Doctrine of Discovery

Resources by Peter d’Errico

Replacing the Doctrine of Christian Discovery and Implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People

Doctrine of Discovery Short Film

Sherrill v. Oneida Opinion of the Court

Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Doctrine of Discovery.

Native American Law in the Modern Era

Albany Government Law Review Volume 10 Issues 1&2 2016-2017

2009 event archive ‘Roots of Peacemaking: Indigenous Values, Global Crisis’ is the first in an ongoing series of events that include conferences, cultural exchanges and concerts. This is a United Nation International Day of Peace event. It is the result of an ongoing collaboration between the Onondaga Nation and Syracuse University.

Indigenous delegates ask Pope to repudiate Doctrine of Discovery

The Doctrine, a fundamentally racist philosophy from the 15th century, continues to allow powerful nation-states to dehumanize people and devastate the living earth in their endless search for resources and markets, the delegation said.

Videos

Films on the Doctrine of Discovery

Taking on the Doctrine of Discovery, What are our Next Steps?

We will first to learn about the devastating impacts of the Doctrine of Discovery first hand from the Haudenosaunee, to understand its history, and then to share strategies for addressing this 500+ year-old ongoing human rights violation. Then we will hear from one another and the ways in which religious and faith communities are pushing back against the Doctrine of Discovery.

What is the Doctrine of Discovery?

Papal Bulls of the 15th century gave Christian explorers the right to claim lands they ‘discovered’ and lay claim to those lands for their Christian Monarchs. Any land that was not inhabited by Christians was available to be ‘discovered’, claimed, and exploited. If the ‘pagan’ inhabitants could be converted, they might be spared. If not, they could be enslaved or killed.

Papal Bulls

Papal Bulls that create the foundation of the Doctrine of Discovery