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 expedition and in American Manifest Destiny.  Robert J. Miller, Native America, Discovered and Conquered: Thomas [...]

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 speak in Sioux City at an event for the Nebraska Indian Community College. Sat. Nov. [...]

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, NY. I’ll be speaking about Indian religious rights and access to sacred sites on public [...]

On September 27, I will speak at the Lewis & Clark Trail Heritage Philadelphia Chapter regional meeting on SURVEYING and CARTOGRAPHY in Lancaster, PA. at the Holiday Inn, 521 Greenfield Road, Lancaster, PA 17601. I will open the day’s event at 8:30AM Speakers Symposium in the Philadelphia Room 8:30—Robert J. Miller, Professor at Lewis & [...]

Since publishing my book in September, I have found several other pieces of evidence that show the widespread acceptance and understanding of the Doctrine of Discovery in our early history. 1.  President Thomas Jefferson intended to remove the eastern Indians west of the Mississippi as early as 1803 and must have informed Meriwether Lewis of [...]

Professor Miller was interviewed on three different radio programs this weekend about his book Native America, Discovered and Conquered and the comments Pope Benedict made in Brazil May 13 and his “apology” of May 23.   1.  With host Albert Cata May 26 on Native America Radio Live on Santa Fe, New Mexico’s KSFR-FM. 2. With host Robin Carneen on NAMAPAHH First People’s [...]

Thomas Jefferson demonstrated an understanding and avid use of the Doctrine of Discovery throughout his legal and political careers.  He was the architect of the removal policy of Indian affairs and exercised the government’s Discovery authority over the Indian Nations.  He created the idea of moving all the eastern Indian tribes west of the Mississippi River and [...]