Native lands are surplus lands.
This is the tenth legal principle out of 13. The principle describes that Native lands can be taken by anyone as “there is enough room for everyone.” Colonist made it sound like Natives had enough land for themselves, and Natives doesn’t need their land as it wasn’t being used by Natives. Perhaps, it must be available for others to take. Europeans simply viewed Native land as a vacant places waiting for them to farm and take the land away from Natives. Additionally, they saw Native Americans as “inferior” and worthless to take over their territories without their agreement.
Echo-Hawk’s challenges to the legal principle by questioning if the doctrine would ever think of taking the land from other rich landholders
This is the tenth legal principle out of 13. The principle describes that Native lands can be taken by anyone as “there is enough room for everyone.” Colonist made it sound like Natives had enough land for themselves, and Natives doesn’t need their land as it wasn’t being used by Natives. Perhaps, it must be available for others to take. Europeans simply viewed Native land as a vacant places waiting for them to farm and take the land away from Natives. Additionally, they saw Native Americans as “inferior” and worthless to take over their territories without their agreement.
Echo-Hawk’s challenges to the legal principle by questioning if the doctrine would ever think of taking the land from other rich landholders