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Choctaw Nation v. Oklahoma, 397 U.S. 620 (1970)
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Choctaw Nation v. Oklahoma, 397 U.S. 620 (1970)
Choctaw Nation v. Oklahoma No. 41 Argued October 22-23, 1969 Reargued March 5, 197 Decided April 27, 1970 * 397 U.S. 620
CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT
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Under various treaties (including the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek in 1830 between the United States and the Choctaws and the Treaty of New Echota in 1835 between the United States and the Cherokees) and patents issued thereunder, petitioner Indian Nations are held, contrary to the claims of the State of Oklahoma and other respondents, to have received title to the land underlying the navigable portion of the Arkansas River from its confluence with the Grand River in Oklahoma to the Oklahoma-Arkansas border. Pp. 628-636.
402 F.2d 739, reversed and remanded.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Choctaw Nation v. Oklahoma, 397 U.S. 620 (1970) in 397 U.S. 620 397 U.S. 621. Original Sources, accessed May 20, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=HQ7MR2XQK8W7KCY.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Choctaw Nation v. Oklahoma, 397 U.S. 620 (1970), in 397 U.S. 620, page 397 U.S. 621. Original Sources. 20 May. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=HQ7MR2XQK8W7KCY.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Choctaw Nation v. Oklahoma, 397 U.S. 620 (1970). cited in 1970, 397 U.S. 620, pp.397 U.S. 621. Original Sources, retrieved 20 May 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=HQ7MR2XQK8W7KCY.
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