Neal McCaleb, Ambassador At-Large for the Chickasaw Nation, explains that after valiantly standing beside him in the War of 1812, the Chickasaw and other tribes were soon betrayed by President Andrew Jackson’s push to remove them from their homeland to areas west of the Mississippi River. Sensing resistance from the Indian people, the federal government claimed it could not protect them if they remain in states with an increasing number of non-tribal people who may not respect tribal laws and governments. This sad and dramatic period in history led to the U.S. Supreme Court’s “Marshall Trilogy” of decisions – which remain as the cornerstones of American Indian law.