jan 1, 1832 - 1832: Worcester v. Georgia Supreme Court case GA only Southern state challenged over Indian sovereignty. U.S. Supreme Court held in 1832 that the Cherokee Indians constituted a nation holding distinct sovereign powers. Although the decision became the foundation of the principle of tribal sovereignty in the twentieth century, it did not protect the Cherokees from being removed from their ancestral homeland in the Southeast.
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jan 1, 1832
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~ 194 years ago