Robert J. Miller's Books
Sep.30.2006
Manifest Destiny, as a term for westward expansion, was not used until the 1840s. Its predecessor was the Doctrine of Discovery, a legal tradition by which Europeans and Americans laid legal claim to the land of the indigenous people that they "discovered." In the United States, the British colonists who had recently become Americans were competing with the English,...
About Robert
Robert Miller is a Professor at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon where he teaches Indian Law courses and Civil Procedure. He has taught and practiced Indian law since 1993. He has also been a part-time tribal judge since 1995 and is now the...
Causes Robert Miller Supports
National Indian Child Welfare Association, Inc.
Oregon Native American Business & Entrepreneurial Network