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Post: Steve Newcomb (Shawnee/Lenape) and Peter d’Errico continue a decades-long conversation about Indigenous Peoples Permalink
Steve Newcomb Talks With Peter d’Errico.
Video: Steve Newcomb (Shawnee/Lenape) and Peter d’Errico continue a decades-long conversation about Indigenous Peoples Permalink
Steve Newcomb (Shawnee/Lenape) and Peter d'Errico continue a decades-long conversation about Indigenous Peoples. Their discussion includes the following to...
Race, Religion, and Nationalism in the 21st Century Permalink
Essays from the Open Access Journal Religions Specail Issue on Race, Religion, and Nationalism in the 21st Century are now being published.
Evangelical Zionism: From the River to the Sea Palestine by Tad Delay Permalink
Sitting amid this background before a congressional hearing, Reagan’s secretary of the interior James G. Watt was asked if he would protect wildernesses for...
Indigenous Sovereignty and Colonial Frameworks: A Comparative Analysis of Aotearoa (New Zealand) and Australia
Indigenous Sovereignty and Colonial Frameworks: A Comparative Analysis of Aotearoa (New Zealand) and Australia Indigenous resistance to colonial framewo...
S05E04: Unveiling the Doctrine of Discovery: Historical Injustice and Pathways to Healing with Steven J. Schwartzberg Permalink
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S05E03: Reclaiming Faith: Dismantling white Christian Supremacy and Healing Through Indigenous Spirituality with Soulforce Permalink
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Domination Chronicles Permalink
Greetings Friends and Relatives, I’m excited to announce the roll out of paid subscriptions, which I declined to do for our first year. However, many o...
NEYM Quaker Indian Boarding Schools Research Group Permalink
The New England Yearly Meeting of Friends (NEYM), Quaker embarked on a several year work to meet Secretary Haaland’s request for religious bodies to look a...
Spotlights, 5.2, Philip Arnold and the Urgency of Indigenous Values Permalink
I’m grateful to my friend and colleague John Grim and the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology for the podcast on Spotlights about my book The Urgency of Ind...
Indigenous People’s Day Festival Permalink
Onondaga Nation – On Sunday, October 13, 2024, join Onondaga community members, Tsha’ Thoñ’nhes management, We of Italian and Syracuse Heritage in CNY, and N...
The International Law of Colonialism: Johnson v. M’Intosh and the Doctrine of Discovery Applied Worldwide Permalink
Miller, Robert J. “The International Law of Colonialism: Johnson v. M’Intosh and the Doctrine of Discovery Applied Worldwide.” Tribal Law Journal 23, 1 (2024...
S05E02: Exploring the Legacy of Vine Deloria Jr. on Native American Thought with Philip Deloria Permalink
⤓ Download a transcript of the Episode as a PDF // → Subscribe In this episode of the Mapping the Doctrine of Discovery podcast, hosts Phil Arnold and Sa...
S05E01: Bridging History and Today: Religion, Law, and Indigenous Influences in American Democracy with Winnifred Fallers Sullivan Permalink
⤓ Download a transcript of the Episode as a PDF // → Subscribe In this episode of the Mapping the Doctrine of Discovery podcast, hosts Phil Arnold and Sa...
Focus on the Onondaga: A chronology of dispossession Permalink
Beginning in 2014, University Chancellor Kent Syverud initiated several measures honoring the Haudenosaunee. One of the measures is the University’s polic...
REL 500/600: The Religious Origins of White Supremacy: Johnson v. M’Intosh and the Doctrine of Christian Discovery Syllabus
Thank you so much to everyone who contributed to our podcast, blog, and conference. As part of the Doctrine of Discovery Project we wanted to do a syllabus s...
Mapping the Dcotrine of Discovery Zotero Library Permalink
Mapping the Dcotrine of Discovery Zotero Library
The Doctrine of Christian Discovery Podcast Zotero Library Permalink
The Doctrine of Christian Discovery Podcast Zotero Library
200 Years of Johnson v. M’Intosh: Law, Religion, and Native American Lands
Our Canopy Forum Thematic Series 200 Years of Johnson v. M’Intosh: Law, Religion, and Native American Lands “Introduction to the 200 Years of Johnson v...
