unanimous Supreme Court. Marshall found that ownership of the land is given to the ones that discovered it, which is a rule that had been repeated by all European countries with settlements in the New World. Marshall ruled that legally, the United States was the true owner of the land because it inherited it from Britain, whom he considered the original discoverers. Today The descendants of the Piankeshaw, along with the Kaskaskia and Wea, are enrolled in the Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma, a federally recognized tribe in Oklahoma. Notes References External links Ohio History Central - Piankashaw Indians 1818 Treaty Native American tribes in Indiana Native American tribes in Missouri Native American tribes in Ohio Miami tribe Algonquian ethnonyms Illinois Confederation