Ex parte Crow Dog
At a glance:
- Series: Racial and Ethnic Relations in America
- Categories: Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Law, Legal History, Courts
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians, Court Cases, Rulings, Appeals, Supreme Court, U.S.
- Curriculum: American History 1878-1900, American Indian History
- Geographical Location: North Dakota, South Dakota
- Date: 1883
Article abstract: A U.S. Supreme Court decision found that the United States had no jurisdiction in cases between two Indians concerning events on Indian land.
Crow Dog, a well-known Lakotan, killed Spotted Tail, another popular tribal leader, at the Rosebud Agency in Dakota Territory in 1883. Crow Dog was arrested, removed from the reservation, and tried in the territorial court of Dakota, where he was convicted and sentenced to death. In killing Spotted Tail, Crow Dog admitted he had broken Lakota law, but he maintained he should be punished according to...
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