... tribes remained separate political entities. United States law in a brilliantly ambiguous phrase, referred to the tribes as "dependent domestic nations." By the time of Canadian confederation in 1867, and the Rupert's Land transfer of 1869-70, Indian tribes were treated as "domestic," as within British and Canadian jurisdiction. Treaties were not required to obtain jurisdiction over the tribes. The English texts ... ...

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