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[Hayden] King, an Anishinaabe writer and educator based at Ryerson University, said the case turns on the Doctrine of Discovery, which Canada used to assume control over Indigenous territory and continues to rely on to assert sovereignty.

“We’re demanding that Canada – the successor state of the British Crown – as a colony repudiate the racist Doctrine of Discovery,” said Sylvia [McAdam]

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Adam DJ Brett, "Saskatchewan Parks Utilize Doctrine of Discovery," Doctrine of Discovery Project (25 March 2019), https://doctrineofdiscovery.org/sask/.

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