Vine Deloria, Jr: Conquest Masquerading as Law

“Conquest Masquerading as Law”, an essay by Vine Deloria, Jr, lays out how the highest court in the US, the Supreme Court, did not uphold US treaties with Native American nations from at least the 1830s to the 1970s. It used racism in place of logic and legal precedent. The turning point came in the … Continue reading Vine Deloria, Jr: Conquest Masquerading as Law