Conquest by Law: How the Discovery of America Dispossessed Indigenous Peoples of Their Lands

Conquest by Law: How the Discovery of America Dispossessed Indigenous Peoples of Their Lands

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-263

  Robertson, Lindsay G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Discovery doctrine; Europeans; Illinois land company; Indigenous peoples; John marshall; Johnson v. M'Intosh; Supreme Court; Wabash land company

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919630786     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195148695.001.0001     Document Type: Book

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