Louisiana’s Ten Commandment Truthiness Permalink
I watch and wonder if we are witnessing the (re)birth of a distinctly American religion. One that shares a kinship and affinity with prior permutations of...
New Resources: Talking to Christians about the Doctrine of Discovery Permalink
Remember, if it’s starting to get heated, step out and take a breather, you can always have the kōrero again another day. TLDR: It’s ok to be Christian, i...
Disavowing the Doctrine of Discovery Permalink
Anti-Micronesian bias and colonialism are harming efforts to protect and manage waters surrounding U.S. overseas territories in the Pacific Islands. The B...
The religious underpinnings of one of America’s most sacred concepts, private property Permalink
Newsflash: Property law in the U.S. is not rooted in the Constitution. America’s legal foundation for property law (possession), “anti-Indian l...
Native Americans and the British in the 18th century Permalink
While Britain’s American Colonies grew, Native American tribes became increasingly reliant on European powers for trade goods, especially metal objects and f...
The Carleton Papers project Permalink
Having been given an exciting opportunity to project manage the cataloguing of the Carleton Papers (record series PRO 30/55), since September 2016 I have ...
The theft of the commons Permalink
In North America, it’s often assumed that private land ownership not only existed in colonizing cultures but was also universally accepted. Yet English co...
Lies of Discovery Permalink
In 2016 the Vatican, recognizing the need to understand Indigenous religious protocols, invited Indigenous spiritual leaders from around the world to Rome. ...
The Doctrine of Discovery: A 500-year-old colonial idea that still affects Canada’s treatment of Indigenous peoples
Why is it important? The Doctrine of Discovery is still an important legal concept in Canada today even though it was written hundreds of years ago. Both Fr...
Property Law, Settler-Colonialism, and the Vatican Permalink
Newsflash! Property law in the U.S. is not rooted in the Constitution. America's legal foundation for property law (possession), "anti-Indian law" and the ...
Dismantling ‘kind’ colonialism Permalink
“Kind colonialism” operates on the false idea that colonisation is necessary, beneficial, and inevitable. The reason it became the dominant form of colonisa...
New Book: In The Court of the Conqueror
ANNOUNCEMENT Artists’ Book Release Details In the Court of the Conqueror featuring Patty Ortiz with George Emilio Sanchez Curator & Editor, Cydney P...
‘Unspoken Conspiracy’ - Living within the Resonance of the Doctrine of Discovery Permalink
this thesis analyze the perceptions of the Doctrine of Discovery, a religious principle incorporated into law during the Age of Discovery among people wit...
Annoucing a New Translation of Inter Caetera Permalink
Translation differences between this new translation and Davenport’s occur more often in tone than in content. Of the latter, the most important is probab...
State of Washington v. Wallahee overturned Permalink
“Our nation’s history is rife with such injustices. It is no victory to sanitize the past, but there is a difference between erasing history and redressin...
S04E06: Unveiling Histories: Colonialism, Faith, and Identity in the Americas with João Chaves Permalink
⤓ Download a transcript of the Episode as a PDF // → Subscribe Introduction We begin this episode with a land acknowledgement. In this podcast episode, ...
Podcast🎙️ Stealing Land in the Name of God Permalink
What’s a 15th-century statement from a pope have to do with U.S. land policy today? In this conversation, Amanda Henderson and Steven Newcomb dive deeper in...
Sandy Bigtree & Philip Arnold - The Religious Origins of White Supremacy Permalink
Sandy Bigtree & Philip Arnold - The Religious Origins of White Supremacy Today’s discussion is one of profound importance, and I am honored to spea...
Indigenous Sacredness, Christendom and the Doctrine of Discovery Permalink
The conversation I am much more interested in, and that I feel is important to have – is an open, and frank conversation about the role Christianity has p...
Political theology, discovery and the roots of the ‘great replacement’ Permalink
Bossen, C. (2024). Political theology, discovery and the roots of the ‘great replacement’. Race & Class, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/03063968241238601.
S04E04: Reckoning with the Legacy of Colonization: A Dialogue on Native American Erasure and Resilience with Tink Tinker Permalink
Introduction We begin this episode with a land acknowledgement. In this episode of the Mapping the Doctrine of Discovery podcast, hosts Phil Arnold and ...
