Government Relations, Cherokee Nation (2009). "Support the Federal Recognition Process to Protect all Tribal Citizens"(PDF). Archived from the original(PDF) on March 7, 2016. Retrieved October 9, 2015. "The Supreme Court made plain the exclusion of states from tribal matters in the earliest and most important cases that make up the foundation of Indian Law. In Worcester v. Georgia, Worcester v. Georgia, 31 U.S. (6 Pet.) 515 (1832) the Court stated: 'The treaties and laws of the United States contemplate...that all intercourse with [Indians] shall be carried on exclusively by the government of the union.' Real tribes are governments similar to States and Nations."
Government Relations, Cherokee Nation (2009). "Support the Federal Recognition Process to Protect all Tribal Citizens"(PDF). Archived from the original(PDF) on March 7, 2016. Retrieved October 9, 2015. "The Supreme Court made plain the exclusion of states from tribal matters in the earliest and most important cases that make up the foundation of Indian Law. In Worcester v. Georgia, Worcester v. Georgia, 31 U.S. (6 Pet.) 515 (1832) the Court stated: 'The treaties and laws of the United States contemplate...that all intercourse with [Indians] shall be carried on exclusively by the government of the union.' Real tribes are governments similar to States and Nations."
