Constitutional Academy: Constitutional Academy: The Doctrine of Discovery, Native America, and the U.S. Constitution
Featured Speaker - Robert Miller, Lewis & Clark Law School
Wednesday, May 21
5:00 – 8:30 pm
ESD 112 Conference Center
How can we view Native American history through a constitutional lens? In answering that question, Bob Miller , Lewis & Clark Law School professor and Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde, uncovered the history of Federal Indian Law. Professor Miller led us to see the Doctrine of Discovery's long reach, from the founding of the colonies through the writing of the Constitution all the way to Russia planting its flag on the Arctic seafloor last year.
Presentation Materials:
Presentation Audio
- MP3 Audio: Doctrine of Discovery, Native America, and the US Constitution - Part 1
- MP3 Audio: Doctrine of Discovery, Native America, and the US Constitution - Part 2
Support materials:
- Doctrine of Discovery, Manifest Destiny, and Oregon
- Northwest Ordinance; July 13, 1787
- Johnson v. McIntosh, 21 U.S. 543 (1823)
- Indian Removal Act (1830)
- Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, 30 U.S. 5 Pet. 1 1 (1831)
- Worcester v. Georgia, 31 U.S. 6 Pet. 515 515 (1832)
- United States v. Winans, 198 U.S. 371 (1905)
- The Doctrine of Discovery in American Indian Law