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United States v. John 437 U.S. 634 (1978) was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that lands designated as a reservation in Mississippi are Indian country as defined by statute and under the Major Crimes Act the State has no jurisdiction to try an Indian for crimes covered by that act.

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