7 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 40 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from United States v. State of Washington.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States v. State of Washington Anchor | green | “only tribes recognized as indian political bodies by the united states may possess and exercise the tribal fishing rights secured and protected by the treaties of the united states.” | 9 |
| 2 | United States v. State Of Washington | green | “this conclusion is clearly contrary to our prior holding and is foreclosed by well-settled precedent.” | 6 |
| 3 | United States v. Alpine Land & Reservoir, Co. | green | “has been continuously identified throughout history as indian or aboriginal, has existed as a distinct community since first sustained european contact, has maintained political influence within itself as an autonomous entity and that 80 percent of its members are descendants of…” | 6 |
| 4 | United States v. State of Washington | green | “only tribes recognized as indian political bodies by the united states may possess and exercise the tribal fishing rights secured and protected by the treaties of the united states.” | 6 |
| 5 | Greene v. Babbitt | green | “the petitioner's membership consists of individuals who descend from a historical indian tribe or from historical indian tribes which combined and functioned as a single autonomous political entity,” | 5 |
| 6 | United States v. State of Washington | green | “descended from any of the tribal entities that were signatory to the treaty of point elliott.” | 4 |
| 7 | United States v. State of Washington | green | “the intervenor samish tribe is not an entity that is descended from any of the tribal entities that were signatory to the treaty of point elliott.” | 4 |
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