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"They Would Do As They Pleased, As They Had The Power": Gender Violence And The American Settler-Colonial Project, 1830-1890, Noelle Iati May 2021

"They Would Do As They Pleased, As They Had The Power": Gender Violence And The American Settler-Colonial Project, 1830-1890, Noelle Iati

Women's History Theses

This thesis investigates the role of gender violence and sexual terror in westward settler expansion of the United States in the nineteenth century. I posit that gender violence was not simply a symptom of war and colonization, but an integral piece of the American colonization strategy. Using studies of three locations during three different periods, I have found that the local, territorial, state, and federal governments all actively deployed sexual assault and other forms of gendered terror as methods of removing Indigenous peoples to reservations and rancherías, opening their lands to settlement and resource exploitation for the purpose of acquiring …


Establishing Justice In Middle America: A History Of The United States Court Of Appeals For The Eighth Circuit, Jeffrey Morris Jun 2013

Establishing Justice In Middle America: A History Of The United States Court Of Appeals For The Eighth Circuit, Jeffrey Morris

Jeffrey B. Morris

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The Presidential Oath, The American National Interest And A Call For Presiprudence, Robert F. Blomquist Jan 2004

The Presidential Oath, The American National Interest And A Call For Presiprudence, Robert F. Blomquist

Law Faculty Publications

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American Indian Influence On The United States Constitution And Its Framers, Robert J. Miller Jan 1993

American Indian Influence On The United States Constitution And Its Framers, Robert J. Miller

American Indian Law Review

No abstract provided.


Book Review. The Magic Mirror: Law In American History By Kermit L. Hall, Michael Grossberg Jan 1992

Book Review. The Magic Mirror: Law In American History By Kermit L. Hall, Michael Grossberg

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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Legal History And Social Science: Friedman's History Of American Law, The Second Time Around, Michael Grossberg Jan 1988

Legal History And Social Science: Friedman's History Of American Law, The Second Time Around, Michael Grossberg

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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Philosophical, Legal, And Social Rationales For Appropriating The Tribal Estate, 1607 To1980, Arrell Morgan Gibson Jan 1984

Philosophical, Legal, And Social Rationales For Appropriating The Tribal Estate, 1607 To1980, Arrell Morgan Gibson

American Indian Law Review

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Book Review. Readings In American Legal History By M. D. Howe, John P. Frank Jan 1949

Book Review. Readings In American Legal History By M. D. Howe, John P. Frank

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.