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" Their relation to the United States resembles that of a ward to his guardian. They look to our government for protection; rely upon its kindness and its power; appeal to it for relief to their wants, and address the president as their great father. "
Report of the Department of the Interior ... [with Accompanying Documents]. - Page 61
by United States. Department of the Interior - 1857
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Indian Nation: Native American Literature and Nineteenth-century Nationalisms

Cheryl Walker - Literary Criticism - 1997 - 284 pages
...dependent nations." In the words of his decision, "Their relation to the United States resembles that of a ward to his guardian. They look to our government for protection; rely upon its kindness and its power, appeal to it for relief to their wants; and address the president...
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American Indian Sovereignty and the U.S. Supreme Court: The Masking of Justice

David E. Wilkins - Social Science - 1997 - 426 pages
...revisited and dramatically restated John Marshall's analogy in the Cherokee Nation case that the Indian's relations to the United States "resemble those of a ward to his guardian." In his drive to rationalize his judicial and nonconstitutional construction denying tribal sovereignty...
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John Marshall: Definer of a Nation

Jean Edward Smith - Biography & Autobiography - 1998 - 788 pages
...nations. . . . they are in a state of pupilage; their relation to the United States resembles that of a ward to his guardian. They look to our government for protection; rely upon its kindness and its power; appeal to it for relief of their wants." Accordingly, "the framers...
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A Guide to Overseas Precedents of Relevance to Native Title

Shaunnagh Dorsett, Lee Godden - Law - 1998 - 300 pages
...nations. . . [Indians] are in a state of pupillage; their relation to the United States resembles that of a ward to his guardian. They look to our government for protection; rely upon its kindness and its power; appeal to it for relief of their wants ...(at 17) He therefore...
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Sovereign Immunity: Hearing Before the Committee on Indian Affairs ..., Part 1

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Indian Affairs (1993- ) - Federally recognized Indian tribes - 1998 - 786 pages
...how "they look to our government for protection." Their relation to the United States resembles that of a ward to his guardian. They look to our government for protection; rely upon its kindness and its power; appeal to it for relief to their wants; and address the President...
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Race, Law and Public Policy: Cases and Materials on Law and Public Policy of ...

Robert Johnson (Jr.) - Law - 1998 - 552 pages
...ceases. Meanwhile they are in a state of pupilage. Their relation to the United States resembles that of a ward to his guardian. They look to our government for protection; rely upon its kindness and its power; appeal to it for relief to their wants; and address the president...
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Sovereign Immunity: Hearing Before the Committee on Indian Affairs ..., Part 1

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Indian Affairs (1993- ) - Law - 1998 - 780 pages
.... Meanwhile they are in a state cf pupilage. Their relation to the United States resembles that cf a ward to his guardian. They look to our government for protection,- rely upon its kindness and its power,- appeal to it for relief to their wants,- and address the President...
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Indian Gaming: Tribal Sovereignty and American Politics

W. Dale Mason - Social Science - 2000 - 356 pages
...effect on the future of Indian-government relations: Their relation to the United States resembles that of a ward to his guardian. They look to our government for protection; they rely upon its kindness and its power; appeal to it for relief of their wants; and address the...
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A Nation of States: Federalism at the Bar of the Supreme Court

Kermit L. Hall - Law - 2000 - 464 pages
...nations." Indians resided in a state of pupilage. Their relation to the United States resembled that of a ward to his guardian. They look to our government for protection; rely upon its kindness and its power; appeal to it for relief to their wants; and address the president...
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Grant

Jean Edward Smith - Biography & Autobiography - 2001 - 785 pages
...nations. . . . They are in a state of pupilage. Their relation to the United States resembles that of a ward to his guardian. They look to our government for protection; rely upon its kindness and its power; appeal to it for relief of their wants." Marshall went on to...
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