Steven T. Newcomb

Steven Newcomb (Shawnee, Lenape) is the co-founder and director of the Indigenous Law Institute, and author of Pagans in the Promised Land: Decoding the Doctrine of Christian Discovery (Fulcrum, 2008). He co-produced the documentary movie “The Doctrine of Discovery: Unmasking the Domination Code” (2015), which is based on Pagans and his four decades of research.

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A Two Year Journey leading to the 200th Anniversary of the US Supreme Court Case Johnson v. M’Intosh

It has been 198 years since the US Supreme Court issued the Johnson v. M’inTosh decision of 1823.

On February 28, 2021, 1-4PM (Pacific Standard Time)

REDTHOUGHT.org is sponsoring a free screening of _The Doctrine of Discovery: Unmasking the Domination Code, _directed by Sheldon Wolfchild (Dakota) and co-produced by Steven Newcomb (Shawnee/Lenape). Register at REDTHOUGHT.org (an online event).

This will kick off a two year educational campaign about the Doctrine of Christian Discovery and Domination. That campaign will end on February 28, 2023.

On February 28, 1823, the US Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in the case Johnson v. Graham’s Lessee v M’Intosh, 21 U.S. (8 Wheat.) 543. The claim of a right of domination (“ultimate dominion”) which is expressed in the_Johnson _ruling, has been used against original nations and peoples in the United States and in many other parts of the world.

After the one hour screening, there will be a two-hour panel with Sheldon Wolfchild, Steven Newcomb, Buffy Sainte Marie (Cree), Dr. Luis Rivera-Pagán, a theologian from Puerto Rico, JoDe Goudy (Yakama Nation), Steve Schwartzberg, and Shawna Bluestar Newcomb (Shawnee/Lenape/Azteca), and Peter d’Errico, professor emeritus UMass/Amherst.

Register

"Event Flyer Photo credit: REDTHOUGHT and Original Free Nations!"

"Event Flyer Photo credit: REDTHOUGHT and Original Free Nations!"

SUGGESTED CITATION

Steven T. Newcomb, "198 Years of Domination: Screening of _The Doctrine of Discovery: Unmasking the Domination Code_ with Panel," Doctrine of Discovery Project (26 February 2021), https://doctrineofdiscovery.org/event/198-years-domination-event/.

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