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Indian tribe

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

A separate and distinct community or body of the aboriginal Indian race of men found in the United States.

Montoya v. U. S., 180 U. S. 261 , 21 Sup. Ct. 358, 45 L. Ed. 521; Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, 5 Pet 17, 8 L. Ed. 25.