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. Hosts Philip P. Arnold and Sandy Bigtr...
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S06E06: Sacred Waters: Trauma of the Erie Canal
⤓ Download a transcript of the Episode as a PDF // → Subscribe Introduction Jake Haiwhagai’i Edwards and Dr. Philip P. Arnold examine the ecological and ...
S06E05: The Sloan Lecture - The Oneidas, the Best Land, and the Erie Canal - By Susan Brewer
⤓ Download a transcript of the Episode as a PDF // → Subscribe Introduction Susan Brewer (Sloan Lecture) traces the history of the “best land” — a tract ...
S06E04: Washington Said Burn The Corn and New Yorkers Brought Surveyors
⤓ Download a transcript of the Episode as a PDF // → Subscribe Introduction Travis Bowman and Matthew Zembo join Lisa Moore to expose how military strate...
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...
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...
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...
On the Limits of the Concept of Religious Freedom in Indigenous Communities
Abstract In this essay, we will argue that firstly, the international and national legal framings of religion or belief are limited in scope, and one must a...
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 ...
Mapping the Doctrine of Discovery Zotero Library
Mapping the Doctrine of Discovery Zotero Library
The Doctrine of Christian Discovery Podcast Zotero Library
The Doctrine of Christian Discovery Podcast Zotero Library
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...
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...
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...
Mother Earth‘s Pandemic: The Doctrine of Discovery Session Videos
Complete list of all of the talks and bonus content
Mother Earth‘s Pandemic Resources
Resources mentioned durined the sessions.
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.
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...
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.
Basic Call to Consciousness
Basic Call to Consciousness copies are available in English and Spanish.
Saskatchewan Parks Utilize Doctrine of Discovery
Doctrine of Discovery at the heart of the Saskatchewan Parks Case.
Anglican Church of Canada Repudiates the Doctrine of Discovery
Anglican Church of Canada’s statement repudiating the Doctrine of Discovery.