Non-Native attorneys wrote the deeds later attributed to Native nations

Evidence

In actuality, it is likely that no Native nation initiated the idea of an intention to “sell” their lands in a commercial transaction to non-Native land companies which, on their part, desired to “purchase” massive amounts of Native lands and then resell parcels of that land for a sizable profit in real estate transactions. — Doctrine of Discovery Project, The Marshall Trilogy, 10

Categorization

• SHARE: Perfect for the legal-historian friend who litigates documentary provenance — the deed itself is the artifact manufactured by the adverse party.
• SEED: Angle: a piece tracing the physical documents of dispossession — who drafted them, in what ink, and for whom they were back-dated in intent.