English Explanatory Dictionary

domestic dependent nation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A term used to describe the relationship between the United States and Native American tribes.
  2. The group of people.
  3. The territory belonging to the group of people.

Word forms

domestic dependent nation

Etymology

Compound of domestic + dependent + nation. Coined in 1831, by Chief Justice John Marshall in the 1831 Supreme Court case Cherokee Nation v. Georgia.

Synonyms

autonomous region
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