Anglican Church of Canada Repudiates the Doctrine of Discovery
Anglican Church of Canada’s statement repudiating the Doctrine of Discovery.
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Basic Call to Consciousness
Basic Call to Consciousness copies are available in English and Spanish.
JCRT Publishes The Second of Two Special Issues from the 2023 Mapping the Doctrine of Discovery Conference
For immediate release
JCRT Publishes First of Two Special Issues from the 2023 Mapping the Doctrine of Discovery Conference
For immediate release
PRESS RELEASE: Launch of The Domination Translator Series - A Comprehensive Analysis of U.S. Supreme Court Rulings and the Doctrine of Discovery
The Doctrine of Discovery Initiative announces the launch of a 15-part extended essay examining how the Doctrine of Discovery has shaped U.S. legal history t...
Documenting Domination: From the Doctrine of Christian Discovery to Dominion Theology
The Doctrine of Christian Discovery is a series of fifteenth-century papal bulls that served as the theological and legal justification for the colonization ...
Domination Chronicles: Trailer
The trailer for Domination Chronicles introduces a conversation that begins where many public discussions stop: with the claim of domination itself. Steven T...
Domination Chronicles: Our Opening Conversation
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: Say Something, See Something
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: Symbols, Enigmas, Curiosity
Symbols are not passive decorations. In this episode, Steven Newcomb and Peter d’Errico examine how statues, seals, emblems, monuments, and public images hel...
Domination Chronicles: Seeing Through To The Emperor's Extravagant Pretension
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: The Future of Indians
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...
Domination Chronicles: Supreme Court Justices Attack Plenary Power over Native Peoples
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: A Quantum View of Free Existence as Entangled Indeterminacy
This episode brings quantum theory into conversation with Indigenous free existence. Newcomb and d’Errico ask whether concepts such as entanglement, uncertai...
Domination Chronicles: Words and Meanings
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: McGirt v. Oklahoma - Revealing and Concealing Domination
The Supreme Court’s decision in McGirt v. Oklahoma was widely celebrated as a win for the Creek Nation. In this episode, Newcomb and d’Errico ask a more diff...
Domination Chronicles: Pulp Legal Fiction - Tee-Hit-Ton v. United States
In this episode, Newcomb and d’Errico revisit Tee-Hit-Ton Indians v. United States, the 1955 Supreme Court decision that denied compensation for timber taken...
Domination Chronicles: 2026 - The Year Ahead
This New Year’s conversation looks ahead by returning to the central themes of the work: domination, free existence, law, language, technology, and the long ...
Domination Chronicles: The Federal Indian Boarding School Report
The Federal Indian Boarding School Report names a history of forced assimilation, but Newcomb and d’Errico ask what such reports can and cannot do when the l...
Domination Chronicles: A Domination Chronicles Lexicon
This brief episode offers a lexicon for hearing domination in the words that organize political and legal life. Steven Newcomb focuses on terms such as civil...
Domination Chronicles: Stolen Land and the Danger of Performative Speech
This episode begins with the public controversy around saying “stolen land” and moves quickly to the deeper issue: what kind of speech actually challenges do...
Domination Chronicles: Colonists, Settlers, Invaders, Expansionists, Immigrants
What do we call the people who came onto Native lands under claims of empire, settlement, expansion, and law? In this episode, Newcomb and d’Errico critique ...
Domination Chronicles: Bruce McIvor on Legalized Lawlessness
Attorney Bruce McIvor joins Newcomb and d’Errico to discuss what he calls “legalized lawlessness” in Canada. The phrase names a system in which courts and go...
Domination Chronicles: Mark Savage on Natural Rights and Unravelling the Questions
Attorney Mark Savage joins Newcomb and d’Errico for a conversation about natural rights, plenary power, treaties, and the possibility of systemic litigation....
Domination Chronicles: Loretta Afraid of Bear-Cook on Living in Oglala Lakota Community
Loretta Afraid of Bear-Cook joins Newcomb and d’Errico for a conversation grounded in Oglala Lakota community, language, food, ceremony, and everyday practic...
Domination Chronicles: Untrustworthy Trust - Domination, Fear, and Fearlessness
The federal Indian law “trust doctrine” is often described as a protective obligation. In this episode, Newcomb and d’Errico ask whether the word trust actua...
Domination Chronicles: Tribal Sovereignty 101
In this episode, Newcomb and d’Errico unpack the phrase “tribal sovereignty” and argue that it often functions as a language trap. If sovereignty means a cla...
Domination Chronicles: Where Are We Now?
