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Elk v. Wilkins

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Elk v. Wilkins
by Horace Gray
Syllabus

Elk v. Wilkins, 112 U.S. 94 (1884), was a United States Supreme Court case that held that an Indian cannot make himself a citizen of the United States without the consent and co-operation of the government.

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Court Documents

United States Supreme Court

112 U.S. 94

Elk  v.  Wilkins

A. J. Poppleton and J. L. Webster, for plaintiff in error.

G. M. Lamberton, for defendant in error.

GRAY, J.

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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).

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