Roff v. Burney
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE UNITED STATES COURT FOR THE INDIAN TERRITORY. This case comes from the United States Court for the Indian Territory on a certificate as to jurisdiction.
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ERROR TO THE UNITED STATES COURT FOR THE INDIAN TERRITORY. This case comes from the United States Court for the Indian Territory on a certificate as to jurisdiction. The amended complaint filed in that court November 6, 1893, besides stating a cause of action in favor' of the plaintiff against the defendant, alleges the following facts bearing on the question of jurisdiction: That the plaintiff is a natural born citizen of the United States of America; has never re-. nounced his allegiance to said government, and has never ' taken an oath of allegiance to any foreign government of any kind…
1Opinion of the Court
Mt?.. Justice Brewer,
after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.
The condition of the Indians and Indian tribes within the limits of the United States is anomalous. The tribes, though in certain respects regarded' as possessing the attributes of nationality, are held to be not foreign, but domestic dependent nations. Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, 5 Pet. 1; Worcester v. Georgia, 6 Pet. 515; Choctaw Nation v. United States, 119 U. S. 1; Cherokee Nation v. Kansas Railway Company, 135 U. S. 641. While the Indians and the territory which may have been specially set apart for their use…
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