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.
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