In this episode, Newcomb and d’Errico step back to ask where the work is now. They warn against turning words such as domination and discovery into slogans. ...
Flying T Ranch v. Stillaguamish Tribe
Flying T Ranch v. Stillaguamish Tribe enters the Domination Chronicles conversation through a Washington Supreme Court concurrence that criticizes racist lan...
Halverson v. Burgum
Halverson v. Burgum appears in Domination Chronicles as a contemporary example of how older legal claims continue to operate in present-day court decisions. ...
200 Years of Johnson v. M'Intosh (JVM): Indigenous Responses to the Religious Foundations of Racism
“200 Years of Johnson v. M’Intosh (JVM): Indigenous Responses to the Religious Foundations of,” an Outcome archive entry by Philip P. Arnold, Sandra Bigtree,...
Before Religion
“Before Religion,” an Outcome archive entry by Sawatis Frushell. The entry belongs to the crosscurrents collection and connects readers to scholarship, publi...
Book Notes: New Books in the Study of Domination
“Book Notes: New Books in the Study of Domination,” an Outcome archive entry by Adam DJ Brett, Betty Hill (Lyons). The entry belongs to the crosscurrents col...
The Challenges of Revoking the Papal Bulls: A View-from-the-Shore Analysis of Recent Statements by Christian Churches
“The Challenges of Revoking the Papal Bulls: A View from the Shore Analysis of,” an Outcome archive entry by Steven T. Newcomb. The entry belongs to the cros...
Comments on the Bishop's Panel: Transcription of Conference Presentation
“Comments on the Bishop’s Panel: Transcription of Conference Presentation,” an Outcome archive entry by Jake Haiwhagai’i Edwards. The entry belongs to the cr...
The Construction of Indigenous Americans and Spanish Conquistadors in Theodore de Bry's Engravings
“The Construction of Indigenous Americans and Spanish Conquistadors in Theodore de Bry’s Engravings,” an Outcome archive entry by Isabel V. Maine-Torres. The...
Contributors
“Contributors,” an Outcome archive entry by The Association for Public Religion and Intellectual Life (APRIL). The entry belongs to the crosscurrents collect...
Cultivating a G.R.A.C.E. Mindset: Adaptive Leadership in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America
“Cultivating a G.R.A.C.E. Mindset: Adaptive Leadership in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America,” an Outcome archive entry by Rev Lee M. Miller II. The ...
DEAR AUTOCRAT(S)
“DEAR AUTOCRAT(S),” an Outcome archive entry by Sawatis Frushell. The entry belongs to the crosscurrents collection and connects readers to scholarship, publ...
Documenting Domination in International Relations Through the Doctrine of Discovery
“Documenting Domination in International Relations Through the Doctrine of Discovery,” an Outcome archive entry by Adam DJ Brett, Betty Hill (Lyons). The ent...
Joint Statement Of The Dicasteries For Culture And Education And For Promoting Integral Human Development On The "Doctrine Of Discovery"
“Joint Statement Of The Dicasteries For Culture And Education And For Promoting Integral Human,” an Outcome archive entry by Holy See Press Office. The entry...
Christian Nationalism in the Lithuanian Context
“Christian Nationalism in the Lithuanian Context,” an Outcome archive entry by Eglutė Trinkauskaitė. The entry belongs to the crosscurrents collection and co...
The Religious Origins of White Supremacy and The Doctrine of Christian Discovery
“The Religious Origins of White Supremacy and The Doctrine of Christian Discovery,” an Outcome archive entry by Philip P. Arnold, Sandra Bigtree, Adam DJ Bre...
The Roots of Christian Nationalism Go Back Further Than You Think
“The Roots of Christian Nationalism Go Back Further Than You Think,” an Outcome archive entry by Robert P. Jones. The entry belongs to the crosscurrents coll...
Routing Out Supremacy's Religious Roots: From Skin Color Back Through Bible Code to City-State Coercion
“Routing Out Supremacy’s Religious Roots: From Skin Color Back Through Bible Code to City,” an Outcome archive entry by James W. Perkinson. The entry belongs...
Statement on the Doctrine of Discovery
“Statement on the Doctrine of Discovery,” an Outcome archive entry by Bishop Dede Duncan-Probe. The entry belongs to the crosscurrents collection and connect...
Things We Already Knew Before the Prophecy of I Am
“Things We Already Knew Before the Prophecy of I Am,” an Outcome archive entry by Sawatis Frushell. The entry belongs to the crosscurrents collection and con...
Table of Contents
“Table of Contents,” an Outcome archive entry by The Association for Public Religion and Intellectual Life (APRIL). The entry belongs to the crosscurrents co...
