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Return land on Onondaga Lake to the Onondaga Nation (Your Letters) Permalink

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Syracuse.com Editorial Op-Ed To the Editor: What a delight to read Steve Featherstone’s feature article about the long-overdue return of 1,000 acres in the...

Documenting Domination: From the Doctrine of Christian Discovery to Dominion Theology Permalink

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Abstract The Doctrine of Christian Discovery is a series of fifteenth-century papal bulls that served as the theological and legal justification for the colo...

Digital Testimony of the Haudenosaunee Permalink

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The Haudenosaunee are embarking on an historic project about the 500-year history of the Haudenosaunee, their relationship with Europe and America and their ...

⤓ Download a transcript of the Episode as a PDF // → Subscribe In this episode of the Mapping the Doctrine of Discovery podcast, hosts Phil Arnold and Sa...

In the 1823 decision of Johnson v. M’Intosh, Chief Justice John Marshall formulated the international law of colonialism. Known as the Doctrine of Discovery,...

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⤓ Download a transcript of the Episode as a PDF // → Subscribe Introduction We begin this episode with a land acknowledgement. Show Notes In the most r...

Newcomb, Steven T. “The Evidence of Christian Nationalism in Federal Indian Law: The Doctrine of Discovery, Johnson v. McIntosh, and Plenary Power.” NYU Rev....

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Return land on Onondaga Lake to the Onondaga Nation (Your Letters) Permalink

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Syracuse.com Editorial Op-Ed To the Editor: What a delight to read Steve Featherstone’s feature article about the long-overdue return of 1,000 acres in the...

Return land on Onondaga Lake to the Onondaga Nation (Your Letters) Permalink

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Syracuse.com Editorial Op-Ed To the Editor: What a delight to read Steve Featherstone’s feature article about the long-overdue return of 1,000 acres in the...

Documenting Domination: From the Doctrine of Christian Discovery to Dominion Theology Permalink

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Abstract The Doctrine of Christian Discovery is a series of fifteenth-century papal bulls that served as the theological and legal justification for the colo...

Documenting Domination: From the Doctrine of Christian Discovery to Dominion Theology Permalink

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Abstract The Doctrine of Christian Discovery is a series of fifteenth-century papal bulls that served as the theological and legal justification for the colo...

Digital Testimony of the Haudenosaunee Permalink

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The Haudenosaunee are embarking on an historic project about the 500-year history of the Haudenosaunee, their relationship with Europe and America and their ...

Onondaga Nation to restore sacred creek after colonial theft Permalink

‘What is the United States position with respect to its 1863 treaty with the Western Shoshone Indians?’

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With the adoption of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples by the General Assembly of the United Nations, we finally took our place at the tabl...

The Ten Legal Dimensions of the Doctrine of Discovery: The International Law of Colonialism

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Here are the 10 elements that I think constitute the Doctrine and are useful in analyzing and comparing how settler-colonizer societies have used this intern...

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Archbishop Cordileone said his ceremony was intended to drive out evil and defend the image of Serra.

Misconceptions About McGirt v. Oklahoma Permalink

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Federal Indian law displaces the historical ‘starting point’ — the original free existence of Native nations…

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Newcomb, Steven T. “The Evidence of Christian Nationalism in Federal Indian Law: The Doctrine of Discovery, Johnson v. McIntosh, and Plenary Power.” NYU Rev....

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⤓ Download a transcript of Episode 1 as a PDF // → Subscribe We begin this episode with a land acknowledgement. Our hosts Prof. Philip P. Arnold and ...

Episode 0 - Introduction to Mapping the Doctrine of Discovery Podcast Permalink

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⤓ Download a transcript of Episode 0 as a PDF // → Subscribe We begin this episode with a land acknowledgement. Our hosts Prof. Philip P. Arnold and S...

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Read the Christian Reformed Church statement repudiating the Doctrine of Discovery.

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Preliminary study of the impact on indigenous peoples of the international legal construct known as the Doctrine of Discovery / submitted by the Special Rapp...

