Document Type
Article
Publication
Tribal Law Journal
Year
2024
Citation Information
Richard B. Collins, Dissenting Opinion?, 23 Tribal L. J. 6 (2024), available at https://scholar.law.colorado.edu/faculty-articles/1656.
Abstract
Johnson v. M'Intosh is important for its extensive description of the racist Doctrine of Discovery. But its holding had no bearing on legal rights of American Indian nations. The opinion's articulation of tribal rights to land ownership and retained sovereignty were correctly stated.
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