Toward a Kinder Future
“Toward a Kinder Future,” an Outcome archive entry by Whatweni:neh Freida J. Jacques. The entry belongs to the crosscurrents collection and connects readers ...
Travelling Along the River of Life
“Travelling Along the River of Life,” an Outcome archive entry by Oren Lyons. The entry belongs to the crosscurrents collection and connects readers to schol...
An Unholy Wedding: Christianity, Civilizational Supremacy, and the In/visibility of "Race" in Post-colonial Philippines
“An Unholy Wedding: Christianity, Civilizational Supremacy, and the In/visibility of “Race” in Post colonial,” an Outcome archive entry by S. Lily Mendoza. T...
The Domination Translator Series - Complete Index
“The Domination Translator Series Complete Index,” an Outcome archive entry by Steven T. Newcomb. The entry belongs to the featured collection and connects r...
The Domination Translator Series: An Extended Essay on Various U.S. Supreme Court Rulings and Other Topics - Part 1
“The Domination Translator Series: An Extended Essay on Various U.S. Supreme Court Rulings and,” an Outcome archive entry by Steven T. Newcomb. The entry bel...
Fletcher v. Peck (1810) - Domination Translator Series - Part 2
“Fletcher v. Peck (1810) Domination Translator Series Part 2,” an Outcome archive entry by Steven T. Newcomb. The entry belongs to the featured collection an...
The Marshall Trilogy: Johnson v. McIntosh, 21 U.S. (8 Wheat.) 543 (1823) - Domination Translator Series - Part 3
“The Marshall Trilogy: Johnson v. McIntosh, 21 U.S. (8 Wheat.) 543 (1823) Domination Translator,” an Outcome archive entry by Steven T. Newcomb. The entry be...
The Marshall Trilogy: Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831) - Domination Translator Series - Part 4
“The Marshall Trilogy: Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831) Domination Translator Series Part 4,” an Outcome archive entry by Steven T. Newcomb. The entry belon...
The Marshall Trilogy: Worcester v. Georgia (1832) - Domination Translator Series - Part 5
“The Marshall Trilogy: Worcester v. Georgia (1832) Domination Translator Series Part 5,” an Outcome archive entry by Steven T. Newcomb. The entry belongs to ...
The Monroe Doctrine (1823) - Domination Translator Series - Part 6
“The Monroe Doctrine (1823) Domination Translator Series Part 6,” an Outcome archive entry by Steven T. Newcomb. The entry belongs to the featured collection...
Martin v. Waddell (1842) - Domination Translator Series - Part 7
“Martin v. Waddell (1842) Domination Translator Series Part 7,” an Outcome archive entry by Steven T. Newcomb. The entry belongs to the featured collection a...
President 'Teddy' Roosevelt's Monroe Doctrine Corollary - Domination Translator Series - Part 8
“President ‘Teddy’ Roosevelt’s Monroe Doctrine Corollary Domination Translator Series Part 8,” an Outcome archive entry by Steven T. Newcomb. The entry belon...
Tee Hit Ton Indians v. United States (1955) - Domination Translator Series - Part 9
“Tee Hit Ton Indians v. United States (1955) Domination Translator Series Part 9,” an Outcome archive entry by Steven T. Newcomb. The entry belongs to the fe...
White v. University of California (9th Cir., 2014) - Domination Translator Series - Part 10
“White v. University of California (9th Cir., 2014) Domination Translator Series Part 10,” an Outcome archive entry by Steven T. Newcomb. The entry belongs t...
The Haudenosaunee Cases: Cayuga Indian Nation v. Pataki (2nd Cir. June 28, 2005) - Domination Translator Series - Part 11
“The Haudenosaunee Cases: Cayuga Indian Nation v. Pataki (2nd Cir. June 28, 2005) Domination,” an Outcome archive entry by Steven T. Newcomb. The entry belon...
The Haudenosaunee Cases: Oneida Indian Nation v. County of Oneida (Aug. 9th 2010) - Domination Translator Series - Part 12
“The Haudenosaunee Cases: Oneida Indian Nation v. County of Oneida (Aug. 9th 2010) Domination,” an Outcome archive entry by Steven T. Newcomb. The entry belo...
The Haudenosaunee Cases: Onondaga Nation v. N.Y. (Argued Oct. 12, 2012, decided October 19, 2012) - Domination Translator Series - Part 13
“The Haudenosaunee Cases: Onondaga Nation v. N.Y. (Argued Oct. 12, 2012, decided October 19,” an Outcome archive entry by Steven T. Newcomb. The entry belong...
