The Supreme Court held that Congress had not disestablished the Muscogee (Creek) reservation for purposes of the Major Crimes Act. The ruling required respect for a treaty-based legal commitment despite long contrary state practice. It concerned reservation status and criminal jurisdiction, not an automatic transfer of all private property in eastern Oklahoma.
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The Court held that the reservation remained in existence for the relevant criminal-jurisdiction question. This was not an automatic transfer of private property.
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