A Century of Dishonor: A Sketch of the United States Government's Dealings with Some of the Indian Tribes |
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... claim . If the Indian Territory and the Indian reservations have been given to certain tribes as their possession forever , the sacredness of this guarantee should not shut our eyes to the sacredness also of the real interests of the ...
... claim . If the Indian Territory and the Indian reservations have been given to certain tribes as their possession forever , the sacredness of this guarantee should not shut our eyes to the sacredness also of the real interests of the ...
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... claiming " sovereignty of the soil " by right of priority of discovery - all recognized the Indians ' " right of occupancy " as a right ; a right alienable in but two ways , either by purchase or by conquest . All their discussions as ...
... claiming " sovereignty of the soil " by right of priority of discovery - all recognized the Indians ' " right of occupancy " as a right ; a right alienable in but two ways , either by purchase or by conquest . All their discussions as ...
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... claims not only to the govern- ment , but to the proprietary and territorial rights of the Unit- ed States whose boundaries were fixed in the second Article . By this treaty the powers of the government and the right to soil which had ...
... claims not only to the govern- ment , but to the proprietary and territorial rights of the Unit- ed States whose boundaries were fixed in the second Article . By this treaty the powers of the government and the right to soil which had ...
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... claim to retain possession of it , and to use it according to their own discretion , though not to dispose of the soil at their own will , except to the govern- ment claiming the right of pre - emption . " *** " The United States ...
... claim to retain possession of it , and to use it according to their own discretion , though not to dispose of the soil at their own will , except to the govern- ment claiming the right of pre - emption . " *** " The United States ...
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... claims ; or , in other words , it is the expression of the jural and moral relations of States to one another . 66 ' If international law were not made up of rules for which reasons could be given satisfactory to man's intellectual and ...
... claims ; or , in other words , it is the expression of the jural and moral relations of States to one another . 66 ' If international law were not made up of rules for which reasons could be given satisfactory to man's intellectual and ...
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