List of United States Supreme Court cases involving Indian tribes

This is a list of U.S. Supreme Court cases involving Native American Tribes. Included in the list are Supreme Court cases that have a major component that deals with the relationship between tribes, between a governmental entity and tribes, tribal sovereignty, tribal rights (including property, hunting, fishing, religion, etc.) and actions involving members of tribes. Cases are sorted into general areas of Native American law, with a chronological listing at the end of the article.

Citizenship

Adoption

• Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians v. Holyfield, 490 U.S. 30 (1989)
• Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl, 570 U.S. 637, 133 S.Ct. 2552 (2013)

Tribal

• Ex parte Joins, 191 U.S. 93 (1903)
• Santa Clara Pueblo v. Martinez, 436 U.S. 49 (1978)
• Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians v. Holyfield, 490 U.S. 30 (1989)
• South Dakota v. Bourland, 508 U.S. 679 (1993)

United States

• Elk v. Wilkins, 112 U.S. 94 (1884)
• United States v. Nice, 241 U.S. 591 (1916)

Civil rights

• 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, 430 U.S. 641 (1977)
• Oliphant v. Suquamish Indian Tribe, 435 U.S. 191 (1978)
• United States v. Wheeler, 435 U.S. 313 (1978)

Congressional authority

• Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock, 187 U.S. 553 (1903)
• Ex parte Joins, 191 U.S. 93 (1903)
• United States v. Nice, 241 U.S. 591 (1916)
• Williams v. Lee, 358 U.S. 217 (1959)
• Antoine v. Washington, 420 U.S. 194 (1975)
• Delaware Tribal Business Committee v. Weeks, 430 U.S. 73 (1977)
• White Mountain Apache Tribe v. Bracker, 448 U.S. 136 (1980)
• United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians, 448 U.S. 371 (1980)
• California v. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, 480 U.S. 202 (1987)
• South Dakota v. Bourland, 508 U.S. 679 (1993)
• United States v. Lara, 541 U.S. 193 (2004)

Contract law

• Salazar v. Ramah Navajo Chapter, No. 11-551, ___ U.S. ___, 132 S.Ct. 2181 (2012)

Gambling

• California v. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, 480 U.S. 202 (1987)
• Chickasaw Nation v. United States, 534 U.S. 84 (2001)

Hunting and fishing rights

• Menominee Tribe v. United States, 391 U.S. 404 (1968)
• Antoine v. Washington, 420 U.S. 194 (1975)
• New Mexico v. Mescalero Apache Tribe, 462 U.S. 324 (1983)
• Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife v. Klamath Indian Tribe, 473 U.S. 753 (1985)
• Brendale v. Confederated Yakima Indian Nation, 492 U.S. 408 (1989)
• South Dakota v. Bourland, 508 U.S. 679 (1993)
• Herrera v. Wyoming, No. 17-532, 587 U.S. ___ (2019)

Jurisdiction

• Iowa Mutual Insurance Co. v. LaPlante, 480 U.S. 9 (1987)
• California v. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, 480 U.S. 202 (1987)
• Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians v. Holyfield, 490 U.S. 30 (1989)
• South Dakota v. Bourland, 508 U.S. 679 (1993)

Criminal

• United States v. McBratney, 104 U.S. 621 (1881)
• Ex parte Crow Dog, 109 U.S. 556 (1883)
• United States v. Kagama, 118 U.S. 375 (1886)
• United States v. Ramsey (1926), 271 U.S. 467 (1926)
• United States v. Antelope, 430 U.S. 641 (1977)
• United States v. Wheeler, 435 U.S. 313 (1978)
• United States v. John, 437 U.S. 634 (1978)
• Solem v. Bartlett, 465 U.S. 463 (1984)
• Duro v. Reina, 495 U.S. 676 (1990)
• United States v. Lara, 541 U.S. 193 (2004)
• McGirt v. Oklahoma, 591 U.S. ___ (2020)
• Sharp v. Murphy, 591 U.S. ___ (2020)