S04E03: Reclaiming Sacred Ground: Indigenous Sovereignty, Environmental Wisdom, and the Path to Restorative Justice with Patrick Gonzalez-Rogers Permalink
Introduction We begin this episode with a land acknowledgement. In this episode of the Mapping The Doctrine Of Discovery Podcast, hosts Phil Arnold and ...
S04E02: Exploring the American Religious Tapestry: From Civil Religion to Secularism and the Impact of the January 6th Insurrection Permalink
Introduction We begin this episode with a land acknowledgement. In this podcast episode, hosts Phil Arnold and Sandy Bigtree interview Joel Harrison, an...
S04E01: Unearthing the Foundations: Examining Native American Legal Battles and the Doctrine of Discovery Permalink
Introduction We begin this episode with a land acknowledgement. This podcast episode is a recording of Law Panel III Federal Anti-Indian Law from the con...
Renounced by the Vatican, Yet the Repressive Force of 15th Century Persists Permalink
By William D. Sunderlin, Ph.D., and Robert J. Miller, J.D. ALBANY, New York | PHOENIX, Arizona | 16 April 2024 (IDN) &emdash; It seems ridiculous that a...
Trump’s Dangerous Rhetoric of Dehumanization Permalink
Civilization and personhood are the intellectual bulwarks for the justification of colonization. The colonizer assumes they are made in the image of their...
Mapping the Dispossession of the Haudenosaunee: a chronology Permalink
Beginning in 2014, University Chancellor Kent Syverud initiated several measures honoring the Haudenosaunee. One of the measures is the University’s polic...
Inclusion is not the same as Self-Determination — and may undermine it Permalink
But questions nagged at me: When colonized people participate in the politics of their colonizer, does that signify the end of colonialism or its successful...
From Land Theft To Land Back The OAS And The Onondaga Nation Land Rights Action Permalink
From Land Theft To Land Back The OAS And The Onondaga Nation Land Rights Action This panel, including Tadodaho Sidney Hill, will review the history of inten...
Indigenous Craft Fair Permalink
We invite everyone to visit the Indigenous Peoples Craft Fair on 17 April 2024 from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM on the Eighth Floor of the Church Center of the United...
Global Indigenous Women’s Caucus 2024 Permalink
Dear Sisters, We invite you to join us on the 12 April 2024 from 9:00 AM—-3:00 PM on the Second Floor of the Church Center of the United Nations (CCUN) at 7...
Global Indigenous People’s Caucus 2024 Permalink
Dear Relatives, We invite you to join us on the 13-14 April 2024 from 9:00 AM––3:00 PM on the Second Floor of the Church Center of the United Nations (CCUN)...
‘Political Principles and Indian Sovereignty’: Lee Hester’s Philosophical Critique of US Anti-Indian Law Permalink
The Supreme Court now avoids naming the doctrine, as if that makes the problem go away. Hester concludes that the labyrinth of “inherent and retained...
The Doctrine of Discovery’s Disastrous Legacy by Antonia Malchik Permalink
Do you ever wonder how land comes to be privately owned? I wonder all the time. It’s the whole reason for this newsletter. I’m interested in other forms o...
Johnson v McIntosh & the Mental World of Domination A Brief Video by Steven Newcomb and William Laronal, Jr. Permalink
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Listsen to the Doctrine of Christian Discovery Podcast Now Permalink
Listen to the podcast on Megaphone, Spotify or Apple.
New Good Faith Media Podcast Highlights ‘Doctrine of Christian Discovery’ Permalink
The “Doctrine of Christian Discovery” podcast—produced in collaboration with Syracuse University and Indigenous Values Initiative—explores how a 15th-century...
Gayogohó:nǫ˺ (Cayuga) Legal Defense Fund Launches: Justice for an Indigenous People Permalink
Ithaca, NY- On Sunday, Feb 4th, over 400 Haudenosaunee and US citizens celebrated Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫʼ (Cayuga) culture, the local traditional community, and the...
Settler Colonialism in Higher Education: Syracuse University and the Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery (… and Onondaga Limestone)
Keywords: Settler colonialism, higher education, land grant, the Whipple Report, Onondaga Nation, Syracuse University Introduction In this article, I exami...
