Indian tribe
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 271 U.S. 432 - United States v. Candelaria · 1926Most cited · 439 citing opinions
a body of Indians of the same or a similar race, united in a community under one leadership or government, and inhabiting a particular, though sometimes ill-defined, territory
How often courts cite the cases defining “Indian tribe”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “Indian tribe” — 516 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.
All 2 definitions, chronological · 1926–1933
the term 'Indian tribe' was used in the sense of 'a body of Indians of the same or a similar race, united in a community under one leadership or government, and inhabiting a particular, though sometimes ill-defined, territory