Seneca Nation of Indians v. Christy
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title:
Seneca Nation of Indians v. Christy
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Seneca Nation of Indians v. Christy, 162 U.S. 283 (1896), was the first litigation of aboriginal title in the United States by a tribal plaintiff in the Supreme Court of the United States since Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831). It was the first such litigation by an indigenous plaintiff since Fellows v. Blacksmith (1857) and its companion case of New York ex rel. Cutler v. Dibble (1858). The New York courts held that the 1788 Phelps and Gorham Purchase did not violate the Nonintercourse Act, on
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1896 United States Supreme Court case
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seneca_Nation_of_Indians_v._Christy
date created:
2010-10-13T18:42:43Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T04:33:29Z
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