existing power of the nation to govern itself.”
-Worcestor v. Georgia, 31 U.S. 515 (1832)
“the treaty was not a grant of rights to the Indians, but a grant of rights from them-a reservation of those not granted.”
-U.S. v. Winans, 198 U.S. 371 (1905)
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