My six nation Haudenosaunee passport is not a ‘fantasy document’

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Front cover of Haudenosaunee passport. Photograph: Sid Hill I’m a citizen of the six nation Haudenosaunee, commonly known as the Iroquois confederacy, one ...

Stand for Human Rights for Indigenous Peoples and Renounce the ‘Doctrine of Discovery’

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When the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues convenes on May 7th in New York, native peoples around the world will turn their eyes to the mos...

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The way Steven T. Newcomb describes the Doctrine of Discovery these days is ‘a claim of a right of Christian domination.’ It was first expressed by Pope Nich...

Teaching “Native American Religions” in Central New York

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When I began teaching at the University of Missouri in Columbia in 1990, the prevailing wisdom in the academy was to avoid teaching “Native American Religion...

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

Patent Granted by Henry VII to John Cabot

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By this public document, Henry VII indicated his official, royal support for Cabot’s enterprise.

Johnson v. M’Intosh

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The Indians were admitted to be the rightful occupants of the soil, with a legal as well as just claim to retain possession of it, and to use it according to...

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

Johnson v. M’Intosh

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The Indians were admitted to be the rightful occupants of the soil, with a legal as well as just claim to retain possession of it, and to use it according to...

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NEYM Quaker Indian Boarding Schools Research Group Permalink

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The New England Yearly Meeting of Friends (NEYM), Quaker embarked on a several year work to meet Secretary Haaland’s request for religious bodies to look a...

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This conference will connect the dots between our current pandemic, environmental devastation, the Doctrine of Discovery, and a way forward.

Christian Domination and the Failure of ‘Truth and Reconciliation’

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A conference in Onondaga Nation Territory, at Syracuse University and Skä·noñh—Great Law of Peace Center, Saturday and Sunday, 17-18 August 2019.

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Return land on Onondaga Lake to the Onondaga Nation (Your Letters) Permalink

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Syracuse.com Editorial Op-Ed To the Editor: What a delight to read Steve Featherstone’s feature article about the long-overdue return of 1,000 acres in the...

Documenting Domination: From the Doctrine of Christian Discovery to Dominion Theology Permalink

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Abstract The Doctrine of Christian Discovery is a series of fifteenth-century papal bulls that served as the theological and legal justification for the colo...

Digital Testimony of the Haudenosaunee Permalink

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The Haudenosaunee are embarking on an historic project about the 500-year history of the Haudenosaunee, their relationship with Europe and America and their ...

What’s a 15th-century statement from a pope have to do with U.S. land policy today? In this conversation, Amanda Henderson and Steven Newcomb dive deeper in...

Superseding the Doctrine of Discovery: World Water One

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CEMANAHUAC Superseding the Doctrine of Discovery: World Water One www.www.www Ten years since the First Dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery Internationa...

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Insights and Reflections from Syracuse University’s Conference on the Religious Origins of White Supremacy Permalink

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As I reflected on the discussions, I realized that without action, valuable Indigenous knowledge becomes an extracted resource often at the benefit of non...

Attendee Reflection: Conference: The Religious Origins of White Supremacy: Johnson v. M’Intosh and the Doctrine of Christian Discovery Permalink

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I wanted to get some thoughts written in a place where I could share them, but this post only scratches the surface of what I heard and experienced. One ...

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Newsflash! Property law in the U.S. is not rooted in the Constitution. America's legal foundation for property law (possession), "anti-Indian law" and the ...

Dismantling ‘kind’ colonialism Permalink

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“Kind colonialism” operates on the false idea that colonisation is necessary, beneficial, and inevitable. The reason it became the dominant form of colonisa...

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Preliminary study of the impact on indigenous peoples of the international legal construct known as the Doctrine of Discovery / submitted by the Special Rapp...

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Return land on Onondaga Lake to the Onondaga Nation (Your Letters) Permalink

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Syracuse.com Editorial Op-Ed To the Editor: What a delight to read Steve Featherstone’s feature article about the long-overdue return of 1,000 acres in the...

