https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1gz2j38/did_native_americans_have_legal_standing_in/
created by holomorphic_chipotle on 24/11/2024 at 21:49 UTC
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In the Spanish colonies, Native Americans fostered whole networks of indigenous and allied lawyers, theologians, scholars, and litigants who used the Spanish courts to defend the land rights of indigenous communities. This of course doesn't mean that their rights were always respected, but it does seem that in many cases the Spanish authorities were interested in following due process.
Did something similar exist further north? And if not, when and who decided that they should not have legal recourse? Was it racism? Was Spanish law so much more developed?
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