Cherokee Nation v Georgia Decision

[The Marshall Triology] First time an indigenous land claim heard by US Supreme Court. Began the wardship attitude of Federal government towards Native Nations with Marshall's description of them as 'domestic dependent nations'. Concurring Justice William Johnson in the same ruling described Native Nations as "nothing more than wandering hordes, held together only by ties of blood and habit, and having neither rules nor government beyond what is required in a savage state." Ruling somewhat reversed by Supreme Court one year later, however this precendent of describing Native Nations as 'domestic dependent nations' had a huge effect lasting to today on the legal standing of sovereignty, and also directly led to the Cherokee Trail of Tears.