Federal

• United States v. McBratney, 104 U.S. 621 (1881)
• United States v. Rogers, 45 U.S. (4 How.) 567 (1846)
• Ex parte Crow Dog, 109 U.S. 556 (1883)
• United States v. Kagama, 118 U.S. 375 (1886)
• United States v. Ramsey (1926), 271 U.S. 467 (1926)
• United States v. John (1978), 437 U.S. 634 (1978)
• National Farmers Union Ins. Cos. v. Crow Tribe, 468 U.S. 1315 (1984)
• United States v. Lara, 541 U.S. 193 (2004)

Over non-Indians

• United States v. McBratney, 104 U.S. 621 (1881)
• United States v. Ramsey (1926), 271 U.S. 467 (1926)
• Oliphant v. Suquamish Indian Tribe, 435 U.S. 191 (1978)
• Montana v. United States, 450 U.S. 544 (1981)
• New Mexico v. Mescalero Apache Tribe, 462 U.S. 324 (1983)
• National Farmers Union Ins. Cos. v. Crow Tribe, 468 U.S. 1315 (1984)
• Iowa Mutual Insurance Co. v. LaPlante, 480 U.S. 9 (1987)
• California v. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, 480 U.S. 202 (1987)
• Duro v. Reina, 495 U.S. 676 (1990)
• Plains Commerce Bank v. Long Family Land and Cattle Co., Inc., 556 U.S. 287 (2008)
• Dollar General Corp. v. Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, No. 13-1496, 579 U.S. ___ (June 23, 2016)

State

• Williams v. Lee, 358 U.S. 217 (1959)
• Antoine v. Washington, 420 U.S. 194 (1975)
• United States v. John (1978), 437 U.S. 634 (1978)
• Washington v. Confederated Bands and Tribes of the Yakima Indian Nation, 439 U.S. 463 (1979)
• White Mountain Apache Tribe v. Bracker, 448 U.S. 136 (1980)
• Montana v. United States, 450 U.S. 544 (1981)
• Rice v. Rehner, 463 U.S. 713 (1983)
• Solem v. Bartlett, 465 U.S. 463 (1984)
• Three Affiliated Tribes of Fort Berthold Reservation v. Wold Engineering, P. C., 467 U.S. 138 (1984)
• Iowa Mutual Insurance Co. v. LaPlante, 480 U.S. 9 (1987)
• California v. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, 480 U.S. 202 (1987)
• Inyo County v. Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Bishop Community, 538 U.S. 701 (2003)
• Sharp v. Murphy 591 U.S. ___ (2020)

Liquor

• United States v. Nice, 241 U.S. 591 (1916)
• Rice v. Rehner, 463 U.S. 713 (1983)
• Sarlls v. United States, 152 U.S. 570 (1894)

Property rights

• Johnson v. M'Intosh, 21 U.S. 543 (1823)
• United States v. Sandoval, 231 U.S. 28 (1913)
• Oklahoma Tax Commission v. United States, 319 U.S. 598 (1943)
• United States v. Southern Ute Tribe or Band of Indians, 402 U.S. 159 (1971)
• United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians, 448 U.S. 371 (1980)
• Rice v. Rehner, 463 U.S. 713 (1983)
• Hodel v. Irving, 481 U.S. 704 (1987)
• Brendale v. Confederated Yakima Indian Nation, 492 U.S. 408 (1989)
• Oklahoma Tax Comm'n v. Citizen Band of Potawatomi Tribe of Okla., 498 U.S. 505 (1991)
• Yakima v. Confederated Tribes, 502 U.S. 251 (1992)
• South Dakota v. Bourland, 508 U.S. 679 (1993)
• Plains Commerce Bank v. Long Family Land and Cattle Co., Inc., 556 U.S. 287 (2008)