Documenting Domination: From the Doctrine of Christian Discovery to Dominion Theology Permalink

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Abstract The Doctrine of Christian Discovery is a series of fifteenth-century papal bulls that served as the theological and legal justification for the colo...

Digital Testimony of the Haudenosaunee Permalink

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The Haudenosaunee are embarking on an historic project about the 500-year history of the Haudenosaunee, their relationship with Europe and America and their ...

Preliminary study of the impact on indigenous peoples of the international legal construct known as the Doctrine of Discovery / submitted by the Special Rapp...

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Films on the Doctrine of Discovery

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Spanish conquistadors read this document, composed in 1510, to Indians of the new world. It briefly explains Spain’s assertion of its legal and moral right t...

Dum Diversas

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Papal Bull Dum Diversas 18 June, 1452

The Bull Romanus Pontifex

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The Bull Romanus Pontifex (Nicholas V) January 8, 1455

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Roosevelt asserted that European nations should not intervene in countries to the south of the US, however under certain conditions, United States interventi...

Patent Granted by Henry VII to John Cabot

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By this public document, Henry VII indicated his official, royal support for Cabot’s enterprise.

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Front cover of Haudenosaunee passport. Photograph: Sid Hill I’m a citizen of the six nation Haudenosaunee, commonly known as the Iroquois confederacy, one ...

Stand for Human Rights for Indigenous Peoples and Renounce the ‘Doctrine of Discovery’

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When the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues convenes on May 7th in New York, native peoples around the world will turn their eyes to the mos...

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Insights and Reflections from Syracuse University’s Conference on the Religious Origins of White Supremacy Permalink

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As I reflected on the discussions, I realized that without action, valuable Indigenous knowledge becomes an extracted resource often at the benefit of non...

Attendee Reflection: Conference: The Religious Origins of White Supremacy: Johnson v. M’Intosh and the Doctrine of Christian Discovery Permalink

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I wanted to get some thoughts written in a place where I could share them, but this post only scratches the surface of what I heard and experienced. One ...

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Academics, attorneys and religious leaders from as far away as Chile gathered at this site sacred to members of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy to discuss the ...

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Greetings Friends and Relatives, I’m excited to announce the roll out of paid subscriptions, which I declined to do for our first year. However, many o...

Spotlights, 5.2, Philip Arnold and the Urgency of Indigenous Values Permalink

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I’m grateful to my friend and colleague John Grim and the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology for the podcast on Spotlights about my book The Urgency of Ind...

Sandy Bigtree & Philip Arnold - The Religious Origins of White Supremacy Permalink

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Sandy Bigtree & Philip Arnold - The Religious Origins of White Supremacy Today’s discussion is one of profound importance, and I am honored to spea...

A 2005 Talk by Steven Newcomb During the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Permalink

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Johnson v McIntosh & the Mental World of Domination A Brief Video by Steven Newcomb and William Laronal, Jr. Permalink

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Challenging the Vatican Papal Bulls of DominationNOT Permalink

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Challenging the Vatican Papal Bulls of Domination from Original Free Nations Advocates on Vimeo.

Now Streaming: The Doctrine of Discovery: Unmasking the Domination Code Permalink

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Watch Now Now Streaming Details The iconic film The Doctrine of Discovery: Unmasking the Domination Code is now streaming on Vimeo. You can rent or purchase...

Indigenous Peoples, International Law, and Colonialism Lecture Permalink

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Robert J Miller, Professor of Law in the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University gave a lecture entitled “Indigenous Peoples, Internat...

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⤓ Download a transcript of the Episode as a PDF // → Subscribe Introduction We begin this episode with a land acknowledgement. Show Notes This episode i...

S02E06: Reimagining Religion: On Connectivity and Unity with Brian Konkol Permalink

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⤓ Download a transcript of the Episode as a PDF // → Subscribe In our latest podcast episode, we embark on an enlightening journey with Rev. Dr. Brian...

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Settler Colonialism in Higher Education: Syracuse University and the Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery (… and Onondaga Limestone)

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Keywords: Settler colonialism, higher education, land grant, the Whipple Report, Onondaga Nation, Syracuse University Introduction In this article, I exami...

