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Oregon, Indigenous Nations, Manifest Destiny, and the Doctrine of Discovery

Robert J. Miller | August 22, 2019 | American Indian Law

The “Doctrine of Discovery” is the modern-day name for the international law principle that European nations used to claim most of the non-European world. The Doctrine was applied against Native peoples in North America by England, France, Spain, Holland, and Russia....

Oregon, Indigenous Nations, Manifest Destiny, and the Doctrine of Discovery

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