McGirt v. Oklahoma (U.S. Supreme Court, July 2020) - Domination Translator Series - Part 14
“McGirt v. Oklahoma (U.S. Supreme Court, July 2020) Domination Translator Series Part 14,” an Outcome archive entry by Steven T. Newcomb. The entry belongs t...
U.S. v. King Mountain Tobacco Co., Inc. (9th Cir. Court, August 13, 2012) - Domination Translator Series - Part 15
“U.S. v. King Mountain Tobacco Co., Inc. (9th Cir. Court, August 13, 2012) Domination,” an Outcome archive entry by Steven T. Newcomb. The entry belongs to t...
What is the Doctrine of Discovery?
“What is the Doctrine of Discovery?,” an Outcome archive entry by Philip P. Arnold, Sandra Bigtree. The entry belongs to the featured collection and connects...
Ten Religious Themes of the Doctrine of Christian Discovery (DoCD) that Contrast with Indigenous Values
“Ten Religious Themes of the Doctrine of Christian Discovery (DoCD) that Contrast with Indigenous,” an Outcome archive entry by Philip P. Arnold, Sandra Bigt...
Animal Nations and the Doctrine of Discovery
“Animal Nations and the Doctrine of Discovery,” an Outcome archive entry by Tracy Basile. The entry belongs to the featured collection and connects readers t...
Part 2: The beginning of an Analysis of Settler Colonialism Emerges at AMC 2022
“Part 2: The beginning of an Analysis of Settler Colonialism Emerges at AMC 2022,” an Outcome archive entry by Sarah Nahar. The entry belongs to the featured...
The Doctrine of Discovery and Christian Zionism
“The Doctrine of Discovery and Christian Zionism,” an Outcome archive entry by Jonathan Brenneman. The entry belongs to the featured collection and connects ...
City of Sherrill v. Oneida Indian Nation, 544 U.S. 197 (2005): THE DOCTRINE OF CHRISTIAN DISCOVERY AND DOMINATION AND THE DENIAL OF TREATY RIGHTS
“City of Sherrill v. Oneida Indian Nation, 544 U.S. 197 (2005): THE DOCTRINE OF,” an Outcome archive entry by Joseph J. Heath. The entry belongs to the featu...
Part 1: The Origins of the Combahee River Collective Statement
“Part 1: The Origins of the Combahee River Collective Statement,” an Outcome archive entry by Sarah Nahar. The entry belongs to the featured collection and c...
The Myth of Divine Right and the Doctrine of Discovery
“The Myth of Divine Right and the Doctrine of Discovery,” an Outcome archive entry by Kenneth Chestek. The entry belongs to the featured collection and conne...
Effectuating Renunciation: An International Effort to Provide a Pathway to Repudiate the Doctrine of Discovery
“Effectuating Renunciation: An International Effort to Provide a Pathway to Repudiate the Doctrine of,” an Outcome archive entry by Christopher Sudol. The en...
Part 4: Making Common Cause: Imagining Shared Futures
“Part 4: Making Common Cause: Imagining Shared Futures,” an Outcome archive entry by Sarah Nahar. The entry belongs to the featured collection and connects r...
Indigenous Consent: A Right Rooted in the Doctrine of Discovery
“Indigenous Consent: A Right Rooted in the Doctrine of Discovery,” an Outcome archive entry by Urszula Piasta Mansfield. The entry belongs to the featured co...
Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Association, 485 U.S. 439
“Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Association, 485 U.S. 439,” an Outcome archive entry by Dana Lloyd. The entry belongs to the featured collectio...
Manifest Destiny
“Manifest Destiny,” an Outcome archive entry by Robert Michael Ruehl. The entry belongs to the featured collection and connects readers to scholarship, publi...
How we met the Doctrine of Discovery. A Maya commentary - Doctrine of Discovery
“How we met the Doctrine of Discovery. A Maya commentary Doctrine of Discovery,” an Outcome archive entry by Manuel May Castillo. The entry belongs to the fe...
The Regalian Doctrine: The Philippine Case
“The Regalian Doctrine: The Philippine Case,” an Outcome archive entry by S. Lily Mendoza. The entry belongs to the featured collection and connects readers ...
Reappraising the Doctrine of Discovery
“Reappraising the Doctrine of Discovery,” an Outcome archive entry by David E. Wilkins, Ph.D. The entry belongs to the featured collection and connects reade...