Allotment

• Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock, 187 U.S. 553 (1903)
• Arenas v. United States, 322 U.S. 419 (1944)
• Solem v. Bartlett, 465 U.S. 463 (1984)
• Brendale v. Confederated Yakima Indian Nation, 492 U.S. 408 (1989)
• Yakima v. Confederated Tribes, 502 U.S. 251 (1992)
• Plains Commerce Bank v. Long Family Land and Cattle Co., Inc., 556 U.S. 287 (2008)

Mineral rights

• United States v. Shoshone Tribe of Indians, 304 U.S. 111 (1938)
• Merrion v. Jicarilla Apache Tribe, 455 U.S. 130 (1982)
• United States v. Idaho, 533 U.S. 262 (2001)

Reservations

• United States v. McBratney, 104 U.S. 621 (1881)
• United States v. Sandoval, 231 U.S. 28 (1913)
• United States v. Southern Ute Tribe or Band of Indians, 402 U.S. 159 (1971)
• McClanahan v. Arizona State Tax Comm'n, 411 U.S. 164 (1973)
• Oliphant v. Suquamish Indian Tribe, 435 U.S. 191 (1978)
• Washington v. Confederated Bands and Tribes of the Yakima Indian Nation, 439 U.S. 463 (1979)
• Washington v. Confederated Tribes of Colville Reservation, 447 U.S. 134 (1980)
• White Mountain Apache Tribe v. Bracker, 448 U.S. 136 (1980)
• United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians, 448 U.S. 371 (1980)
• Montana v. United States, 450 U.S. 544 (1981)
• Merrion v. Jicarilla Apache Tribe, 455 U.S. 130 (1982)
• New Mexico v. Mescalero Apache Tribe, 462 U.S. 324 (1983)
• Rice v. Rehner, 463 U.S. 713 (1983)
• Solem v. Bartlett, 465 U.S. 463 (1984)
• Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife v. Klamath Indian Tribe, 473 U.S. 753 (1985)
• California v. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, 480 U.S. 202 (1987)
• Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians v. Holyfield, 490 U.S. 30 (1989)
• Brendale v. Confederated Yakima Indian Nation, 492 U.S. 408 (1989)
• Oklahoma Tax Comm'n v. Citizen Band of Potawatomi Tribe of Okla., 498 U.S. 505 (1991)
• South Dakota v. Bourland, 508 U.S. 679 (1993)
• Idaho v. United States, 533 U.S. 262 (2001)
• City of Sherrill v. Oneida Indian Nation of New York, 544 U.S. 197 (2005)
• Plains Commerce Bank v. Long Family Land and Cattle Co., Inc., 556 U.S. 287 (2008)
• Dollar General Corp. v. Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, No. 13-1496, 579 U.S. ___ (June 23, 2016)

Statutory and treaty interpretation

• Ex parte Crow Dog, 109 U.S. 556 (1883)
• Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock, 187 U.S. 553 (1903)
• Menominee Tribe v. United States, 391 U.S. 404 (1968)
• Antoine v. Washington, 420 U.S. 194 (1975)
• Bryan v. Itasca County, 426 U.S. 373 (1976)
• Washington v. Confederated Bands and Tribes of the Yakima Indian Nation, 439 U.S. 463 (1979)
• Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife v. Klamath Indian Tribe, 473 U.S. 753 (1985)
• South Dakota v. Bourland, 508 U.S. 679 (1993)

Fiduciary duties

• Seminole Nation v. United States, 316 U.S. 286 (1942)
• United States v. Mitchell (1983), 463 U.S. 206 (1983)

Taxation

Federal

• Chickasaw Nation v. United States, 534 U.S. 84 (2001)