S03E05: Land is Kin: Indigenous Rights and Sovereignty with Dana Lloyd Permalink

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⤓ Download a transcript of the Episode as a PDF // → Subscribe Introduction In this podcast episode, hosts Phil Arnold and Sandy Bigtree interview Dr. D...

S03E03: Indigenous Advocacy and Climate Change: A Conversation with Evie Reyes-Aguirre Permalink

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⤓ Download a transcript of the Episode as a PDF // → Subscribe In this episode of the Mapping the Doctrine of Discovery Podcast, hosts Phil Arnold and Sa...

Sublimis Deus, Pastorale Officium and Non Indecens Videtur – A Historical Dive Into the Vatican’s Failure to Rescind the Doctrine of Discovery

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In our journey of dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery and its horrible legacy, there is a recurring argument from the Catholic church and its supporters, t...

Ten Religious Themes of the Doctrine of Christian Discovery (DoCD) that Contrast with Indigenous Values

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With issuance of 15th century Papal Bulls known as the Doctrine of Christian Discovery, religion has been used all over the world as a weapon against Indigen...

Honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Act Now to Support Indigenous Schools

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Fund the Onondaga Nation School Act Now to Support Indigenous Schools New York State has consistently underfunded the three schools serving Indigenous st...

Pagans in the Promised Land: a Primer on Religious Freedom Permalink

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Significant aspects of this research were published in the New York University Review of Law & Social Change (Vol. 20, Number 2, 1993), “The Evidence of ...

DiCaprio and ‘The Revenant:’ Indigenous Wisdom and Human Survival

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As we head into the Academy Awards this weekend, we should visit Leonardo DiCaprio’s acceptance speech at the Golden Globe Awards on 10 January, which conclu...

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Anglican Church of Canada’s statement repudiating the Doctrine of Discovery.

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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...

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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...

Study Group

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The Doctrine of Discovery has had profoundly negative impacts on Indigenous Peoples for the last 500+ years. Governments and various organizations have used ...

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Two Kinds of Beings: The Doctrine of Discovery And Its Implications for Yesterday and Today

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‘What is the United States position with respect to its 1863 treaty with the Western Shoshone Indians?’

198 Years of Domination: Screening of The Doctrine of Discovery: Unmasking the Domination Code with Panel

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A Screening Of The Domination Code followed by an incredible panel discussion with Sheldon Wolfchild (Dakota), Steven Newcomb (Shawnee/Lenape), Buffy Sainte ...

Let‘s Change the Subject: Grounding Social Change in Indigenous History and Philosophy

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This article begins by raising a problem: when social change and justice issues are addressed, rarely are Indigenous nations and peoples considered.

Mother Earth‘s Pandemic: The Doctrine of Discovery Session Videos

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Complete list of all of the talks and bonus content

The Good, The Bad & The Ugly In Mcgirt V. Oklahoma

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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...

Mother Earth‘s Pandemic Resources

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Resources mentioned durined the sessions.

‘United States Indian Law’ Panel

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Resources from the ‘United States Indian Law Panel’ at the Taking on the Doctrine of Discovery, What are our Next Steps?

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198 Years of Domination: Screening of The Doctrine of Discovery: Unmasking the Domination Code with Panel

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A Screening Of The Domination Code followed by an incredible panel discussion with Sheldon Wolfchild (Dakota), Steven Newcomb (Shawnee/Lenape), Buffy Sainte ...

Mother Earth‘s Pandemic: The Doctrine of Discovery Session Videos

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Complete list of all of the talks and bonus content

The Doctrine of Discovery, Unmasking The Domination Code

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The first Christian people to locate lands inhabited by non-Christians (‘infidels, heathens, and savages’) claimed the right to assert a right of domination ...

Resources by Peter d’Errico

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

Doctrine of Discovery Short Film

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Doctrine of Discovery Short Film on Youtube The First Video in the Digital Wampum series

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Films on the Doctrine of Discovery

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United-Nations

Haudenosaunee Statement on the Doctrine of Discovery

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With the adoption of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples by the General Assembly of the United Nations, we finally took our place at the tabl...

