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 to the opening of tribal lands to non-Indian settlement without tribal consent.
请问是谁想 “prevent the opening the tribal ...", 是Super Court, 还是, Native American Tribe?
having taken further reflection, I came to understand that the key word is effort, the normal useage of effort is "the effort to do ... , " so it is the native American tribes, ... I agreed with you.
意思是1930年Lone Wolf 的官司中,三个Native American tribes提出要求说,没有部落的允许,非土著人不准在部落的领地里安家,但是United States Supreme Court拒绝了。表明联邦政府对印第安人政策从谈判和订条约转向了专制。其实在这之前,从1871年开始就已经有了这种转变的倾向,不过在Lone Wolf的case前,联邦政府和土著部落还是签条约的。Lone Wofe的决定结束了谈判时代。