Challenging the Vatican Papal Bulls of DominationNOT Permalink
Challenging the Vatican Papal Bulls of Domination from Original Free Nations Advocates on Vimeo.
Insights and Reflections from Syracuse University’s Conference on the Religious Origins of White Supremacy Permalink
As I reflected on the discussions, I realized that without action, valuable Indigenous knowledge becomes an extracted resource often at the benefit of non...
Inter-American Commission On Human Rights Of The Organization Of American States Case No. P-624-14
The Onondaga Nation And The Haudenosaunee Against The United States Of America The Onondaga Nation And The Haudenosaunee Confederacy Supplemental Submission ...
Attendee Reflection: Conference: The Religious Origins of White Supremacy: Johnson v. M’Intosh and the Doctrine of Christian Discovery Permalink
I wanted to get some thoughts written in a place where I could share them, but this post only scratches the surface of what I heard and experienced. One ...
Unraveling the International Law of Colonialism: Lessons From Australia and the United States Permalink
In the 1823 decision of Johnson v. M’Intosh, Chief Justice John Marshall formulated the international law of colonialism. Known as the Doctrine of Discovery,...
WTL Conversations [S3E15]: Robert P. Jones Conversation with Phil Arnold and Sandy Bigtree on the Mapping the Doctrine of Discovery Podcast Permalink
SU hosts conference on white supremacy 200 years after Johnson v. McIntosh ruling Permalink
Ilianna Murphy, a junior at Simpson College who attended the conference, said her biggest takeaway is the importance of listening more to Indigenous people a...
S03E06: Exploring the Cultural, Historical, and Culinary Significance of Chilis with Victor Valle. Permalink
⤓ Download a transcript of the Episode as a PDF // → Subscribe In this podcast episode, Phil Arnold and Sandy Bigtree interview Victor Valle, an author a...
Conference Schedule The Religious Origins of White Supremacy: Johnson v. M’Intosh and the Doctrine of Christian Discovery.
Website Note The printed conference schedeule will have panel locations. The printed schedule is canonical. Land Acknowledgement We acknowledge with respect...
The Urgency of Indigenous Values Permalink
Philip P. Arnold, The Urgency of Indigenous Values, (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2023), ISBN: 9780815638087.
Syracuse University to Host Conference that Addresses Legal and Theological Theory of the Doctrine of Christian Discovery Permalink
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How Do Christians Stand in Solidarity with Wabanaki Nations?
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Newcastle, Maine 17th Sunday after Pentecost September 24, 2023 Living into Christ’s Great Commandment, Our Bapt...
Conflicting Perspectives Regarding the Holy Mountain Called ‘San Francisco Peaks,’ and Other Sacred and Significant Places of Original Nations and Traditional Healers Permalink
The Goepolitical and International Law Objectives of the Lewis and Clark Expedition Permalink
Robert is discussing the ideas of discovery and control of land through the lens of Thomas Jefferson and the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
Canadian Museum for Human Rights on the Doctrine of Discovery Permalink
The Doctrine of Discovery is a legal and religious concept that has been used for centuries to justify Christian colonial conquest. It advanced the idea t...
“Revoke the Papal Bulls”: Our Response to the Vatican’s March 30 Statement on the Doctrine of Discovery Permalink
Let us set the context for this discussion. The context begins with the free existence of our Native nations and peoples, extending back to the beginnin...
CRFP: Indigenous Peoples express hope and concern at Vatican’s repudiation of Doctrine of Discovery Permalink
Philip P Arnold, a professor of religious studies at Syracuse University and the founding director of Skä·noñh — Great Law of Peace Center, was interviewed o...
Undoing the Christian nationalism of the Doctrine of Discovery Permalink
The repudiation, which came in a statement from a bureaucratic office, not Pope Francis himself, said the doctrine had been “manipulated” by colonizers “to j...
Indigenous Peoples And Religious Modes Of Othering A Comparative History Of Religions Perspective Two Workshops 24 And 30/31 May 2023
Offical Program Download PDF Introduction Two workshops 24 and 30/31 May 2023 A joint initiative by: Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious...