The Ten Legal Dimensions of the Doctrine of Discovery: The International Law of Colonialism

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Here are the 10 elements that I think constitute the Doctrine and are useful in analyzing and comparing how settler-colonizer societies have used this intern...

Statement on the Historical Use of the Doctrine of Christian Discovery by the United States Supreme Court Since 1823

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The purpose of this paper is to review the history of the use of the Doctrine of Christian Discovery in United States Supreme Court decisions since 1823. It ...

United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 13 September 2007

Preliminary study of the impact on indigenous peoples of the international legal construct known as the Doctrine of Discovery

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Preliminary study of the impact on indigenous peoples of the international legal construct known as the Doctrine of Discovery / submitted by the Special Rapp...

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From Land Theft To Land Back The OAS And The Onondaga Nation Land Rights Action Permalink

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From Land Theft To Land Back The OAS And The Onondaga Nation Land Rights Action This panel, including Tadodaho Sidney Hill, will review the history of inten...

Indigenous Craft Fair Permalink

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We invite everyone to visit the Indigenous Peoples Craft Fair on 17 April 2024 from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM on the Eighth Floor of the Church Center of the United...

Global Indigenous Women’s Caucus 2024 Permalink

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Dear Sisters, We invite you to join us on the 12 April 2024 from 9:00 AM—-3:00 PM on the Second Floor of the Church Center of the United Nations (CCUN) at 7...

Global Indigenous People’s Caucus 2024 Permalink

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Dear Relatives, We invite you to join us on the 13-14 April 2024 from 9:00 AM––3:00 PM on the Second Floor of the Church Center of the United Nations (CCUN)...

State of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

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It was also suggested the report be a key advocacy tool for raising awareness on indigenous peoples’ issues in general and in particular to raise the profile...

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Rejecting the Christian Doctrine of Discovery and Forging a New Relationship with North America’s Indigenous People

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Pope Nicholas V first articulated the Doctrine of Discovery in the papal bull Dum Diversas in 1452. The Doctrine of Discovery consists of the idea that Chris...

Episcopalian Remembrance, Recognition and Reconciliation

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Before we judge the papal edicts too harshly, we need to know of the Anglican connection to this Doctrine of Discovery.

A Episcopalian Sermon On Doctrine of Discovery

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…the Doctrine of Discovery consists of the idea that Christians have a right sanctioned by God to take non-Christian lands and property and assert political ...

The Episcopal Church USA Statements on the Doctrine of Discovery

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Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori on the Repudiation of the Doctrine of Discovery

News Article: Episcopal Church repudiates Doctrine of Discovery

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In a first-of-its-kind action in the Christian world, the national Episcopal Church has passed a landmark resolution repudiating the Doctrine of Discovery an...

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The U.S. Government’s Claim of a Right of Domination

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Joseph Story is regarded as a genius and a giant in the legal profession. His continuing influence on American law was demonstrated for me some years ago whe...

198 Years of Domination: Screening of The Doctrine of Discovery: Unmasking the Domination Code with Panel

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A Screening Of The Domination Code followed by an incredible panel discussion with Sheldon Wolfchild (Dakota), Steven Newcomb (Shawnee/Lenape), Buffy Sainte ...

Mother Earth‘s Pandemic: The Doctrine of Discovery Session Videos

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Complete list of all of the talks and bonus content

The Good, The Bad & The Ugly In Mcgirt V. Oklahoma

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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...

‘United States Indian Law’ Panel

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Resources from the ‘United States Indian Law Panel’ at the Taking on the Doctrine of Discovery, What are our Next Steps?

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S02E05: Dissecting the Doctrine of Discovery: Indigenous Rights, White Supremacy, and the United Nations with Betty Lyons Permalink

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⤓ Download a transcript of the Episode as a PDF // → Subscribe Our conversation focuses on the dismantling of the Doctrine of Discovery and the profou...

S02E04 - The Doctrine of Discovery In The Social Psyche with Tina Ngata Permalink

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Ngata highlights two helpful international elements of the Doctrine of Discovery. The first is the international legal principle, and the second is an ...

