Cherokee Nation v. Georgia

In 1831 the Cherokee took the state of Georgia to the Supreme Court to resist the Indian Removal Act. When they took Georgia to the Supreme Court they actually won a favorable decision in their end, but President Andrew Jackson refused to enforce and ignored it. This ruling is known as Cherokee Nation v. Georgia today.

Cherokee Nation V. Georgia Media

• Cherokeenation1830map.jpg

  Map of Georgia (detail showing Cherokee Indian territory)

• Flag of the Cherokee Nation.svg

  Flag of the Cherokee Nation

• John Ross of the Cherokee.jpg

  John Ross, Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation

• NPS trail-of-tears-map.pdf

  The Trail of Tears map shows one of the most shameful episodes of American history, today preserved as the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail.

• William Wirt by Henry Inman (frameless).jpg

  Former U.S. Attorney General, William Wirt

• John Marshall by Henry Inman, 1832.jpg

  Chief Justice John Marshall

• CherokeeOSTA.svg

  Map of Oklahoma showing the current location of the Cherokee Nation highlighted in red.