Category Archives: Lewis & Clark

Doctrine of Discovery lecture

Posted on April 9, 2021 by robertjmiller2013

On July 29 I gave a public lecture in the Oregon Historical Society series called the History Pub, at the Kennedy School McMenamin’s pub in Portland Oregon. Over 250 people attended. The Oregon Historical Society has posted the video on … Continue reading →

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Nazi Germany’s Race Laws, the United States, and American Indians

Posted on March 9, 2020 by robertjmiller2013

Please go to this SSRN webpage and you can download for free this law review article:  Robert J. Miller, Nazi Germany’s Race Laws, the United States, and American Indians (February 19, 2020). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3541009 (February 19, 2020). Abstract … Continue reading →

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Teaching the complete history of the United States – Lewis & Clark and Manifest Destiny

Posted on March 21, 2013 by robertjmiller2013

American Indians and tribal nations have been too long overlooked in the teaching and scholarship of the history of the United States. I have written about the crucial role that indigenous peoples and nations played, for example, in the Lewis and Clark … Continue reading →

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Can you really learn American history without studying American Indian involvement?

Posted on February 25, 2013 by robertjmiller2013

I have written and stated many times that American Indian tribes and Indigenous Peoples need to write their own histories because the mainstream academy and historians almost totally ignore the participation, involvement, and influence of Indigenous Peoples on world history and United States history. Thus, I … Continue reading →

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Lewis & Clark in the U.S. Supreme Court?

Posted on February 17, 2012 by robertjmiller2013

The Washington Post reported in November that the United States Supreme Court will have to decide what Lewis & Clark thought about three rivers in Montana to decide an upcoming case. And the newspaper was correct.  Today, Feb, 22, the … Continue reading →

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Jefferson peace medal discovered, and ownership disputed

Posted on November 22, 2008 by robertjmiller2013

An Associated Press story ran today in papers across the country about the discovery of a Thomas Jefferson peace medal in the American Museum of Natural History’s South American collection. The medal was probably the one given by the Lewis … Continue reading →

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Bill would federally recognize Chinook Tribe

Posted on August 2, 2008 by robertjmiller2013

Rep. Brian Baird of Washington announced a bill to that would extend federal recognition to the Chinook Nation of Washington. The tribe welcomed Lewis and Clark to the Pacific Northwest 200 years ago and helped the expedition survive the winter … Continue reading →

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Miller's November 2008 speaking engagements

Posted on August 1, 2008 by robertjmiller2013

I will be speaking Nov. 6, at 3 pm, at a conference at the University of Nebraska Law School in Lincoln Neb. I will also speak at 11:30 am that day to a Native student organization. Nov. 7, I will … Continue reading →

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Miller's October 2008 speaking engagements

Posted on August 1, 2008 by robertjmiller2013

In October I will be giving talks back east about the Doctrine of Discovery and speaking at a conference at Albany Law School entitled “God and the Land.” Oct. 1 Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH Oct. 2 Albany Law School, Albany, … Continue reading →

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Miller's September 2008 speaking engagements

Posted on August 1, 2008 by robertjmiller2013

In September I will be speaking at the following venues about Indian law issues and my book: September 3, Lacey, Washington, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service training, 9-11 am. Sept. 12, Lawrence, Kansas, Lewis & Clark Diplomacy Symposium, University of … Continue reading →

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