From the Royster Casebook Note 2 on page 169 of the 4th Edition: “Note the following…

From the Royster Casebook Note 2 on page 169 of the 4th Edition: “Note the following statement from the Court’s
City of Sherrill
(2005) decision: “it was not until lately that the Oneidas sought to regain ancient sovereignty over land converted from wilderness to become part of cities like Sherrill.” Recall Chief Justice Marshall’s statement in
Johnson v. M’Intosh
that to leave the Indians in possession was to “leave the country a wilderness.”: Why, in the 21st century, is the idea of an Indian wilderness still invoked?”
City of Sherrill v. Oneida Indian Nation,
544 U.S. 197 (2005)
, and
Johnson v. M’Intosh,
21 U.S. 543 (1823)