State

• Oklahoma Tax Commission v. United States, 319 U.S. 598 (1943)
• Mescalero Apache Tribe v. Jones, 411 U.S. 145 (1973)
• McClanahan v. Arizona State Tax Comm'n, 411 U.S. 164 (1973)
• Bryan v. Itasca County, 426 U.S. 373 (1976)
• Washington v. Confederated Tribes of Colville Reservation, 447 U.S. 134 (1980)
• White Mountain Apache Tribe v. Bracker, 448 U.S. 136 (1980)
• Ramah Navajo School Bd., Inc. v. Bureau of Revenue of N.M., 458 U.S. 832 (1982)
• New Mexico v. Mescalero Apache Tribe, 462 U.S. 324 (1983)
• Cotton Petroleum Corp. v. New Mexico, 490 U.S. 163 (1989)
• Oklahoma Tax Comm'n v. Citizen Band of Potawatomi Tribe of Okla., 498 U.S. 505 (1991)
• Yakima v. Confederated Tribes, 502 U.S. 251 (1992)
• Oklahoma Tax Comm'n v. Sac & Fox Nation, 508 U.S. 114 (1993)
• Dept. of Taxation and Finance of N.Y. v. Milhelm Attea & Bros., Inc., 512 U.S. 61 (1994)
• Wagnon v. Prairie Band Potawatomi Indians, 546 U.S. 95 (2005)
• Washington State Dept. of Licensing v. Cougar Den, Inc., 586 U.S. ___ (2019)

Tribal

• Merrion v. Jicarilla Apache Tribe, 455 U.S. 130 (1982)
• Alaska v. Native Village of Venetie Tribal Government, 522 U.S. 520 (1998)
• Washington State Dept. of Licensing v. Cougar Den, Inc., 586 U.S. ___ (2019)

Tribal sovereignty

• Talton v. Mayes, 163 U.S. 376 (1896)
• Oklahoma Tax Commission v. United States, 319 U.S. 598 (1943)
• Williams v. Lee, 358 U.S. 217 (1959)
• Menominee Tribe v. United States, 391 U.S. 404 (1968)
• Bryan v. Itasca County, 426 U.S. 373 (1976)
• Oliphant v. Suquamish Indian Tribe, 435 U.S. 191 (1978)
• United States v. Wheeler, 435 U.S. 313 (1978)
• Santa Clara Pueblo v. Martinez, 436 U.S. 49 (1978)
• Washington v. Confederated Bands and Tribes of the Yakima Indian Nation, 439 U.S. 463 (1979)
• Washington v. Confederated Tribes of Colville Reservation, 447 U.S. 134 (1980)
• White Mountain Apache Tribe v. Bracker, 448 U.S. 136 (1980)
• Montana v. United States, 450 U.S. 544 (1981)
• Merrion v. Jicarilla Apache Tribe, 455 U.S. 130 (1982)
• Ramah Navajo School Bd., Inc. v. Bureau of Revenue of N.M., 458 U.S. 832 (1982)
• New Mexico v. Mescalero Apache Tribe, 462 U.S. 324 (1983)
• National Farmers Union Ins. Cos. v. Crow Tribe, 468 U.S. 1315 (1984)
• Three Affiliated Tribes of Fort Berthold Reservation v. Wold Engineering, P. C., 467 U.S. 138 (1984)
• Cotton Petroleum Corp. v. New Mexico, 490 U.S. 163 (1989)
• Brendale v. Confederated Yakima Indian Nation, 492 U.S. 408 (1989)
• Duro v. Reina, 495 U.S. 676 (1990)
• Oklahoma Tax Comm'n v. Citizen Band of Potawatomi Tribe of Okla., 498 U.S. 505 (1991)
• Yakima v. Confederated Tribes, 502 U.S. 251 (1992)
• Dept. of Taxation and Finance of N.Y. v. Milhelm Attea & Bros., Inc., 512 U.S. 61 (1994)
• C & L Enterprises, Inc. v. Citizen Band, Potawatomi Indian Tribe of Okla., 532 U.S. 411 (2001)
• Inyo County v. Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Bishop Community, 538 U.S. 701 (2003)
• City of Sherrill v. Oneida Indian Nation of New York, 544 U.S. 197 (2005)
• Wagnon v. Prairie Band Potawatomi Indians, 546 U.S. 95 (2005)
• Plains Commerce Bank v. Long Family Land and Cattle Co., Inc., 556 U.S. 287 (2008)
• Dollar General Corp. v. Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, No. 13-1496, 579 U.S. ___ (June 23, 2016)