Part 3: Using the Doctrine of Discovery to Foreground an Analysis of Settler Colonialism
“Part 3: Using the Doctrine of Discovery to Foreground an Analysis of Settler Colonialism,” an Outcome archive entry by Sarah Nahar. The entry belongs to the...
Settler Colonialism in Higher Education: Syracuse University and the Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery (… and Onondaga Limestone)
“Settler Colonialism in Higher Education: Syracuse University and the Legacy of the Doctrine of,” an Outcome archive entry by Hugh Burnam. The entry belongs ...
City of Sherrill v. Oneida Indian Nation of New York
“City of Sherrill v. Oneida Indian Nation of New York,” an Outcome archive entry by Dana Lloyd. The entry belongs to the featured collection and connects rea...
Sublimis Deus, Pastorale Officium and Non Indecens Videtur – A Historical Dive Into the Vatican’s Failure to Rescind the Doctrine of Discovery
“Sublimis Deus, Pastorale Officium and Non Indecens Videtur – A Historical Dive Into the,” an Outcome archive entry by Tina Ngata. The entry belongs to the f...
Sublimis Deus (Sublimis Dei)
“Sublimis Deus (Sublimis Dei),” an Outcome archive entry by Tina Ngata. The entry belongs to the featured collection and connects readers to scholarship, pub...
Uncovering the Invisible: The Doctrine of Discovery, its Impact on the Brazilian Indigenous Peoples, on the environment and how it continues to shape the Brazilian landscape today: English
“Uncovering the Invisible: The Doctrine of Discovery, its Impact on the Brazilian Indigenous Peoples,” an Outcome archive entry by Telma Alencar. The entry b...
The U.S. Government’s Claim of a Right of Domination
“The U.S. Government’s Claim of a Right of Domination,” an Outcome archive entry by Steven T. Newcomb. The entry belongs to the featured collection and conne...
What Doctrine of Discovery Statements of Religious Repudiation Reveal
“What Doctrine of Discovery Statements of Religious Repudiation Reveal,” an Outcome archive entry by Arden Mahlberg. The entry belongs to the featured collec...
International Journal on Responsibility
“International Journal on Responsibility,” an Outcome archive entry by the Outcome contributors. The entry belongs to the ijr collection and connects readers...
Religious Moral Suasion and Material Support for the Environmental Justice Movement
“Religious Moral Suasion and Material Support for the Environmental Justice Movement,” an Outcome archive entry by Sarah Nahar. The entry belongs to the ijr ...
Vol. 5 No. 2 (2024): From Indigenous Religions to Indigenous Values
“Vol. 5 No. 2 (2024): From Indigenous Religions to Indigenous Values,” an Outcome archive entry by the Outcome contributors. The entry belongs to the jcreor ...
The Bankruptcy of the Category of Religion
“The Bankruptcy of the Category of Religion,” an Outcome archive entry by Dana Lloyd, Cecilia Titizano. The entry belongs to the jcreor collection and connec...
Indigenous Values Initiative Together with the American Indian Law Alliance Submits this Report
“Indigenous Values Initiative Together with the American Indian Law Alliance Submits this Report,” an Outcome archive entry by Indigenous Values Initiative, ...
Intellectual Acknowledgement in Favour of Religious Freedom and Justice
“Intellectual Acknowledgement in Favour of Religious Freedom and Justice,” an Outcome archive entry by Lars Kirkhusmo Pharo. The entry belongs to the jcreor ...
Learning From Reflection and Looking to the Future: Two Years on from the UN Report on Freedom of Religion or Belief and Indigenous Peoples.
“Learning From Reflection and Looking to the Future: Two Years on from the UN,” an Outcome archive entry by Ahmed Shaheed, Jennifer Tridgell. The entry belon...
Vol. 24 No. 2 (Winter 2026): Challenging the Justifications of Domination Through Religion
“Vol. 24 No. 2 (Winter 2026): Challenging the Justifications of Domination Through Religion,” an Outcome archive entry by the Outcome contributors. The entry...
Silencing the Doctrine of Discovery – The Brazilian Process: Accidental Discoveries, Secret Manuscripts, Imaginary Lines and Myths
“Silencing the Doctrine of Discovery – The Brazilian Process: Accidental Discoveries, Secret Manuscripts, Imaginary,” an Outcome archive entry by Telma Alenc...
Deconstructing the Erie Canal: Three Lessons for its Next Century
“Deconstructing the Erie Canal: Three Lessons for its Next Century,” an Outcome archive entry by Renée Barry. The entry belongs to the jcrt collection and co...
Unselling the Classroom: Confronting History and Ourselves
“Unselling the Classroom: Confronting History and Ourselves,” an Outcome archive entry by Elaina Berlin. The entry belongs to the jcrt collection and connect...
