kagama argued decided may atty garland sol goode jos redding defendants miller case brought certificate division opinion circuit judge district judge holding circuit district california questions certified arise demurrer indictment two indians murder committed indian reservation hoopa valley state california person murdered also indian said reservation though six questions certified subject difference point well set third sixth follows whether provisions said section act congress march making crime one indian commit murder upon another indian upon indian reservation situated wholly within limits state union making indian committing crime murder within upon indian reservation laws subject courts manner subject penalties persons committing crime murder exclusive jurisdiction constitutional valid law whether courts jurisdiction authority try punish indian belonging indian tribe committing crime murder upon another indian belonging indian tribe sustaining usual tribal relations said crime committed upon indian reservation made set apart use indian tribe said indians belong indictment sets two counts kagama alias pactah billy indian murdered iyouse alias ike another indian humboldt county state california within limits hoopa valley reservation charges mahawaha alias ben also indian aiding abetting murder law referred certificate last section indian appropriation act year follows immediately upon date passage act indians committing person property another indian person following crimes namely murder manslaughter rape assault intent kill arson burglary larceny within territory either within without indian reservation shall subject therefor laws said territory relating said crimes shall tried therefor courts manner shall subject penalties persons charged commission said crimes respectively said courts hereby given jurisdiction cases dians committing crimes person property another indian person within boundaries state within limits indian reservation shall subject laws tried courts manner subject penalties persons committing crimes within exclusive jurisdiction enactment clearly separable two distinct definitions conditions indians may punished crimes defined common law first offense committed within limits territorial government whether indian reservation class cases indian charged crime shall judged laws territory subject tried courts proposition new legislation congress heretofore undertaken punish indian sustains usual relation tribe offense committed indian country indian reservation exceptional cases offense person property white man violation trade intercourse regulations imposed congress indian tribes new proposes punish offenses committed one indian person property another second offense committed one indian person property another within limits state union indian reservation case state tribunals jurisdiction offense committed white man outside indian reservation courts exercise jurisdiction offense committed place within exclusive jurisdiction first clause subjects indians guilty crimes committed within limits territory laws territory courts trial second applies solely offenses indians committed within limits state limits reservation subjects offenders laws passed government places exclusive jurisdiction laws trial courts still advance asserting jurisdiction indians within limits union although offense charged indictment committed within state within territory considerations necessary solution problem regard one must large degree affect constitution almost silent regard relations government established numerous tribes indians within borders declaring basis representation lower branch congress direct taxation apportioned fixed according numbers excluding indians taxed course excluded nearly race meant within state taxed support government counted representation computation direct taxes levied expression indians taxed found fourteenth amendment deals subject new conditions produced emancipation slaves neither shed much light power congress indians existence tribes distinct ordinary citizens state territory mention indians constitution received attention found clause gives congress regulate commerce foreign nations among several indian tribes clause relied argument present case proposition statute consideration regulation commerce indian tribes think strained construction clause system criminal laws indians living peaceably reservations left entire code trade intercourse laws justly enacted provision established punishments crimes murder slaughter arson burglary larceny like without reference relation kind commerce authorized grant power regulate commerce indian tribes able see either clauses constitution amendments delegation power enact code criminal law punishment worst class crimes known civilized life committed indians suggestion manner indian tribes introduced clause may bearing subject us commerce foreign nations distinctly stated submitted control congress indian tribes foreign nations came within first three classes commerce mentioned need repeated indian tribes nations minds framers constitution natural phrase nations indian nations terseness language uniformly used framers instrument naturally indian nations case cherokee nation georgia brought declaration judicial power extends suits state foreign giving original jurisdiction state party conceded georgia state came within clause held cherokees state nation within meaning constitution able maintain suit pet indians within geographical limits soil people within limits political control government union exists within broad domain sovereignty two may cities counties organized bodies limited legislative functions derived exist subordination one territorial governments owe powers statutes conferring powers exercise liable withdrawn modified repealed time congress authority state governments may enact criminal laws indians presently considered power congress organize territorial governments make laws inhabitants