Continuación de la dominación de la Cristiandad: una respuesta a la declaración de repudio del Vaticano a la Doctrina del Descubrimiento - Español
por Betty Lyons, Sandra Bigtree y Philip Arnold English Español Cuando el Vaticano finalmente se dé cuenta de que está sumido en el lodo genocida de siglo...
Johnson v. M’Intosh and the Missing Cover of the Jigsaw Puzzle Permalink
Given that this interpretive work involves words and ideas, and not physical puzzle pieces, we as Native scholars face an interesting challenge: How do we...
Save the Date: Christian Domination & The Genocide of Turtle Island
Please join us for panel discussion with Philip P. Arnold, Tupac Enrique Acosta, Sandy Bigtree, Joe Heath, Betty Lyons, Tina Ngata. Details Christian Dom...
Johnson v. M’Intosh, Wi Parata v. Bishop of Wellington, and the Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery in Aotearoa-New Zealand Permalink
The presentation of the settlements process as a means for settling the grievances caused by violations of Te Tiriti o Waitangi has more problematic reper...
Continuing Christian Domination: A Response To The Vatican’s Repudiation Of The Doctrine Of Discovery Permalink
When the Vatican finally comes to the realization it is mired in the genocidal mud of centuries of racist exploitation of Indigenous peoples around the world...
The Legacy of the Right to Control Land and Dependency Permalink
Johnson v. M’Intosh established the precedent that the federal government of the United States had the sole right to negotiate with and extinguish indigenous...
Robert J. Miller, The International Law of Colonialism: Johnson v. M’Intosh and the Doctrine of Discovery Applied Worldwide Permalink
This international law, called the Doctrine of Discovery today, is made up of ten distinct elements. Common law courts dissect crimes and torts into their un...
The Religious Origins of White Supremacy: Johnson v. M’Intosh and the Doctrine of Christian Discovery.
The conference will take place at Syracuse University from 8-10 December 2023.
Johnson v. M’Intosh, Plenary Power, and Our Colonial Constitution Permalink
Johnson v. M’Intosh was a land dispute, where multiple parties brought competing claims of title. Marshall boiled the case down to one question: can an In...
However, Extravagant The Pretensions Of Johnson V. M’Intosh by Betty Lyons and Adam DJ Brett Permalink
”[Tonya] Gonella Frichner, Robert Williams, Jr., Joseph J. Heath, and Peter P. d’Errico have sounded a clarion call for the rescinding and repudiating of ...
Oak Flats and the Doctrine of Discovery unprecedented challenge and opportunity
Abstract The case against Resolution Copper’s proposed mine in Oak Flat is an unprecedented opportunity for reckoning with the American ideal of religious f...
Manifest Destiny
Manifest Destiny is a nineteenth-century term designating an expansionist ideology grounded in the Doctrine of Christian Discovery and republican ideals that...
World Water One Permalink
Ten years since the First Dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery International Conference held at Arizona State University West on April 19-20, 2013, the C...
Did Pope Alexander VI Authorize England’s Colonization of North America? Permalink
English imperial adventurism did not begin with Alexander. It began with [King] Henry [VII] skirting or directly contradicting Inter caetera. Henry would not...
Haaland v. Brackeen and the Logic of Discovery Permalink
In this light, I fear that the Brackeen lawsuit is the first in a row of dominoes — if the Court strikes down ICWA, everything else could soon go with it....
The Doctrine of Discovery and Christian Zionism
The Doctrine of Discovery (DoD) has a well-documented and researched connection to the colonization of Turtle Island. Its ideology, however, reaches far beyo...
Order, Economy, and Legality: Johnson v. M’Intosh after Two Hundred Years Permalink
Johnson’s Lessee v. M’Intosh is an 1823 United States Supreme Court decision that serves as a hinge moment in the legal conquest of Native Americans. The ...
The Contemporary Presence of Discovery’s Assertion in Canada Permalink
One of the striking features of chief justice John Marshall’s articulation of the Doctrine of Discovery is the assertion that Indigenous sovereignty and r...
Federal Anti-Indian Law: The Legal Entrapment of Indigenous Peoples by Peter d’Errico Permalink
Chief Justice Marshall constructed federal anti-Indian law in three early nineteenth-century cases. First came Johnson v. McIntosh (1823), a property law ...
