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“Documenting Domination in International Relations Through the Doctrine of Discovery,” an Outcome archive entry by Adam DJ Brett, Betty Hill (Lyons). The entry belongs to the crosscurrents collection and connects readers to scholarship, public history, and organizing around the Doctrine of Discovery, Christian domination, Indigenous sovereignty, law, religion, land, memory, and accountability.

In brief, it addresses The American Indian Law Alliance (AILA) was founded in 1989 by Tonya Gonnella Frichner as an Indigenous, non profit organization advocating for sovereignty, human rights, and social justice. For readers arriving from the main Doctrine of Discovery site, this post functions as a pointer rather than a replacement for the full Outcome record. The canonical page preserves the complete context, metadata, author information, citation links, media, and neighboring materials in the archive.

The source text highlights terms and contexts including INTRODUCTION The American Indian Law Alliance (AILA) was founded in 1989 by Tonya Gonnella Frichner, 1974–2015, (Onondaga Nation, Snipe Clan). She founded the organization as an Indigenous, non profit, non partisan organization that works with Indigenous nations, communities and organizations in our struggle for sovereignty, human rights and social justice for our peoples. AILA continues to work to support and advocate for Indigenous nations and peoples at the international level. In 2010 Tonya Gonnella Frichner in her role as the Special Rapporteur for the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues submitted the Preliminary Study of The Impact on Indigenous Peoples. Read the canonical Outcome page for the complete entry.

Canonical link: https://outcome.doctrineofdiscovery.org/crosscurrents/essay2/documenting-domination-in-international-relations-through-the-doctrine-of-discovery/

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Adam DJ Brett, "Documenting Domination in International Relations Through the Doctrine of Discovery," Doctrine of Discovery Project (12 June 2025), https://doctrineofdiscovery.org/blog/link/outcome/crosscurrents/essay2/documenting-domination-in-international-relations-through-the-doctrine-of-discovery/.

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