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		paloaltokid on July 10, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Whose Land – Indigenous Nations of North America > a Westphalian continent. I know the reference you're making here, but for other readers who may not know the history, can you elaborate a bit please?

pbiggar on July 10, 2020 [–]

I took Westphalian to refer to the concept of the "nation state", which--at least in the west--is regarded to have been created at the Treaty of Westphalia.

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