Repudiations
Repuidations of the Doctrine of Discovery by religious organizations and faith communities
Repuidations of the Doctrine of Discovery by religious organizations and faith communities
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...
In 1779, General George Washington suspended the colonial war against England and moved to extinguish the Haudenosaunee (Six Nations Iroquois) with his “Sull...
Federal Indian law displaces the historical ‘starting point’ — the original free existence of Native nations…
This article begins by raising a problem: when social change and justice issues are addressed, rarely are Indigenous nations and peoples considered.
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As promising as this decision is, deeply racist problems remain in US law.Left unsaid by Gorsuch was his, and the court’s, unquestioned acceptance of “plenar...
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Beneath glowering portraits of Balboa, Cortez and other Spanish conquistadors, Mr. Newcomb pored over the familiar Latin phrases, many of which he’d memor...
For decades, Indigenous peoples have demanded the Holy See formally rescind the 15th century papal bulls, or decrees, that gave European kingdoms the reli...
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...
“Peace can only be attained when human beings live in proper relationship to the natural world” ~ Tadodaho
This conference will connect the dots between our current pandemic, environmental devastation, the Doctrine of Discovery, and a way forward.
In CounterPunch, Shawnee/Lenape scholar Steve Newcomb connects anti-blackness and racism to the domination and dehumanization of the Doctrine of Discovery.
In JSRNC, independent scholar Joy Greenberg reviewed Pagans in the Promised Land and The Doctrine of Discovery: Unmasking the Domination Code.
Read the Uniting Church in Sweden statement repudiating the Doctrine of Discovery.