List of United States Supreme Court cases involving Indian tribes

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This is a list of U.S. Supreme Court cases involving Native American Tribes. Included in the list are Supreme Court cases that have a major component that deals with the relationship between tribes, between a governmental entity and tribes, tribal sovereignty, tribal rights (including property, hunting, fishing, religion, etc.) and actions involving members of tribes. Cases are sorted into general areas of Native American law, with a chronological listing at the end of the article.

Citizenship[]

Adoption[]

  • Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians v. Holyfield, 490 U.S. 30 (1989)
  • Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl, 570 U.S. 637 (2013)
  • Haaland v. Brackeen (pending)

Tribal[]

United States[]

Civil rights[]

Congressional authority[]

Contract law[]

  • Salazar v. Ramah Navajo Chapter, 567 U.S. 182 (2012)

Gambling[]

Hunting and fishing rights[]

Jurisdiction[]

  • Iowa Mutual Insurance Co. v. LaPlante, 480 U.S. 9 (1987)
  • California v. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, 480 U.S. 202 (1987)
  • Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians v. Holyfield, 490 U.S. 30 (1989)
  • South Dakota v. Bourland, 508 U.S. 679 (1993)

Criminal[]

Federal[]

Over non-Indians[]

State[]

Liquor[]

Property rights[]

Allotment[]

  • Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock, 187 U.S. 553 (1903)
  • Arenas v. United States, 322 U.S. 419 (1944)
  • Solem v. Bartlett, 465 U.S. 463 (1984)
  • Brendale v. Confederated Yakima Indian Nation, 492 U.S. 408 (1989)
  • Yakima v. Confederated Tribes, 502 U.S. 251 (1992)
  • Plains Commerce Bank v. Long Family Land and Cattle Co., Inc., 556 U.S. 287 (2008)

Mineral rights[]

Reservations[]

Statutory and treaty interpretation[]

  • Ex parte Crow Dog, 109 U.S. 556 (1883)
  • Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock, 187 U.S. 553 (1903)
  • Menominee Tribe v. United States, 391 U.S. 404 (1968)
  • Antoine v. Washington, 420 U.S. 194 (1975)
  • Bryan v. Itasca County, 426 U.S. 373 (1976)
  • Washington v. Confederated Bands and Tribes of the Yakima Indian Nation, 439 U.S. 463 (1979)
  • Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife v. Klamath Indian Tribe, 473 U.S. 753 (1985)
  • South Dakota v. Bourland, 508 U.S. 679 (1993)
  • Yellen v. Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, No. 20-543, 594 U.S. ___ (2021)

Fiduciary duties[]

  • Seminole Nation v. United States, 316 U.S. 286 (1942)
  • United States v. Mitchell, 463 U.S. 206 (1983)

Taxation[]

Federal[]

State[]

Tribal[]

Tribal sovereignty[]

Chronological listing[]

See also[]

  • Outline of United States federal Indian law and policy
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