| Kenneth N. Owens - History - 2002 - 392 pages
...from the time of the American Revolution. In 1787 the Northwest Ordinance forthrightly stated that the "utmost good faith shall always be observed towards the Indians, their lands and their property shall never be taken from them without their consent; and in their property, rights... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Committee on Resources - History - 2002 - 196 pages
...that: "The utmost good faith shall always be observed towards the Indians [in the Northwest Territory]; their lands and property shall never be taken from them without their consent." Emphasis Added. In 1795, and pursuant to the Treaty Clause, under Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 of... | |
| T. Alexander Aleinikoff - Law - 2002 - 332 pages
...in the course of white settlement of the continent. The Northwest Ordinance provided the following: The utmost good faith shall always be observed towards the Indians; their land and property shall never be taken from them without their consent; and in their property, rights... | |
| Joy Hakim - America - 2003 - 356 pages
...prisoner to know the reason for his imprisonment). The Ordinance also declared that the Indians' "land and property shall never be taken from them without their consent." And, for extending the fundamental principles of civil and religious liberty, which form the basis whereon... | |
| Sidney Lens - History - 2003 - 484 pages
...repeatedly. The Ordinance for the Government of the Northwest Territory (July 13, 1787) reaffirmed that the "utmost good faith shall always be observed towards...shall never be taken from them without their consent. . . ." Jefferson expressed the hope that if the Indian were encouraged to abandon hunting and fishing... | |
| Ward Churchill - Indian land transfers - 2003 - 508 pages
..."The utmost good faith shall always be observed towatds the Indian; their land shall never be raken from them without their consent; and in their property,...liberty, they shall never be invaded or disturbed — but laws founded in justite and humanity shall from time to time be made, for wrongs done to them,... | |
| Walter C. Fleming - History - 2003 - 344 pages
...Congress, stated that Indians were to be treated with the "utmost good faith" and specifically that "their lands and property shall never be taken from them without their consent." However, the ordinance also provided for the settlement by whites of the Ohio country. These two goals... | |
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