• Elk v. Wilkins, 112 U.S. 94 (1884), was a United States Supreme Court landmark 1884 decision with respect to the citizenship status of Indians. John Elk...
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  • Berger, Bethany (2016). "Birthright Citizenship on Trial: Elk v. Wilkins and United States v. Wong Kim Ark". digitalcommons.lib.uconn.edu. Retrieved April...
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  • was in Elk v. Wilkins, 112 U.S. 94 (1884)." Elk v. Wilkins, 112 U.S. 94 (1884); Bethany R. Berger, Birthright Citizenship on Trial: Elk v. Wilkins and United...
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    1884: Elk v. Wilkins 1898: United States v. Wong Kim Ark 1967: Afroyim v. Rusk 1980: Vance v. Terrazas 1873: Slaughter-House Cases 1875: Minor v. Happersett...
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    of Native Americans from US citizenship was further established by Elk v. Wilkins (1884), when the Supreme Court held that a Native person born a citizen...
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  • the surname include: Big Elk (c. 1765–1846), American Omaha leader John Elk (fl. 1880s), plaintiff in Elk v. Wilkins Black Elk (c. 1863–1950), American...
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    members: Elk v. Wilkins, 112 U.S. 94 (1884), is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court respecting the citizenship status of Indians. John Elk, a Winnebago...
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    citizenship among Native Americans resulted in many legal battles. In 1884, Elk v. Wilkins reached the US Supreme Court, which questioned whether or not Native...
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    career, and would write landmark opinions in cases such as Elk v. Wilkins and United States v. Wong Kim Ark. Gray was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the...
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  • “jurisdiction” requirement was considered in two Supreme Court cases. In Elk v. Wilkins, 112 U.S. 94 (1884), the Court held that Native American tribes represented...
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  • (1916) Elk v. Wilkins, 112 U.S. 94 (1884) Talton v. Mayes, 163 U.S. 376 (1896) Bad Elk v. United States, 177 U.S. 529 (1900) United States v. Antelope...
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  • Lochner v. New York, 198 U.S. 45 (1905), was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court holding that a New York State statute that prescribed maximum...
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  • naturalized citizens", quoting a dictum by Justice Gray from Elk v. Wilkins (1884) and United States v. Wong Kim Ark (1898). The court ruled that Zimmer, who...
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  • tribal nations within the United States, as the Supreme Court ruled in Elk v. Wilkins that they are "quasi-foreign nations who deal with Congress using treaties"...
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    The next year, Dundy was part of the lower court panel that heard Elk v. Wilkins, which asserted that Indians who had left their tribes and submitted...
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    race. In Minor v. Happersett (21 Wall 162, 1875), the Supreme Court confirmed that equal protection did not apply to women and Elk v. Wilkins (112 U.S. 94...
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  • that has been used in Indian case law to limit tribal sovereignty. Elk v. Wilkins, 112 U.S. 94 (1884) An Indian cannot make himself a citizen of the United...
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    citizenship even for those whose parents are not American citizens. Under Elk v. Wilkins (1884), the decision did not apply to Native Americans. The Insular...
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  • Mackenzie v. Hare, 239 U.S. 299 (1915), is a United States Supreme Court case that upheld Section 3 of the Expatriation Act of 1907, which dictated that...
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    becoming a territory; according to an 1884 Supreme Court decision, Elk v. Wilkins, Native Americans were not citizens, and thus would have no voting rights...
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    Berger, Bethany R. (2016). "Birthright Citizenship on Trial: Elk v. Wilkins and United States v. Wong Kim Ark". Cardozo Law Review. 37: 1185–1258. Archived...
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    refused a ballot. When he took the case to Supreme Court and through the Elk v. Wilkins trial, he was ruled against under the circumstances that Natives were...
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    States v. Lee that individuals could sue federal officers.: 1334  In Elk v. Wilkins, he joined a dissent by Harlan when the majority held that Native Americans...
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  • from a 1905 case, Lochner v. New York. The beginning of the era is usually marked earlier, with the Court's decision in Allgeyer v. Louisiana (1897), and...
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    Afroyim v. Rusk, 387 U.S. 253 (1967), was a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, which ruled that citizens of the United States...
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  • Powell v. Alabama, 287 U.S. 45 (1932), was a landmark United States Supreme Court decision in which the Court reversed the convictions of nine young black...
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  • Wayback Machine , Indian Country Today, May 17, 2004. McSloy, supra. David Wilkins, Justice Thomas and Federal Indian Law – Hitting His Stride, America is...
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  • governments. Hauenstein v. Lynham, 100 U.S. 483 (1879) Elk v. Wilkins, 112 U.S. 94 (1884) – Court held that even though Elk was born in the United States...
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    Rights Act of 1964) was passed on the basis of the Commerce Clause. Elk v. Wilkins (1884): In a 7–2 decision delivered by Justice Gray, the court held...
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