Supreme Court Cases
1831 Trilogy case that declared tribes to be "Domestic Dependent Nations"
What is Cherokee Nation v. Georgia?
Pawnee professor at OSU
Who is Prof. Riding In Hare?
The largest native nation by population.
What is the Cherokee Nation?
Legislation in response to grave robbing, academic and recreational exploitation industries of native nations
What is NAGPRA?
Which of the civilized tribes broke ground in February on a new pediatric clinic?
What is the Chickasaw nation?
Case that ruled a state does not have jurisdiction to tax tribal members who live and work in Indian country.
What is Sac and Fox Nation v. OK Tax commission?
Author of "In the Courts of the Conqueror"
Who is Walter Echo-hawk?
The number of federally recognized tribes in Oklahoma.
What is 39?
The cause of modern tribal gaming
What is Reagan?
Native Nation that partnered with Rosetta Stone to revitalize language and Promote accessibility
What is the Choctaw Nation?
Court decision that reasoned water rights were implied in the agreement that had been made with the natives in 1888, implied by the intention of the tribal people being able to become self-sufficient.
Said the quote: "“When asked by an anthropologist what the Indians called America before the white men came, an Indian said simply "Ours.”"
Who is Vine Deloria Jr?
The three sisters farming method consisted of these three regenerative and complimentary plants.
What are corn, beans, and squash?
According to Walter Echo-Hawk, native nations own how many acres of land?
What is 1 million acres?
University that announced intention to return 51 lots of cultural objects to Morongo band of Mission Indians
What is UC Berkeley?
Class action lawsuit against the Treasury department and DOI for mismanagement and exploitation of Indian wealth and resources held in trust
What is Cobell V. Salazar?
Menominee opponent of termination in the 1950s, and Clinton administration Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs
Who is Ada Deer?
The Choctaw meaning of "Oklahoma"
Red People, Okla+homma
What is the Meriam Report?
In 2025, how many American Buffalo were returned to tribes through partnerships with the nature conservancy, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Denver Mountain Parks, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and The Wilds in Ohio?
What is 1,500?
1990 Case where the court concluded that Indian tribes could not prosecute Indians who were members of other tribes for crimes committed by those nonmember Indians on their reservations.
What is Duro V. Reina?
Comanche organizer, first Native American woman to run for vice president, and"the Liz Taylor of Indian Country"
Who is LaDonna Harris?
The capitals of the Seminole, Osage, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Muscogee creek nations
What are Wewoka, Pawhuka, Tahlequah, Tishomingo, Tuskahoma, and Okmulgee
4 tribes removed in 1831-1832
What are the Missisippi Choctaw, the Eastern Shawnee, the Seneca Cayuga, the Muskogee Creek, the Yuchi, the kialegee tribal town, the Seminole, and Thlopthlocco tribal town?
Topic of Trump V. Barbara (2026), involving Elk v. Wilkins(1884) and the 14th amendment
What is birthright citizenship?