...5, Peters i). In the language of the decision of the Court it was said: "... they may be denominated domestic dependent nations. They occupy a territory...Government for protection ; rely upon its kindness and power ; appeal to it for relief from their wants; and address the President as their great father."...

...with strict accuracy be denominated foreign nations. They may. more correctly perhaps, be denominated domestic dependent nations. They occupy a territory...must take effect in point of possession, when their possession ceases. Meanwhile they are in a state of pupilage, their relation to the United States resembles...

...occupy until that right shall be extinguished by a voluntary cession to our Government. They occupy territory to which we assert a title independent of...possession when their right of possession ceases. Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (5 Peters, 1). It may well be doubted whether those tribes which reside...

...century and adopted by the Supreme Court in 1881- <They' (the Indians), said Chief Justice Marshall, ' are in a state of pupilage. Their relation to the...States resembles that of a ward to his guardian. They . . . •_ • i • i look to our government for protection ; rely upon its kindness an(* its Power...

...dependent condition; and Chief Justice Marshall's description, that "they are in a state of pupilage," and I" t { P u : BT L· x & @ vȞ< >H: X m t#H ? N_ has become more and more appropriate as they have grown less powerful and more dependent. Cherokee...

...Peters 1, in which Chief Justice Marshall said they misht be denominated domestic dependent nations ; " their relation to the United States resembles that of a ward to his guardian." This became an established doctrine, which is still, to some extent at least, in full force and vigor....

...with strict accuracy, be denominated foreign nations, they may more correctly, perhaps, be denominated domestic dependent nations. They occupy a territory...government for protection; rely upon its kindness and power ; appeal to it for relief to their wants ; and address the President as their great father."...

...solemn guarantee of the residue until they retain no more of their formerly extensive territory. * * * "Their relation to the United States resembles that...Government for protection; rely upon its kindness and it* power; appeal to it for relief to their wants; and address the President as their great father."...

...was first clearly enunciated by Chief Justice Marshall in Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, 5 Pet. 1, 17: "Their relation to the United States resembles that of a ward to his guardian." That relationship has since been consistently recognized.8 While the protective policy of the Government...

...ground that the Indian tribes are communities dependent upon the United States; that their relationship to the United States resembles that of a ward to his guardian See United States v. Kagama (118 US 375); United States v. Thomas (151 US 577). and United States v...