may 1, 1886 - US V. Kagama (1886)

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- Is the Major Crimes Act (1885), which gives federal courts jurisdiction over major crimes such as murder committed by Native Americans on tribal lands, constitutional?
- Yes, because tribes are wards of the state/dependent domestic nations as seen in previous cases like Cherokee v. Georgia. Thus, they are subject to sovereignty of the US. Commerce Cause not necessary to support the court’s decision.
- Theme: The fed is expanding its power to assert its jurisdiction over tribal affairs from 1830s (Indian Removal) to 1880s (Assimilation).
- Related: Dawes Act (1886), Insular cases
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