In _____________, the Supreme Court ruled that Indian tribes were not sovereign nations, but also that tribes were entitled to their ancestral lands and could not be forced to move from them.

Respuesta :

In Cherokee Nation vs Georgia , the Supreme Court ruled that Indian tribes were not sovereign nations, but also that tribes were entitled to their ancestral lands and could not be forced to move from them.

Explanation:

The Cherokee tribes had some ancestral land in Georgia.In the year 1802 the US federal government promised to give those Cherokee occupied land to the Georgian people.

In defense of the the Cherokee people, Chief John Ross and attorney William Wirt asked the court to grant an injunction to prevent the laws from going into effect.

The Supreme Court refused to acknowledge the jurisdiction in Cherokee Nation v. Georgia but the Cherokee nation in the year 1832 attempted to sue again in Worcester v. Georgia case.As per the verdict given by the supreme court in  Worcester v. Georgia, case the Cherokee nation was a foreign state and could not be subject to Georgia laws.