Introduction to 200 Years of Johnson v. M’Intosh: Law, Religion, and Native American Lands Permalink
In 1823, Chief Justice John Marshall based the supposed right of colonizing forces to dominate and take ownership of the land on what he viewed as the nat...
200 Years of Johnson v. M’Intosh: Law, Religion, and Native American Lands Permalink
A Canopy Forum Thematic Series March – April 2023 Produced through a partnership between Canopy Forum, the Indigenous Values Initiative (IVI), and Syracu...
Effectuating Renunciation: An International Effort to Provide a Pathway to Repudiate the Doctrine of Discovery
On September 8, 2021 the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) voted to renounce the Doctrine of Discovery by adopting Motion 048, now Resolu...
Aucan Huilcaman: Chilean Constitutional Process and its Permanent Denial of the Mapuche Nation Permalink
The Chilean political class that converges in the Chamber of Deputies and Senators, not only continue to act in the “old political doctrine of denial of t...
Animal Nations and the Doctrine of Discovery
Democracy: “Democracy didn’t come across on the Mayflower. Indeed not. Nor with the Niña nor Santa Maria. Certainly not. Democracy was here. It was in ful...
Indigenous Consent: A Right Rooted in the Doctrine of Discovery
Consent is a fundamental Indigenous right that exists in a reciprocal relationship with all other Indigenous rights. However, the role of consent is especial...
Reappraising the Doctrine of Discovery
The European doctrine of discovery principle, recognized as recently as 1986 by a federal district court as a legal fiction, nevertheless remains one of the ...
City of Sherrill v. Oneida Indian Nation, 544 U.S. 197 (2005): THE DOCTRINE OF CHRISTIAN DISCOVERY AND DOMINATION AND THE DENIAL OF TREATY RIGHTS
This shameful, land mark decision by the Supreme Court was issued just three weeks after the filing of the Onondaga Nation’s Land Rights Action. It was a rem...
How we met the Doctrine of Discovery. A Maya commentary
It was an ordinary evening on October 9, 2018 when, scrolling down my mouse wheel randomly looking at posts on Facebook something suddenly caught my attentio...
What Doctrine of Discovery Statements of Religious Repudiation Reveal
Nations formulate doctrines that define and guide their relations toward other nations. The Monroe Doctrine, and the Truman, Carter, and Bush Doctrines are A...
The U.S. Government’s Claim of a Right of Domination
Joseph Story is regarded as a genius and a giant in the legal profession. His continuing influence on American law was demonstrated for me some years ago whe...
Sublimis Deus, Pastorale Officium and Non Indecens Videtur – A Historical Dive Into the Vatican’s Failure to Rescind the Doctrine of Discovery
In our journey of dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery and its horrible legacy, there is a recurring argument from the Catholic church and its supporters, t...
Tadodaho on language
“They severed our tongues so we couldn’t speak our language then punished us for not being able to speak it.” - Tadodaho
Call for Authors on the Doctrine of Discovery
We are now accepting applications for partnership and collaboration with The Doctrine of Discovery Project.
On the Papal Bull, Sublimis Deus Permalink
The bull Sublimis Deus was not retroactive. It could not be projected back in time. It could not remove the death, destruction, and dehumanization that th...
The Two Row Wampum: a Repudiation of the Doctrine of Discovery Permalink
In the Two Row Wampum, an agreement between two peoples, the Dutch were the first Europeans to sit down and negotiate with the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, ...
Honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Act Now to Support Indigenous Schools
Fund the Onondaga Nation School Act Now to Support Indigenous Schools New York State has consistently underfunded the three schools serving Indigenous st...
Acknowledging the Doctrine of Christian Domination
Since the doctrine of discovery has been institutionalized in U.S. Indian law and policy for generations, including by the U.S. Supreme Court, the question a...
Two Kinds of Beings: The Doctrine of Discovery And Its Implications for Yesterday and Today
‘What is the United States position with respect to its 1863 treaty with the Western Shoshone Indians?’
Oak Flat and Pope Alexander VI’s Papal Decree of Domination in U.S. Law Permalink
Steven Newcomb (Shawnee/Lenape) Prior to the invasion of this continent (“North America”) by representatives of the monarchs of Western Christendom, the o...
