The Oneida Nation of New York originally held lands numbering 6,000,000 acres, but through a series of treaties in the 1800’s and land sales was brought down to 34 acres. In 2004, the Oneida Nation purchased some of the original land back on the open market. The town of Sherrill attempted to tax the land, demanding payment from the tribe. The tribe claimed the purchased land was now part of their territory and thus nontaxable. The case reached the Supreme Court, where Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote the Court’s decision: Under the “doctrine of discovery … “fee title to the lands occupied by Indians when the colonists arrived became vested (owned completely) in the sovereign—first the discovering European nation and later the original States and the United States,”

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the catholic church withhold people's access to the bible during the middle ages.

people could go to church and listen to the teachings, but it was absolutely forbidden to own and/or read the books of both the old and new testaments. it was also prohibited to translate the books (which where originally in biblical hebrew) to any other language.

this was done so the church could remain in control of what their teachings were and to enhance their importance and power, while also being able to judge people's actions through information that was unavailable for the general public.

it affected it because the kingdoms (with trade) slowly got richer and richer.

the causes of the dust bowls were severe droughts,   lands became dry and hard, temperature was higher than usual, hot and dry conditions killed crops, high winds. because of those factors, the winds kicked up dry soil and created clouds of dust.

b. florence

d. milan