United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018Garrison, Tim Alan, 1961-2004-04-27Encyclopedia article about Worcester v. Georgia (1832). In the court case Worcester v. Georgia, the U.S. Supreme Court held in 1832 that the Cherokee Indians constituted a nation holding distinct sovereign powers. Although the decision became the foundation of the principle of tribal sovereignty in the twentieth century, it did not protect the Cherokees from being removed from their ancestral homeland in the Southeast.GSE identifier: SS2H2, SS8H4text/htmlengForms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.Judgments--United StatesIndians of North America--GeorgiaCherokee Indians--Government relationsWorcester v. Georgia (1832)Text