The Original Cancel Culture Permalink
The idea that Chief Wahoo is somehow honoring Indigenous peoples and his removal is cancel culture is not only absurd but is the reinforcement of the mind...
Native American Religious Freedom after Trump Permalink
We should note that from the perspective of Native Americans, religious freedom has never been a good tool.
What Fifteenth-Century Papal Bulls Can Teach Us About Indigenous Identity Permalink
To really understand the American landscape, you need to know about the Doctrine of Discovery. As a set of principles used to justify European colonizatio...
What Fifteenth-Century Papal Bulls Can Teach Us About Indigenous Identity Permalink
Whether the intent of domination expressed by that language is part of “official Church teachings” is irrelevant in my view. What is relevant is that, thr...
Now Streaming: The Doctrine of Discovery: Unmasking the Domination Code Permalink
Watch Now Now Streaming Details The iconic film The Doctrine of Discovery: Unmasking the Domination Code is now streaming on Vimeo. You can rent or purchase...
An Exorcism, Junipero Serra, and the Papal Bulls Permalink
Archbishop Cordileone said his ceremony was intended to drive out evil and defend the image of Serra.
The Doctrine Of Christian Discovery And Domination, Colonizing Indigenous Peoples, And The State Of Maine
The Doctrine of Christian Discovery and Domination comprises a worldview and promotes the legal and moral authority justifying the invasion and conquest of n...
Indigenous Peoples, International Law, and Colonialism Lecture Permalink
Robert J Miller, Professor of Law in the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University gave a lecture entitled “Indigenous Peoples, Internat...
Mennonite reflections on Mother Earth’s Pandemic
Members of the Mennonite Missions Network attended Mother Earth’s Pandemic: The Doctrine of Discovery conference and did some post events writeup
Forming a “More Perfect Union” Through Indigenous Values Permalink
What better time than now to consider the ancient wisdom of our ancestors who, for thousands of years, sustained a more equitable way of living in proper rel...
Misconceptions About McGirt v. Oklahoma Permalink
Federal Indian law displaces the historical ‘starting point’ — the original free existence of Native nations…
How the Vatican encouraged the colonization of Indigenous lands – and enabled the Crown to keep them Permalink
Beneath glowering portraits of Balboa, Cortez and other Spanish conquistadors, Mr. Newcomb pored over the familiar Latin phrases, many of which he’d memor...
Pope’s Indigenous tour signals a rethink of mission legacy Permalink
For decades, Indigenous peoples have demanded the Holy See formally rescind the 15th century papal bulls, or decrees, that gave European kingdoms the reli...
Embrace Indigenous Values and Remove Iconic Fascist Memorials
With the majority of the country now joining forces with the Black Lives Matter Movement, we have a chance to pause and revisit a very important time in hist...
Tadodaho on peace and the natural world
“Peace can only be attained when human beings live in proper relationship to the natural world” ~ Tadodaho
Decolonization, Discovery, Sovereignty, and Neocolonialism Permalink
Featured speaker: Tupac Enrique Acosta, Tonatierra This foundational decolonization webinar addresses the Doctrine of Discovery, the intersection between in...
DiCaprio and ‘The Revenant:’ Indigenous Wisdom and Human Survival
As we head into the Academy Awards this weekend, we should visit Leonardo DiCaprio’s acceptance speech at the Golden Globe Awards on 10 January, which conclu...
My six nation Haudenosaunee passport is not a ‘fantasy document’
Front cover of Haudenosaunee passport. Photograph: Sid Hill I’m a citizen of the six nation Haudenosaunee, commonly known as the Iroquois confederacy, one ...
Stand for Human Rights for Indigenous Peoples and Renounce the ‘Doctrine of Discovery’
When the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues convenes on May 7th in New York, native peoples around the world will turn their eyes to the mos...
The Evidence of Christian Nationalism in Federal Indian Law: The Doctrine of Discovery, Johnson v. McIntosh, and Plenary Power Permalink
Newcomb, Steven T. “The Evidence of Christian Nationalism in Federal Indian Law: The Doctrine of Discovery, Johnson v. McIntosh, and Plenary Power.” NYU Rev....
Teaching “Native American Religions” in Central New York
When I began teaching at the University of Missouri in Columbia in 1990, the prevailing wisdom in the academy was to avoid teaching “Native American Religion...