Dude is taken to court for capturing illegals on his own property...

[Serenity]

I'd love to, unfortunately I dont speak any of the hundreds of native american languages, and theres hardly any one left alive who does either. laws were rolled up with a story-based oral tradition, rather than written documentation, so thats going to be very tricky.

But the Natives did not have a concept of ownership of the land, and thus would not (could not) have conceived of deciding themselves who would be allowed to reside on said land. If you don't own it, how can you rule over it? So, there would be no Native American laws.

[RTHolmes]

private ownership of land and territoriality are different things. by your logic there can never have been any disputes over territory or resources, you really believe this?

So, there would be no Native American laws.

just nonsense. unless you think laws are only valid when written in english, on paper, by white folks. in which case I guess there werent.

[Serenity]

private ownership of land and territoriality are different things. by your logic there can never have been any disputes over territory or resources, you really believe this?

just nonsense. unless you think laws are only valid when written in english, on paper, by white folks. in which case I guess there werent.

I'm not saying there would be no laws, but the Indians, to my knowledge, did not have the same notions regarding land that we do, which leads to the concept of immigration laws.