What is Elk v. Wilkins?
{{Infobox SCOTUS case | Litigants = Elk v. Wilkins | ArgueDate = April 28 | ArgueYear = 1884 | DecideDate = November 3 | DecideYear = 1884 | FullName = John Elk v. Charles Wilkins | USVol = 112 | USPage = 94 | ParallelCitations = 5 S. Ct. 41; 28 [[L. Ed.]] 643; 1884 [[U.S. LEXIS]] 1857 | Prior = | Subsequent = | Holding = An Indian cannot make himself a citizen of the United States without the consent and the co-operation of the government. | Majority = Gray | JoinMajority = Waite, Miller, Field, Bradley, Matthews, Blatchford | Dissent = Harlan | JoinDissent = Woods | LawsApplied = | Overruled = | Superseded = [[Indian Citizenship Act]]}} '''''Elk v. Wilkins''''', 112 U.S. 94 (1884), was a [[United States Supreme Court]] landmark 1884 decision<ref>{{cite book |author1=Rudolph C. Ryser |title=Indigenous Nations and Modern States: The Political Emergence of Nations Challenging State Power |date=2012 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-415-80853-8 |page=54 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XIFdiBvyPeMC&q=elk+v.+wilkins+landmark&pg=PA54 |access-date=June 10, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author1=Bryan H. Wildenthal |title=Native American Sovereignty on Trial: A Handbook with Cases, Laws, and Documents |date=2003 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |location=Santa Barbara, California, United States of America; Denver, Colorado, United States of America; Oxford, Englang, Great Britain |isbn=1-57607-624-5 |page=28 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vzkCj2KbAqsC&q=elk+v.+wilkins+landmark&pg=PA28 |access-date=June 10, 2020}}</ref> respecting the [[citizenship]] of Indians.<ref>{{cite web |title=Elk v. Wilkins, 112 U.S. 94 (1884) |url=https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/112/94/ |website=Justia Law |accessdate=22 February 202