Chronological listing

• Fletcher v. Peck, 10 U.S. 87 (1810)
• New Jersey v. Wilson, 11 U.S. 164 (1812)
• Preston v. Browder, 14 U.S. 115 (1816)
• Danforth's Lessee v. Thomas, 14 U.S. 155 (1816)
• Johnson v. M'Intosh, 21 U.S. 543 (1823)
• Patterson v. Jenks, 27 U.S. 216 (1829)
• American Fur Co. v. United States, 27 U.S. 358 (1829)
• Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, 30 U.S. 1 (1831)
• Worcester v. Georgia, 31 U.S. 515 (1832)
• United States v. Rogers, 45 U.S. 567 (1846)
• United States v. Brooks, 51 U.S. 442 (1851)
• United States v. Holliday, 70 U.S. 407 (1865)
• In re Kansas Indians, 72 U.S. 737 (1866)
• The Cherokee Tobacco, 78 U.S. 616 (1870)
• Walker v. Henshaw, 83 U.S. 436 (1872)
• Holden v. Joy, 84 U.S. 211 (1872)
• United States v. Cook, 86 U.S. 591 (1874)
• United States v. Joseph, 94 U.S. 614 (1877)
• Beecher v. Wetherby, 95 U.S. 517 (1877)
• Harkness v. Hyde, 98 U.S. 476 (1879)
• United States v. Perryman, 100 U.S. 235 (1880)
• Pennock v. Commissioners, 103 U.S. 44 (1881)
• United States v. McBratney, 104 U.S. 621 (1881)
• United States v. Forty-Three Gallons of Whiskey (1883), 108 U.S. 491 (1883)
• Ex parte Crow Dog, 109 U.S. 556 (1883)
• Elk v. Wilkins, 112 U.S. 94 (1884)
• United States v. Kagama, 118 U.S. 375 (1886)
• Sarlls v. United States, 152 U.S. 570 (1894)
• Talton v. Mayes, 163 U.S. 376 (1896)
• Lucas v. United States, 163 U.S. 612 (1896)
• Bad Elk v. United States, 177 U.S. 529 (1900)
• Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock, 187 U.S. 553 (1903)
• Ex parte Joins, 191 U.S. 93 (1903)
• Winters v. United States, 207 U.S. 564 (1908)
• United States v. Sandoval, 231 U.S. 28 (1913)
• United States v. Nice, 241 U.S. 591 (1916)
• United States v. Ramsey (1926), 271 U.S. 467 (1926)
• Carpenter v. Shaw, 280 U.S. 363 (1930)
• United States v. Creek Nation, 295 U.S. 103 (1935)
• United States v. Shoshone Tribe of Indians, 304 U.S. 111 (1938)
• Tulee v. Washington, 315 U.S. 681 (1942)
• Seminole Nation v. United States, 316 U.S. 286 (1942)
• Oklahoma Tax Commission v. United States, 319 U.S. 598 (1943)
• Arenas v. United States, 322 U.S. 419 (1944)
• Williams v. Lee, 358 U.S. 217 (1959)
• Seymour v. Superintendent of Wash. State Penitentiary, 368 U.S. 351 (1962)
• Warren Trading Post Co. v. Arizona Tax Comm'n, 380 U.S. 685 (1965)
• Puyallup Tribe v. Department of Game, 391 U.S. 392 (1968)
• Menominee Tribe v. United States, 391 U.S. 404 (1968)
• United States v. Southern Ute Tribe or Band of Indians, 402 U.S. 159 (1971)
• Mescalero Apache Tribe v. Jones, 411 U.S. 145 (1973)
• McClanahan v. Arizona State Tax Comm'n, 411 U.S. 164 (1973)
• Department of Game v. Puyallup Tribe, 414 U.S. 44 (1973)
• Morton v. Ruiz, 415 U.S. 199 (1974)
• Morton v. Mancari, 417 U.S. 535 (1974)
• United States v. Mazurie, 419 U.S. 544 (1975)
