The Cherokee cases
Subtitle: two landmark federal decisions in the fight for sovereignty
By: Jill Norgren.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Norman [Okla.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
Subjects: Cherokee Indians -- Claims.; Cherokee Indians -- Land tenure.; Indians of North America -- Georgia -- Claims.; Indians of North America -- Georgia -- Land tenure.; Georgia -- Trials, litigation, etc.; Trials -- Georgia.
Genres: Trials, litigation, etc.
Description: "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."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-201) and index.