The Indian nations had always been considered as distinct, independent political communities, retaining their original natural rights as the undisputed possessors of the soil from time immemorial. –Worcester v. Georgia, Chief Justice John Marshall Which sentence best describes the Supreme Court’s decision? It did not protect American Indians’ sovereignty or their claim to tribal territory. It supported American Indians’ sovereignty and protected their claim to tribal lands. It declared that American Indians were subject to US laws and had no claims to their lands. It stated that American Indians were sovereign but had no claim to tribal lands.