Repudiations
Repuidations of the Doctrine of Discovery by religious organizations and faith communities
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State of Washington v. Wallahee overturned Permalink
“Our nation’s history is rife with such injustices. It is no victory to sanitize the past, but there is a difference between erasing history and redressin...
S04E06: Unveiling Histories: Colonialism, Faith, and Identity in the Americas with João Chaves Permalink
⤓ Download a transcript of the Episode as a PDF // → Subscribe Introduction We begin this episode with a land acknowledgement. In this podcast episode, ...
Podcast🎙️ Stealing Land in the Name of God Permalink
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...
Sandy Bigtree & Philip Arnold - The Religious Origins of White Supremacy Permalink
Sandy Bigtree & Philip Arnold - The Religious Origins of White Supremacy Today’s discussion is one of profound importance, and I am honored to spea...
Indigenous Sacredness, Christendom and the Doctrine of Discovery Permalink
The conversation I am much more interested in, and that I feel is important to have – is an open, and frank conversation about the role Christianity has p...
Political theology, discovery and the roots of the ‘great replacement’ Permalink
Bossen, C. (2024). Political theology, discovery and the roots of the ‘great replacement’. Race & Class, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/03063968241238601.
S04E04: Reckoning with the Legacy of Colonization: A Dialogue on Native American Erasure and Resilience with Tink Tinker Permalink
Introduction We begin this episode with a land acknowledgement. In this episode of the Mapping the Doctrine of Discovery podcast, hosts Phil Arnold and ...
S04E03: Reclaiming Sacred Ground: Indigenous Sovereignty, Environmental Wisdom, and the Path to Restorative Justice with Patrick Gonzalez-Rogers Permalink
Introduction We begin this episode with a land acknowledgement. In this episode of the Mapping The Doctrine Of Discovery Podcast, hosts Phil Arnold and ...
S04E02: Exploring the American Religious Tapestry: From Civil Religion to Secularism and the Impact of the January 6th Insurrection Permalink
Introduction We begin this episode with a land acknowledgement. In this podcast episode, hosts Phil Arnold and Sandy Bigtree interview Joel Harrison, an...
S04E01: Unearthing the Foundations: Examining Native American Legal Battles and the Doctrine of Discovery Permalink
Introduction We begin this episode with a land acknowledgement. This podcast episode is a recording of Law Panel III Federal Anti-Indian Law from the con...
Renounced by the Vatican, Yet the Repressive Force of 15th Century Persists Permalink
By William D. Sunderlin, Ph.D., and Robert J. Miller, J.D. ALBANY, New York | PHOENIX, Arizona | 16 April 2024 (IDN) &emdash; It seems ridiculous that a...
Trump’s Dangerous Rhetoric of Dehumanization Permalink
Civilization and personhood are the intellectual bulwarks for the justification of colonization. The colonizer assumes they are made in the image of their...
Mapping the Dispossession of the Haudenosaunee: a chronology Permalink
Beginning in 2014, University Chancellor Kent Syverud initiated several measures honoring the Haudenosaunee. One of the measures is the University’s polic...
Inclusion is not the same as Self-Determination — and may undermine it Permalink
But questions nagged at me: When colonized people participate in the politics of their colonizer, does that signify the end of colonialism or its successful...
From Land Theft To Land Back The OAS And The Onondaga Nation Land Rights Action Permalink
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...