The Supreme Court's Role in Choctaw and Chickasaw DispossessionFootnote^*

* I am extremely grateful to the late Terry G. Jordan‐Bychkov, who taught me more about writing, scholarship, and geography than my own meager research efforts could ever demonstrate. I will long remember our seasons together in the field. This study was funded in part by generous grants from the Committee on Creative Work and Research, Valparaiso University, and the Valparaiso University Alumni Association.

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