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its own territory, with boundaries accurately described, inwhich the laws of Georgia can have no force.”TWENTY SUPREME COURTCASESThe following important cases have shaped federal Indian lawby establishing tribes as sovereign governments or limitingtribal powers as indicated.1823 Johnson v. McCintosh.Indian title, aboriginal possessory right.1870 Cherokee Tobacco Case.Law of Congress supersedes provisions of treaty.1881 United States v. McBratney.State law in indian country.1896 Talton v. Mayes.Tribal self‐government.of New York State.Tribal right to sue to enforce aboriginal land rights.1985 Kerr‐McGee Corp. v. Navajo Tribe of Indians.Tribal sovereignty; non‐IRA tribal taxation power.1985 United States v. Dann.Aboriginal title extinguished.1986 United States v. Dion.Treaty rights to hunt eagles abrogated.1987 California v. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians.Gaming; state regulation not permitted.1988 Lyog, Secretary of Agriculture, et al. v. NorthwestIndian Cemetery Protective Association, et al.First Amendment, free exercise claim denied; sacred site onpublic land.1989 Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians v. Holyfield.Tribal jurisdiction in adoptions; Indian Child Welfare Act.1903 Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock.Federal power over Indian affairs; treaty abrogation.1905 United States v. Winans.Treaty rights; reserved access to fishing sites.1955 Tee‐Hit‐Ton Indians v. United States.Federal power over Indian affairs; land seized withoutcompensation.1968 Menominee Tribe of Indians v. United States.Treaty hunting and fishing rights preserved.1974 Morton v. Mancari.Indian hiring preference.1979 Washington v. Washington StateCommercial Passenger Fishing Vessel Association. Preservationof treaty fishing rights.1980 Washington v. Confederated Tribes of the ColvilleIndian Reservation.State jurisdiction; state sales tax.1982 Liferrion v. Iicarilla Apache Tribe.Tribal sovereignty; tribal severance taxes.1983 New Mexico v. Mescalero Apache Tribe.Tribal regulatory jurisdiction; hunting and fishing.1985 County of Oneida, New York v. Oneida Indian Nation277