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" In the establishment of these relations the rights of the original inhabitants were, in no instance, entirely disregarded, but were necessarily, to a considerable extent, impaired. They were admitted to be the rightful occupants of the soil, with a legal... "
The Christian Examiner and Religious Miscellany - Page 215
1844
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Native American Cultural and Religious Freedoms

John R. Wunder - 1996 - 392 pages
...nativesl were admitted to he the rightful occupants of the soil, with a legal as well as just claim to retain possession of it, and to use it according to their own discretion; hut their rights to complete sovereignty, as independent nations, were necessarily diminished and their...
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Aboriginal and Treaty Rights in Canada: Essays on Law, Equity, and Respect ...

Michael Asch - 1997 - 308 pages
...impaired. They were admitted to be the rightful occupants of the soil, with a legal as well as a just claim to retain possession of it, and to use it according to their own discretion; but their rights to complete sovereignty, as independent nations, were necessarily diminished, and...
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American Indian Sovereignty and the U.S. Supreme Court: The Masking of Justice

David E. Wilkins - 1997 - 426 pages
...impaired. They were admitted to be the rightful occupants of the soil, with a legal as well as just claim to retain possession of it, and to use it according to their own discretion; but their rights to complete sovereignty, as independent nations, were necessarily diminished, and...
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Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society

Massachusetts Historical Society - 1873 - 540 pages
...impaired. They were admitted to be the rightful occupants of the soil, with a legal as well as just claim to retain possession of it, and to use it according to their own discretion: but their rights to complete sovereignty, as independent nations, were necessarily diminished ; and...
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Asia-Pacific Legal Development

Gerry Ferguson - 1998 - 624 pages
...tribes were "admitted to be the rightful occupants of the soil, with a legal as well as a just claim to retain possession of it, and to use it according to their own discretion."45 ln a series of cases decided between 1810 and 1835, the most important of which was...
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A Guide to Overseas Precedents of Relevance to Native Title

Shaunnagh Dorsett, Lee Godden - 1998 - 300 pages
...founded lands were conceded to be the rightful occupants of the soil with a legal as well as a just claim to retain possession of it and to use it according to their own discretions. He also determined that aboriginal title is communal in nature.(at 190-201) As you can...
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The Politics of Hallowed Ground: Wounded Knee and the Struggle for Indian ...

Mario Gonzalez, Elizabeth Cook-Lynn - 1999 - 454 pages
...impaired. They were admitted to be the rightful occupants of the soil, with a legal as well as just claim to retain possession of it, and to use it according to their own discretion; but their rights to complete sovereignty, as independent nations, were necessarily diminished and their...
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Jurisdictional Issues: Hearing Before the Committee on Indian Affairs ...

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Indian Affairs (1993- ) - 1999 - 1476 pages
...disregarded. They were f*"""**1 to be the rightful occupants of the soQ, with the legal as well as just claim to retain possession of it, and to use it according to their own discretion" (Getches, Wilkinson, and Williams, Jr., 1993, p. 144). - ' v*p. Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831),...
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Justice in Paradise

Bruce A. Clark - 1999 - 406 pages
...were, ... The Indians] were the rightful occupants of the soil, with a legal as well as a just claim to retain possession of it, and to use it according to their own discretion. In a certain sense they were permitted to exercise rights of sovereignty over it. They might sell or...
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Tribes, Treaties, and Constitutional Tribulations

Vine Deloria, Jr., David E. Wilkins - 2000 - 244 pages
...impaired. They were admitted to be the rightful occupants of the soil, with a legal as well as just claim to retain possession of it, and to use it according to their own discretion; but their rights to complete sovereignty, as independent nations were necessarily diminished, and their...
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