arises much clause constitution regard disposing making rules regulations concerning territory property ownership country territories right exclusive sovereignty must exist national government found nowhere else murphy ramsey sup case american ins canter pet condition people florida territorial government consideration marshall said power governing territory belonging becoming state acquired means may result necessarily fact within jurisdiction particular state within power jurisdiction right govern may inevitable consequence right acquire territory whichever may source whence power derived possession unquestionable case rogers white man pleaded abatement indictment murder committed country cherokee indians adopted become member cherokee tribe chief justice taney said country crime charged committed part territory within limits state true occupied cherokee indians assigned hold assent authority referring policy european nations asserting dominion country discovered justice course adds otherwise right propriety exercising power open question yet question political departments government judicial duty expound execute law find think firmly clearly established admit dispute indian tribes residing within territorial limits subject authority country occupied one within limits one congress may law punish every offense committed matter whether offender white man indian indian reservation case us land bought mexico treaty guadaloupe hidalgo whole california allegiance inhabitants many indians transferred treaty relation indian tribes living within borders since revolution people always anomalous one complex character following policy european governments discovery america towards indians found colonies revolution since recognized indians possessory right soil roamed hunted established occasional villages asserted ultimate title land indian tribes forbidden sell transfer nations peoples without consent paramount authority tribe wished dispose land part state wished purchase treaty tribe mode done recognized right private persons nations make purchase treaty otherwise indians relations equally difficult define always regarded position preserved tribal relations nations possessed full attributes sovereignty separate people power regulating internal social relations thus far brought laws union state within whose limits resided perhaps best statement position found two opinions chief justice marshall case cherokee nation georgia pet case worcester georgia pet opinions exhaustive separate opinion justice baldwin former valuable resume treaties statutes concerning indian tribes previous confederation first cases held tribes neither nations attributes sovereignty far recognized capacity sustain suit second case said subject jurisdiction asserted state georgia within limits ages attempted extend laws jurisdiction courts opinions cases spoken nation local dependent communities spirit conducted relations organization time experience hundred years system government congress determined upon new departure govern acts congress seen act march embodied section revised statutes indian nation tribe within territory shall acknowledged recognized independent nation tribe power may contract treaty obligation treaty lawfully made ratified indian nation tribe prior march shall hereby invalidated impaired case crow dog sup agreement sioux indians ratified act congress supposed extend laws jurisdiction courts covering murder grave crimes shows purpose congress new departure decision case admits intention congress punish courts murder one indian another law valid see agreement indians sanctioned congress purpose repeal section revised statutes expressly excludes jurisdiction case crime committed one indian another indian country passage act consideration designed remove objection go including crimes reservations lying within state latter fact fatal objection law statute contains express limitation upon powers state jurisdiction courts limitation either grows implication arising fact congress defined crime committed within state made punishable courts congress done regard offenses relating matters federal authority extends authority extend case seen nature offense murder one cases commission punishable laws within jurisdiction courts distinction claimed offense statute committed indian committed reservation set apart within state residence tribe indians fair inference offending indian shall belong tribe interfere process state courts within reservation operation state laws upon white people found effect confined acts indian tribe criminal character committed within limits reservation seems us within competency congress indian tribes wards nation communities dependent largely daily food dependent political rights owe allegiance receive protection local ill feeling people found often deadliest enemies weakness helplessness largely due course dealing federal government treaties promised arises duty protection power always recognized executive congress whenever question arisen case worcester georgia pet held though indians treaty sold land within state agreed remove away failed state remained lands extend laws criminal civil tribes duty power compel removal tribe protection subjected laws state process courts thing decided case fellows blacksmith case also indians sold lands supervision massachusetts new york agreed remove within given time time came suit recover land brought new york gave judgment plaintiff held writ error state enforce removal duty power see also cases kansas indians wall new york indians id power general government remnants race powerful weak diminished numbers secessary protection well safety among dwell must exist government never existed anywhere else theater exercise within geographical limits never denied alone enforce laws tribes answer questions propounded us ninth section act march valid law branches circuit district california jurisdiction offense charged indictment case