The Biblical Basis of Federal Indian Law Policy
As bizarre as it may seem, today’s federal definitions of Indian title and Indian nationhood find their basis in the Old Testament covenant tradition. This t...
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Resources by Peter d’Errico
Replacing the Doctrine of Christian Discovery and Implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People
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
Roots of Peacemaking
2009 event archive ‘Roots of Peacemaking: Indigenous Values, Global Crisis’ is the first in an ongoing series of events that include conferences, cultural ex...
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 livin...
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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 s...
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...