Turner v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. . The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Brandéis
delivered the opinion of the court.
The Creek or Muskogee Nation or Tribe of Indians had, in 1890, a population of 15,000. Subject to the control of Congress, they then exercised within a defined territory the powers of a sovereign people; having a tribal organization, their own system of laws, and a government with the usual branches, executive, legislative, and judicial. The territory was divided into six districts; and each district was provided with a judge. 1
In 1889 the Creek Nation enacted a statute which conferred upon each citizen of the Nation, head of a family…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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