The Medieval Origins of Religious White Supremacy: English Imperialism, Crusade Defeats, and the Doctrine of Discovery
“The Medieval Origins of Religious White Supremacy: English Imperialism, Crusade Defeats, and the Doctrine,” an Outcome archive entry by Maeve Callan. The en...
Expecting Excellence in Education: When Content Conditions Class Consciousness
“Expecting Excellence in Education: When Content Conditions Class Consciousness,” an Outcome archive entry by Michael E. Chaness. The entry belongs to the jc...
The Chosen People at Grouse Mountain
“The Chosen People at Grouse Mountain,” an Outcome archive entry by Wendy Felese. The entry belongs to the jcrt collection and connects readers to scholarshi...
Flesh of Words: Confrontation, Navigation, and Integrity in the English Classroom
“Flesh of Words: Confrontation, Navigation, and Integrity in the English Classroom,” an Outcome archive entry by Roberta Hurtado. The entry belongs to the jc...
Introduction
“Introduction,” an Outcome archive entry by Philip P. Arnold, Sandra Bigtree, Adam DJ Brett. The entry belongs to the jcrt collection and connects readers to...
Dismantling White Supremacy in the Classroom and Beyond
“Dismantling White Supremacy in the Classroom and Beyond,” an Outcome archive entry by Celinet Duran Jimenez. The entry belongs to the jcrt collection and co...
Other Forms of Dwelling: A Dalit – Feminist Perspective
“Other Forms of Dwelling: A Dalit – Feminist Perspective,” an Outcome archive entry by Shrutika Lakshmi. The entry belongs to the jcrt collection and connect...
Charting the Doctrine in the Colonial Archive: Papal Bulls and the Translation of the ‘Discovery’ Purpose
“Charting the Doctrine in the Colonial Archive: Papal Bulls and the Translation of the,” an Outcome archive entry by Sebastian Modrow. The entry belongs to t...
“Engineering Marvel”: Towards Resisting the Affective Politics of Erie Canal Heritage
““Engineering Marvel”: Towards Resisting the Affective Politics of Erie Canal Heritage,” an Outcome archive entry by Danielle S. Nagle. The entry belongs to ...
Using the Doctrine of Discovery to Increase Shared Language and Conceptual Frameworks Between Black and Indigenous Feminist Organizing
“Using the Doctrine of Discovery to Increase Shared Language and Conceptual Frameworks Between Black,” an Outcome archive entry by Sarah Nahar. The entry bel...
A Preface to Challenging the Justifications of Domination Through Religion: “We Were Planting Corn, and They Were Planting Crosses”
“A Preface to Challenging the Justifications of Domination Through Religion: “We Were Planting Corn,” an Outcome archive entry by Philip P. Arnold, Sandra Bi...
Schools, Teachers, and Teacher Educators: Education Through the Disruption of White Supremacy
“Schools, Teachers, and Teacher Educators: Education Through the Disruption of White Supremacy,” an Outcome archive entry by Ritu Radhakrishnan. The entry be...
Hindu Political Theology: Beyond Hindutva’s Political Monotheism
“Hindu Political Theology: Beyond Hindutva’s Political Monotheism,” an Outcome archive entry by Pranay Somayajula. The entry belongs to the jcrt collection a...
Baltic Religion: The Sacred Things
“Baltic Religion: The Sacred Things,” an Outcome archive entry by Eglutė Trinkauskaitė, Ellen B. Cutler. The entry belongs to the jcrt collection and connect...
Christian Control of Women and Mother Earth: The Doctrine of Discovery and the Doctrine of Male Domination
“Christian Control of Women and Mother Earth: The Doctrine of Discovery and the Doctrine,” an Outcome archive entry by Sally Roesch Wagner. The entry belongs...
Vol. 25 No. 1 (Spring 2026): Challenging the Justifications of Domination through Law: Indigenous Resistance and the Undoing of Christian Empire
“Vol. 25 No. 1 (Spring 2026): Challenging the Justifications of Domination through Law: Indigenous,” an Outcome archive entry by the Outcome contributors. Th...
Conclusion: Dismantling the Doctrine of Christian Discovery Cultivating Right Relations
“Conclusion: Dismantling the Doctrine of Christian Discovery Cultivating Right Relations,” an Outcome archive entry by Philip P. Arnold, Sandra Bigtree, Adam...
