United States: The Doctrine Of Discovery And The Elusive Definition Of Indian Title

United States: The Doctrine Of Discovery And The Elusive Definition Of Indian Title Blake A. Watson, 2011   This article contends that, pursuant to the discovery doctrine developed and adopted by the U.S. Supreme Court, Indian tribes retained possession of their lands after European encounter, but no longer owned their land and no longer held unlimited disposition rights. This "limited possessor" definition of Indian title is particularly difficult to justify in view of contemporary norms...

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