Courts voided private purchases of Indian land as unmarketable title.

Evidence

Ruling that the Native American tribe did not have the right to convey the land, the federal district court held that Johnson’s initial purchase and the chain of title stemming from it were invalid. — Supreme Court of the United States (Marshall Court, 1823), Johnson & Graham’s Lessee v. M’Intosh,…, 5

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The federal purchase monopoly suppresses Native American land prices. — Supreme Court of the United States (Marshall Court, 1823), Johnson & Graham’s Lessee v. M’Intosh,…, 10; The Supreme Court denied American Indians the right to sell their land.; US courts resolved frontier land disputes by denying Indian transferable title — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 226 (+3 more)

Related

• The federal purchase monopoly suppresses Native American land prices. (similarity 0.88)
• US courts resolved frontier land disputes by denying Indian transferable title (similarity 0.86)
• The Supreme Court gave Indians only occupancy rights, not land title. (similarity 0.85)
• Natives were rightful occupants but lacked power to sell their land. (similarity 0.82)
• US courts have stripped Indigenous land rights through adverse rulings (similarity 0.81)
• Indian land was held in common by each tribe rather than in severalty. (similarity 0.79)
• Johnson v. McIntosh denied Indians property ownership rights (similarity 0.79)
• US courts stripped indigenous land claims through takings and laches rulings (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• US courts resolved frontier land disputes by denying Indian transferable title #corroborates (0.95) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 226
• The Supreme Court denied American Indians the right to sell their land. #corroborates (0.90)
• The Supreme Court gave Indians only occupancy rights, not land title. #expands (0.85) — Dorothy A. Brown, Getting to Reparations, 746
• Johnson v. McIntosh denied Indians property ownership rights #exemplifies (0.85) — Dorothy A. Brown, Getting to Reparations, 147
• US courts have stripped Indigenous land rights through adverse rulings #expands (0.80) — Dorothy A. Brown, Getting to Reparations, 1199