Federal Anti-indian Law: Why a Challenge to “Christian Discovery” Creates a Metaphysical Crisis for the US
“Federal Anti indian Law: Why a Challenge to “Christian Discovery” Creates a Metaphysical Crisis,” an Outcome archive entry by Peter d’Errico. The entry belo...
Right & Respectful Relations: A Memoir of the Road to the Historic Yakama Nation Amicus Brief Challenging ‘Christian Discovery’ in Washington State V. Cougar Den
“Right & Respectful Relations: A Memoir of the Road to the Historic Yakama Nation,” an Outcome archive entry by Jode Goudy. The entry belongs to the jcrt...
The Doctrine of Christian Discovery and Domination: How It Has Been Used by United States Courts to Deny Treaty Rights & Dismiss the Haudenosaunee Land Rights Cases
“The Doctrine of Christian Discovery and Domination: How It Has Been Used by United,” an Outcome archive entry by Joseph J. Heath. The entry belongs to the j...
The International Law of Colonialism: The Doctrine of Discovery
“The International Law of Colonialism: The Doctrine of Discovery,” an Outcome archive entry by Robert J. Miller. The entry belongs to the jcrt collection and...
My Decades-long Inquiry Into the Doctrine of Christian Discovery and Domination
“My Decades long Inquiry Into the Doctrine of Christian Discovery and Domination,” an Outcome archive entry by Steven T. Newcomb. The entry belongs to the jc...
A Postscript: Sovereignty is Still the Issue
“A Postscript: Sovereignty is Still the Issue,” an Outcome archive entry by Adam DJ Brett, Betty Hill (Lyons), Nethanial Belmont. The entry belongs to the jc...
An Intergenerational and Perpetual Imperium of Domination and Subjugation of Indigenous Peoples: The Doctrine of Christian Discovery and Royal Supremacy
“An Intergenerational and Perpetual Imperium of Domination and Subjugation of Indigenous Peoples: The Doctrine,” an Outcome archive entry by Phillip Rodgers-...
An Appeal to the American People—Overturning “Federal Indian Law”
“An Appeal to the American People—Overturning “Federal Indian Law”,” an Outcome archive entry by Steven J. Schwartzberg. The entry belongs to the jcrt collec...
Eve Reyes-Aguirre: Environment & Creation
“Eve Reyes Aguirre: Environment & Creation,” an Outcome archive entry by Eve Reyes Aguirre. The entry belongs to the podcast collection and connects read...
S04E05: Rekindling Culture and Healing History: A Dialogue on Decolonization and Indigenous Land Connection
“S04E05: Rekindling Culture and Healing History: A Dialogue on Decolonization and Indigenous Land Connection,” an Outcome archive entry by Philip P. Arnold, ...
S05E06: Rethinking Our Values: Indigenous Values for a Sustainable Future
“S05E06: Rethinking Our Values: Indigenous Values for a Sustainable Future,” an Outcome archive entry by Philip P. Arnold, Sandra Bigtree, Adam DJ Brett. The...
S05E07: Indigenous Wisdom for Planetary Healing with Yuria Celidwen
“S05E07: Indigenous Wisdom for Planetary Healing with Yuria Celidwen,” an Outcome archive entry by Philip P. Arnold, Sandra Bigtree, Adam DJ Brett. The entry...
S05E08: Teaching Uncomfortable History: The Doctrine of Discovery
“S05E08: Teaching Uncomfortable History: The Doctrine of Discovery,” an Outcome archive entry by Philip P. Arnold, Sandra Bigtree, Adam DJ Brett. The entry b...
Betty Lyons: Understanding the Doctrine
“Betty Lyons: Understanding the Doctrine,” an Outcome archive entry by Mitch Randall, Tanner Randall. The entry belongs to the podcast collection and connect...
Robert P. Jones: White Supremacy’s Roots
“Robert P. Jones: White Supremacy’s Roots,” an Outcome archive entry by Mitch Randall, Tanner Randall. The entry belongs to the podcast collection and connec...
Robert J. Miller: Property & Sovereignty
“Robert J. Miller: Property & Sovereignty,” an Outcome archive entry by Mitch Randall, Tanner Randall. The entry belongs to the podcast collection and co...
Gustavo Melo Cerqueira & Danielle N. Boaz: Religious Racism
“Gustavo Melo Cerqueira & Danielle N. Boaz: Religious Racism,” an Outcome archive entry by Mitch Randall, Tanner Randall. The entry belongs to the podcas...
Steven Newcomb & JoDe Goudy: U.S. Law
“Steven Newcomb & JoDe Goudy: U.S. Law,” an Outcome archive entry by Mitch Randall, Tanner Randall. The entry belongs to the podcast collection and conne...
