Title: Treaty rights - Wikipedia
Headings: Treaty rights
Treaty rights
Contents
Historical background and legal theory
Continuation to present
Treaty Rights in the United States
Ex Parte Crow Dog
Williams v. Lee
Olyphant v. Suquamish
Treaty Rights in Canada
Treaties within Canada
Historic Treaties
Modern Treaties
Section 35
Significant Court Cases
R v. Sparrow
R. v. Van der Peet
R. v. Powley
Violations of Treaty Rights
Spearfishing in Northern Wisconsin
Whaling in Washington
Annexation of Hawaii
Dakota Access Pipeline
References
Notes
Works cited

Content: Navajo Reservation in Utah. The central underpinning of treaty rights is that Native Americans are sovereign people living under their own laws, which exist alongside current United States law. It is the balance between these two systems of law that create issues and require frequent interpretation by the United States court system. One such case is the Crow Dog habeas corpus case. Ex Parte Crow Dog
In this case, Crow Dog, a Native American, shot and killed another Native American on a reservation. The reservation police turned him over to the army, who tried him in Dakota Territorial Court. The court sentenced him to death for the murder. Crow Dog appealed the case up to the Supreme Court of the United States. He argued that because he committed the crime on a reservation, and his family had made amends for his crime in accordance with tribal law and custom, the United States had no right to try him. The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Crow Dog, stating that the district court could not impose a punishment on a Native American for a crime committed on a reservation against another Native American.