In its 1903 decision in the case
of
Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock, the United
States
Supreme Court rejected the
Line efforts of three Native
American tribes
(5) to
prevent the opening of tribal lands
to non-Indian
settlement without tribal
consent. In his study of the Lone
Wolf case, Blue Clark
properly
emphasizes the
Court’s assertion
(10) of
a virtually unlimited unilateral power
of Congress (the
House of Represen-
tatives and the
Senate) over Native
American
affairs. But he fails to note
the decision’s
more far-reaching
(15) impact: shortly after Lone Wolf, the
federal
government totally abandoned
negotiation and
execution of formal
written
agreements with Indian tribes
as a
prerequisite for the implemen-
(20) tation
of federal Indian policy. Many
commentators
believe that this change
had already
occurred in 1871 when—
following a
dispute between the
House
and the Senate over which
(25) chamber
should enjoy primacy in
Indian
affairs—Congress abolished
the making of
treaties with Native
American
tribes. But in reality the
federal
government continued to nego-
(30) tiate
formal tribal agreements past
the turn of the
century, treating these
documents not as
treaties with sover-
eign
nations requiring ratification by the
Senate but
simply as legislation to be
(35) passed
by both houses of Congress.
The
Lone Wolf decision ended this
era of formal
negotiation and finally
did away with
what had increasingly
become the empty
formality of obtain-
ing tribal
consent.
Q15:
According to the passage,
which of the following resulted from the Lone
Wolf decision?
- The Supreme Court took on a greater role in Native American
affairs.
- Native American tribes lost their legal standing as sovereign
nations in their dealings with the federal government, but their ownership
of tribal lands was confirmed.
- The federal government no longer needed to conclude a formal
agreement with a Native American tribe in order to carry out policy
decisions that affected the tribe.
- The federal government began to appropriate tribal lands for
distribution to non-Indian settlers.
- Native American tribes were no longer able to challenge
congressional actions by appealing to the Supreme Court.
答案是E,我选了C,我不知道为什么C错,请大家帮忙,谢谢!
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