• Antoine v. Washington, 420 U.S. 194 (1975)
• Moe v. Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of Flathead Reservation, 425 U.S. 463 (1976)
• Bryan v. Itasca County, 426 U.S. 373 (1976)
• Puyallup Tribe v. Department of Game, 429 U.S. 976 (1976)
• Delaware Tribal Business Committee v. Weeks, 430 U.S. 73 (1977)
• United States v. Antelope, 430 U.S. 641 (1977)
• Puyallup Tribe, Inc. v. Department of Game of Wash., 433 U.S. 165 (1977)
• Oliphant v. Suquamish Indian Tribe, 435 U.S. 191 (1978)
• United States v. Wheeler, 435 U.S. 313 (1978)
• Santa Clara Pueblo v. Martinez, 436 U.S. 49 (1978)
• United States v. John (1978), 437 U.S. 634 (1978)
• Washington v. Confederated Bands and Tribes of the Yakima Indian Nation, 439 U.S. 463 (1979)
• Washington v. Washington State Commercial Passenger Fishing Vessel Ass'n, 443 U.S. 658 (1979)
• Washington v. Confederated Tribes of Colville Reservation, 447 U.S. 134 (1980)
• White Mountain Apache Tribe v. Bracker, 448 U.S. 136 (1980)
• Central Machinery Co. v. Arizona Tax Comm'n, 448 U.S. 160 (1980)
• United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians, 448 U.S. 371 (1980)
• Montana v. United States, 450 U.S. 544 (1981)
• Merrion v. Jicarilla Apache Tribe, 455 U.S. 130 (1982)
• Ramah Navajo School Bd., Inc. v. Bureau of Revenue of N.M., 458 U.S. 832 (1982)
• New Mexico v. Mescalero Apache Tribe, 462 U.S. 324 (1983)
• United States v. Mitchell, 463 U.S. 206 (1983)
• Rice v. Rehner, 463 U.S. 713 (1983)
• Solem v. Bartlett, 465 U.S. 463 (1984)
• Three Affiliated Tribes of Fort Berthold Reservation v. Wold Engineering, P. C., 467 U.S. 138 (1984)
• National Farmers Union Ins. Cos. v. Crow Tribe, 468 U.S. 1315 (1984)
• United States v. Dann, 470 U.S. 39 (1985)
• Kerr-McGee Corp. v. Navajo Tribe, 471 U.S. 195 (1985)
• Montana v. Blackfeet Tribe, 471 U.S. 759 (1985)
• Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife v. Klamath Indian Tribe, 473 U.S. 753 (1985)
• Bowen v. Roy, 476 U.S. 693 (1986)
• Iowa Mutual Insurance Co. v. LaPlante, 480 U.S. 9 (1987)
• California v. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, 480 U.S. 202 (1987)
• Hodel v. Irving, 481 U.S. 704 (1987)
• Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Association, 485 U.S. 439 (1988)
• Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians v. Holyfield, 490 U.S. 30 (1989)
• Cotton Petroleum Corp. v. New Mexico, 490 U.S. 163 (1989)
• Brendale v. Confederated Yakima Indian Nation, 492 U.S. 408 (1989)
• Employment Division, Oregon Department of Natural Resources v. Smith, 494 U.S. 872 (1990)
• Duro v. Reina, 495 U.S. 676 (1990)
• Oklahoma Tax Comm'n v. Citizen Band of Potawatomi Tribe of Okla., 498 U.S. 505 (1991)
• Blatchford v. Native Village of Noatak, 501 U.S. 775 (1991)
• Yakima v. Confederated Tribes, 502 U.S. 251 (1992)
