Indians and the Law

Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties.
Vol. II (Treaties) in part. Compiled and edited by Charles J. Kappler.
Washington : Government Printing Office, 1904.

Seminal Supreme Court Cases Regarding Federal Indian Law

• Cherokee Nation v. State of Georgia, 30 U.S. 1 (1831).
• Worcester v. State of Georgia, 31 U.S. 515 (1832).
• United States v. Holliday, 70 U.S. 407 (1865).
• In re Kansas Indians, 72 U.S. 737 (1866).
• The Cherokee Tobacco, 78 U.S. 616 (1870).

• United States v. McBratney, 104 U.S. 621 (1881).

• United States v. Kagama, 118 U.S. 375 (1886).
• Talton v. Mayes, 163 U.S. 376 (1896).
• Lucas v. United States, 163 U.S. 612 (1896).

 

• Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock, 187 U.S. 553 (1903).
• Winters v. United States, 207 U.S. 564 (1908).
• United States v. Sandoval, 231 U.S. 28 (1913).

 

• Carpenter v. Shaw, 280 U.S. 363 (1930).
• United States v. Creek Nation, 295 U.S. 103 (1935).
• United States v. Shoshone Tribe of Indians, 304 U.S. 111 (1938).

 

• Tulee v. State of Washington, 315 U.S. 681 (1942).
• Williams v. Lee, 358 U.S. 217 (1959).

 

• Seymour v. Superintendent, 368 U.S. 351 (1962).
• Warren Trading Post v. Tax Commission, 380 U.S. 685 (1965).
• Menominee Tribe v. United States, 391 U.S. 404 (1968).

 

• Mescalero Apache Tribe v. Jones, 411 U.S. 145 (1973).
• Morton v. Mancari, 417 U.S. 535 (1974).
• United States v. Mazurie, 419 U.S. 544 (1975).
• Moe v. Salish & Kootenai Tribes, 425 U.S. 463 (1976).
• Bryan v. Itasca County, 426 U.S. 373 (1976).
• United States v. Antelope, 430 U.S. 641 (1977).
• Puyallup Tribe v. Washington Game Department, 433 U.S. 165 (1977).
• Oliphant v. Suquamish Indian Tribe, 435 U.S. 191 (1978).
• United States v. Wheeler, 435 U.S. 313 (1978).

 

• Washington v. Confederated Tribes, 447 U.S. 134 (1980).
• White Mountain Apache Tribe v. Bracker, 448 U.S. 136 (1980).
• Central Machinery Company v. Arizona Tax Commission, 448 U.S. 160 (1980).
• Montana v. United States, 450 U.S. 544 (1981).
• Merrion v. Jicarilla Apache Tribe, 455 U.S. 130 (1982).
• Ramah Navajo School Board v. Bureau of Revenue, 458 U.S. 832 (1982).
• New Mexico v. Mescalero Apache Tribe, 462 U.S. 324 (1983).
• Rice v. Rehner, 463 U.S. 713 (1983).
• Three Affiliated Tribes v. Wold Engineering, 467 U.S. 138 (1984).
• National Farmers Union Insurance Companies v. Crow Tribe of Indians, 468 U.S. 1315 (1984).
• Kerr-McGee v. Navajo Tribe, 471 U.S. 195 (1985).
• Montana v. Blackfeet Tribe, 471 U.S. 759 (1985).
• California v. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, 480 U.S. 202 (1987).
• Lyng v. Northwest Cemetary Protection Association, 485 U.S. 439 (1988).
• Cotton Petroleum Corporation v. New Mexico, 490 U.S. 163 (1989).
• Brendale v. Confederated Yakima Indian Nation, 492 U.S. 408 (1989).

 

• Employment Division, Oregon Department of Natural Resources v. Smith, 494 U.S. 872 (1990).
• Duro v. Reina, 495 U.S. 676 (1990).
• Oklahoma Tax Commission v. Citizen Band Potawatomi Tribe, 498 U.S. 505 (1991).
• Yakima v. Confederated Tribes, 502 U.S. 251 (1992).
• Oklahoma Tax Commission v. Sac & Fox Nation, 508 U.S. 114 (1993).
• South Dakota v. Bourland, 508 U.S. 679 (1993).
• Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida, 517 U.S. 44 (1996).
• Babbitt v. Youpee, 519 U.S. 234 (1997).
• Strate v. A-1 Contractors, 520 U.S. 438 (1997).
• Idaho v. Coeur d'Alene Tribe of Idaho, 521 U.S. 261 (1997).
• South Dakota v. Yankton Sioux Tribe, 522 U.S. 329 (1998).
• Alaska v. Native Village of Venetie, 522 U.S. 520 (1998).
• Montana v. Crow Tribe of Indians, 523 U.S. 696 (1998).
• Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma v. Manufacturing Technologies, Inc., 523 U.S. 751 (1998).
• Arizona Dept. of Revenue v. Blaze, 526 U.S. 32 (1999).
• Minnesota v. Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians, 526 U.S. 172 (1999).
• El Paso Natural Gas Company v. Neztsosie, 526 U.S. 473 (1999).
• Amoco Production Co. v. Southern Ute Indian Tribe, 526 U.S. 865 (1999).

• Rice v. Cayetano, 528 U.S. 495 (2000).
• Department of the Interior v. Klamath Water Users Association, No. 99-1871 (2001).