Tribal Sovereignty: The Marshall Trilogy

Neal McCaleb, Ambassador At-Large, Chickasaw Nation

Neal McCaleb, Ambassador At-Large for the Chickasaw Nation, explains that Chief Justice John Marshall upheld the Five Civilized Tribes' right to govern themselves. President Andrew Jackson ignored the ruling and pushed the tribes west of the Mississippi River. Even so, forced removal did not obliterate the tribe’s sovereignty.

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