• Negonsott v. Samuels, 507 U.S. 99 (1993)
• Oklahoma Tax Comm'n v. Sac & Fox Nation, 508 U.S. 114 (1993)
• Lincoln v. Vigil, 508 U.S. 182 (1993)
• South Dakota v. Bourland, 508 U.S. 679 (1993)
• Hagan v. Utah, 510 U.S. 399 (1994)
• Dept. of Taxation and Finance of N.Y. v. Milhelm Attea & Bros., Inc., 512 U.S. 61 (1994)
• Oklahoma Tax Comm'n v. Chickasaw Nation, 515 U.S. 450 (1995)
• Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida, 517 U.S. 44 (1996)
• Babbitt v. Youpee, 519 U.S. 234 (1997)
• Strate v. A-1 Contractors, 520 U.S. 438 (1997)
• Idaho v. Coeur d'Alene Tribe of Idaho, 521 U.S. 261 (1997)
• South Dakota v. Yankton Sioux Tribe, 522 U.S. 329 (1998)
• Alaska v. Native Village of Venetie Tribal Government, 522 U.S. 520 (1998)
• Montana v. Crow Tribe of Indians, 523 U.S. 696 (1998)
• Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma v. Manufacturing Technologies, Inc., 523 U.S. 751 (1998)
• Cass County v. Leech Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, 524 U.S. 103 (1998)
• Arizona Dept. of Revenue v. Blaze, 526 U.S. 32 (1999)
• Minnesota v. Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians, 526 U.S. 172 (1999)
• El Paso Natural Gas Company v. Neztsosie, 526 U.S. 473 (1999)
• Amoco Production Co. v. Southern Ute Indian Tribe, 526 U.S. 865 (1999)
• Rice v. Cayetano, 528 U.S. 495 (2000)
• Arizona v. California, 530 U.S. 392 (2000)
• Department of the Interior v. Klamath Water Users Association, 532 U.S. 1 (2001)
• C & L Enterprises, Inc. v. Citizen Band, Potawatomi Indian Tribe of Okla., 532 U.S. 411 (2001)
• Atkinson Trading Co. v. Shirley, 532 U.S. 645 (2001)
• Idaho v. United States, 533 U.S. 262 (2001)
• Nevada v. Hicks, 533 U.S. 353 (2001)
• Chickasaw Nation v. United States, 534 U.S. 84 (2001)
• United States v. White Mountain Apache Tribe, 537 U.S. 465 (2003)
• United States v. Navajo Nation, 537 U.S. 488 (2003)
• Inyo County v. Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Bishop Community, 538 U.S. 701 (2003)
• South Florida Water Management Dist. v. Miccosukee Tribe, 541 U.S. 95 (2004)
• United States v. Lara, 541 U.S. 193 (2004)
• City of Sherrill v. Oneida Indian Nation of New York, 544 U.S. 197 (2005)
• Wagnon v. Prairie Band Potawatomi Indians, 546 U.S. 95 (2005)
• Plains Commerce Bank v. Long Family Land and Cattle Co., Inc., 556 U.S. 287 (2008)
• Carcieri v. Salazar, 555 U.S. 379 (2009)
• United States v. Navajo Nation, 556 U.S. 287 (2009)
• Salazar v. Ramah Navajo Chapter, 567 U.S. ___, 132 S.Ct. 2181 (2012)
• Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl, 570 U.S. ___, 133 S.Ct. 2552 (2013)
• Dollar General Corp. v. Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, No. 13-1496, 579 U.S. ___ (2016)
• Herrera v. Wyoming, No. 17-532, 587 U.S. ___ (2019)

See also

• Outline of United States federal Indian law and policy