Eve Reyes-Aguirre: Environment & Creation
“Eve Reyes Aguirre: Environment & Creation,” an Outcome archive entry by Mitch Randall, Tanner Randall. The entry belongs to the podcast collection and c...
João Chaves: The Doctrine of Christian Discovery's Influence in the Americas
“João Chaves: The Doctrine of Christian Discovery’s Influence in the Americas,” an Outcome archive entry by Mitch Randall, Tanner Randall. The entry belongs ...
Mitch Randall: Countering Conversion
“Mitch Randall: Countering Conversion,” an Outcome archive entry by Mitch Randall, Tanner Randall. The entry belongs to the podcast collection and connects r...
S6E03: How Rethinking God, Gender, And Nature Can Heal A Burning World
In this episode, Kimberly Carfore explores ecofeminist theology and its connections to the Doctrine of Discovery, examining how dominionist interpretations o...
New Episode: Matthew Boedy on the Seven Mountains Mandate and the Threat to Democracy
Our latest episode of the Mapping the Doctrine of Discovery Podcast is now live, and it’s one you won’t want to miss.
S06E08: Remembering The Teacher: Charles H. Long (Part 1)
In this episode of Doctrine of Discovery, Davíd Carrasco and Raymond Carr remember their teacher, Charles H. Long, through stories, laughter, and archival fr...
S06E09: The Legacy of Charles H. Long Part 2: How & Why White Supremacy Persists
In this episode of the Mapping the Doctrine of Discovery podcast, Philip P. Arnold, Natalie Avalos, Teresa Smallwood, Emilie Townes, and Corey D. B. Walker t...
S06E10: How Colonial Law Shaped Modern Data Extraction
In this episode of the Mapping the Doctrine of Discovery podcast, Jordan Loewen-Colon traces a genealogy from Roman res nullius and the Doctrine of Discovery...
S06E11: What Changes When Earth Is Your Mother
In this episode of the Mapping the Doctrine of Discovery podcast, the conversation asks what changes when Earth is not treated as an object, resource, or bac...
S06E12: How the Revolutionary War Reshaped Haudenosaunee Governance
In this episode of the Mapping the Doctrine of Discovery podcast, Tom Porter discusses how colonization and the Revolutionary War reshaped Mohawk and Haudeno...
S6E02: A Theologian Confronts the Doctrine of Discovery and Calls for Institutional Repair
In this episode, Jeannine Hill Fletcher confronts how white Christian institutions cultivated racial hierarchy—through indoctrination, forced conversion, mar...
Louisiana’s Ten Commandment Truthiness
I watch and wonder if we are witnessing the (re)birth of a distinctly American religion. One that shares a kinship and affinity with prior permutations of Am...
Trump’s Dangerous Rhetoric of Dehumanization
Civilization and personhood are the intellectual bulwarks for the justification of colonization. The colonizer assumes they are made in the image of their Go...
Christian Domination and the Failure of ‘Truth and Reconciliation’
A conference in Onondaga Nation Territory, at Syracuse University and Skä·noñh—Great Law of Peace Center, Saturday and Sunday, 17-18 August 2019.
The Doctrine of Discovery and Colonial Terrorism: A Dialogue Between Sovereign Women, Weaving Indigenous Truths Across Time and Space
Like the rings of a tree, the record of our people, our indigenous truth, is carried in the bones of indigenous women, which we bear forth with every birth o...
Mother Earth‘s Pandemic: The Doctrine of Discovery
This conference will connect the dots between our current pandemic, environmental devastation, the Doctrine of Discovery, and a way forward.
Revisiting George Washington’s assault on the Haudenosaunee 240 Years Later
In 1779, General George Washington suspended the colonial war against England and moved to extinguish the Haudenosaunee (Six Nations Iroquois) with his “Sull...
Mexico demands Spain apologize for colonial abuse of indigenous people
In letter to Spanish king, President Obrador cites massacres and oppression during conquest of Mexico.
Mother Earth‘s Pandemic: The Doctrine of Discovery Session Videos
Complete list of all of the talks and bonus content
Saskatchewan Parks Utilize Doctrine of Discovery
Doctrine of Discovery at the heart of the Saskatchewan Parks Case.
The Doctrine of Christian Discovery Podcast Zotero Library
The Doctrine of Christian Discovery Podcast Zotero Library
Mapping the Doctrine of Discovery Zotero Library
Mapping the Doctrine of Discovery Zotero Library
Mother Earth‘s Pandemic Resources
Resources mentioned durined the sessions.