Repudiations
Repuidations of the Doctrine of Discovery by religious organizations and faith communities
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Domination Chronicles: Words and Meanings Permalink
Words are not neutral containers. In this episode, Newcomb and d’Errico examine how terms such as state, empire, sovereignty, civilization, landlord, trust, ...
Domination Chronicles: A Quantum View of Free Existence as Entangled Indeterminacy Permalink
This episode brings quantum theory into conversation with Indigenous free existence. Newcomb and d’Errico ask whether concepts such as entanglement, uncertai...
Domination Chronicles: Supreme Court Justices Attack Plenary Power over Native Peoples Permalink
Plenary power is one of the central fictions of federal Indian law: the claim that Congress possesses broad, nearly total authority over Native nations. In t...
Domination Chronicles: The Future of Indians Permalink
This episode begins with a striking juxtaposition: a 1975 article by Vine Deloria Jr. and a contemporary law review article that raises questions about emine...
Flying T Ranch v. Stillaguamish Tribe Permalink
Flying T Ranch v. Stillaguamish Tribe enters the Domination Chronicles conversation through a Washington Supreme Court concurrence that criticizes racist lan...
Domination Chronicles: Seeing Through To The Emperor’s Extravagant Pretension Permalink
In this episode, Newcomb and d’Errico examine a Washington Supreme Court concurrence in Flying T Ranch v. Stillaguamish Tribe. The opinion criticizes racist ...
Domination Chronicles: Symbols, Enigmas, Curiosity Permalink
Symbols are not passive decorations. In this episode, Steven Newcomb and Peter d’Errico examine how statues, seals, emblems, monuments, and public images hel...
Halverson v. Burgum Permalink
Halverson v. Burgum appears in Domination Chronicles as a contemporary example of how older legal claims continue to operate in present-day court decisions. ...
Domination Chronicles: Say Something, See Something Permalink
This episode turns to Halverson v. Burgum, a 2025 Ninth Circuit decision dismissing Jack Halverson’s case against the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The court’s r...
Domination Chronicles: Our Opening Conversation Permalink
In the first full episode of Domination Chronicles, Steven Newcomb and Peter d’Errico open a conversation shaped by decades of study, friendship, and shared ...
Domination Chronicles: Trailer Permalink
The trailer for Domination Chronicles introduces a conversation that begins where many public discussions stop: with the claim of domination itself. Steven T...
Book Review of The Urgency of Indigenous Values Permalink
What is a way forward in the midst of the environmental and ecological crisis? How does religious studies engage with Indigenous Peoples? Philip P. Arnold...