Papal Bulls
Papal Bulls created the foundation for the Doctrine of Discovery.
Repudiations
Repuidations of the Doctrine of Discovery by religious organizations and faith communities
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Indigenous delegates ask Pope to repudiate Doctrine of Discovery
Indigenous delegates ask Pope to repudiate Doctrine of Discovery
Indigenous Statement to the Parliament of World’s Religions
An Indigenous Peoples’ Statement to the World Delivered at The Parliament of the World’s Religions Convened at Melbourne, Australia on the Traditional Lands ...
State of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
It was also suggested the report be a key advocacy tool for raising awareness on indigenous peoples’ issues in general and in particular to raise the profile...
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 13 September 2007
Requerimiento
Spanish conquistadors read this document, composed in 1510, to Indians of the new world. It briefly explains Spain’s assertion of its legal and moral right t...
Patent Granted by Henry VII to John Cabot
By this public document, Henry VII indicated his official, royal support for Cabot’s enterprise.
Treaty of Tordesillas
The Treaty of Tordesillas was concluded on June 7 1494 to settle the contentious matter of the possession of the newly discovered lands of the non Christian ...
Dum Diversas
Papal Bull Dum Diversas 18 June, 1452
Johnson v. M’Intosh
The Indians were admitted to be the rightful occupants of the soil, with a legal as well as just claim to retain possession of it, and to use it according to...
Preliminary study of the impact on indigenous peoples of the international legal construct known as the Doctrine of Discovery
Preliminary study of the impact on indigenous peoples of the international legal construct known as the Doctrine of Discovery / submitted by the Special Rapp...
The Bull Romanus Pontifex
The Bull Romanus Pontifex (Nicholas V) January 8, 1455
Nations Are Sovereign: They Are Not ‘Tribes’
Joseph Heath, General Counsel for the Onondaga Nation, explains why the Haudenosaunee reject the colonial term ‘tribe’ and insist on recognition as sovereign, independent Nations under international law.
Christian Reformed Church
Read the Christian Reformed Church statement repudiating the Doctrine of Discovery.
DiCaprio and ‘The Revenant:’ Indigenous Wisdom and Human Survival
As we head into the Academy Awards this weekend, we should visit Leonardo DiCaprio’s acceptance speech at the Golden Globe Awards on 10 January, which conclu...
My six nation Haudenosaunee passport is not a ‘fantasy document’
Front cover of Haudenosaunee passport. Photograph: Sid Hill