S02E03 - Johnson v M’intosh and Federal Anti-Indian Law with Peter d’Errico Permalink

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⤓ Download a transcript of the Episode as a PDF // → Subscribe Moving into a discussion of Chief Justice John Marshall’s cases, including Johnson v M’...

S02E02 – The International Dimensions of Johnson v. M’Intosh with Robert J. Miller Permalink

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⤓ Download a transcript of the Episode as a PDF // → Subscribe The episode begins with Miller offering a definition of the Doctrine of Discovery as th...

S02E01 - The Backstory of Johnson v. M’Intosh with Lindsay Robertson Permalink

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⤓ Download a transcript of the Episode as a PDF // → Subscribe The episode begins with Prof. Robertson providing the context for Johnson v. M’Intosh,...

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S02E05: Dissecting the Doctrine of Discovery: Indigenous Rights, White Supremacy, and the United Nations with Betty Lyons Permalink

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⤓ Download a transcript of the Episode as a PDF // → Subscribe Our conversation focuses on the dismantling of the Doctrine of Discovery and the profou...

S02E04 - The Doctrine of Discovery In The Social Psyche with Tina Ngata Permalink

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Ngata highlights two helpful international elements of the Doctrine of Discovery. The first is the international legal principle, and the second is an ...

S02E03 - Johnson v M’intosh and Federal Anti-Indian Law with Peter d’Errico Permalink

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⤓ Download a transcript of the Episode as a PDF // → Subscribe Moving into a discussion of Chief Justice John Marshall’s cases, including Johnson v M’...

S02E02 – The International Dimensions of Johnson v. M’Intosh with Robert J. Miller Permalink

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⤓ Download a transcript of the Episode as a PDF // → Subscribe The episode begins with Miller offering a definition of the Doctrine of Discovery as th...

S02E01 - The Backstory of Johnson v. M’Intosh with Lindsay Robertson Permalink

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⤓ Download a transcript of the Episode as a PDF // → Subscribe The episode begins with Prof. Robertson providing the context for Johnson v. M’Intosh,...

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Return land on Onondaga Lake to the Onondaga Nation (Your Letters) Permalink

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Syracuse.com Editorial Op-Ed To the Editor: What a delight to read Steve Featherstone’s feature article about the long-overdue return of 1,000 acres in the...

Documenting Domination: From the Doctrine of Christian Discovery to Dominion Theology Permalink

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Abstract The Doctrine of Christian Discovery is a series of fifteenth-century papal bulls that served as the theological and legal justification for the colo...

Digital Testimony of the Haudenosaunee Permalink

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The Haudenosaunee are embarking on an historic project about the 500-year history of the Haudenosaunee, their relationship with Europe and America and their ...

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Join us for a review and analysis of Johnson v. M’Intosh on the 200th anniversary of the decision, presented via webinar on March 10, 2023 7:30 am - 2:30 p...

Mennonite reflections on Mother Earth’s Pandemic

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Members of the Mennonite Missions Network attended Mother Earth’s Pandemic: The Doctrine of Discovery conference and did some post events writeup

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Insights and Reflections from Syracuse University’s Conference on the Religious Origins of White Supremacy Permalink

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S03E06: Exploring the Cultural, Historical, and Culinary Significance of Chilis with Victor Valle. Permalink

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⤓ Download a transcript of the Episode as a PDF // → Subscribe In this podcast episode, Phil Arnold and Sandy Bigtree interview Victor Valle, an author a...

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And yet, all across Mother Earth, stories reverberate of Indigenous nations and peoples’ resistance and refusal in the face of the settler colonial state. We...

An Open Letter on ‘Indian Residential Schools’ by Betty Lyons Permalink

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Truth and Justification: On the Cruelties Against Indigenous People Permalink

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And yet, all across Mother Earth, stories reverberate of Indigenous nations and peoples’ resistance and refusal in the face of the settler colonial state. We...

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Steve Newcomb Talks With Peter d’Errico.

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