Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock [Wikipedia]
Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock, 187 U.S. 553 (1903) is a United States Supreme Court decision which declared that the “plenary power” of the United States Congress gave it authority to unilaterally abrogate treaty obligations between the United States and Native American tribes. The decision marked a departure from the holdings of Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, 30 U.S. 1 (1831), and Worcester v. Georgia, 31 U.S. 515 (1832), which had given greater respect to the autonomy of Native American tribes.
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