USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -One year later, however, in Worcester v. Georgia, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Cherokee Nation was sovereign. According to the decision rendered by Chief Justice John Marshall, this meant that Georgia had no rights to enforce state laws in its territory.

Detailed explanation-2: -Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831) asked the Supreme Court to determine whether a state may impose its laws on Indigenous peoples and their territory. In the late 1820s, the Georgia legislature passed laws designed to force the Cherokee people off their historic land.

Detailed explanation-3: -Georgia, 6 Pet. 515, 561, this Court held that Georgia state law had no force in the Cherokee Nation because the Cherokee Nation “is a distinct community occupying its own territory.”