Title:
Mrs. Butler's Notes on Land Ownership by Native Americans
Date:
ND
Scope & Content:
Partial paper written by Eva Butler about Native American's concept of land ownership. Discusses the Mohegan land case and comments by Roger Williams. Land ownership was viewed differently by the Native American. Tribes as a whole tended to own land. Individuals who owned land would leave them to descendants, if they had any. Sachems acquired definite territories either through inheritance or by conquest. They parceled out areas to undersachems, who in turn divided the land to the people who were subject to them.
4 pages
4 pages
Object ID:
DOC.ND02836
Object Name:
Misc. notes
Collection:
Tribal Government
People:
Johnson, William Samuel
Williams, Roger
Williams, Roger
Search Terms:
land
sachem
Mohegan case
sachem
Mohegan case