| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - Such legislative acts as the 1785 Treaty of Peace, which was designed to give land to Cherokee tribes were violated, and furthermore, cases such as Johnson vs M'intosh in 1823 favored Europeans and the Discovery Doctrine; meaning that if they discovered the land, regardless of whether Indians were already occupying it, they had the right to claim ownership because Indians were unable to own lan
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