Repudiations
Repuidations of the Doctrine of Discovery by religious organizations and faith communities
Recent posts
Silencing the Doctrine of Discovery – The Brazilian Process: Accidental Discoveries, Secret Manuscripts, Imaginary Lines and Myths Permalink
Alencar traces how the Doctrine of Discovery shaped Brazil through church backed silence, racial myths, and colonial violence, urging decolonial accountability.
Domination Chronicles: Colonists, Settlers, Invaders, Expansionists, Immigrants Permalink
Peter d’Errico and Steven Newcomb critique language around the Indian Removal Act, settlement, immigration, liberty, and domination.
S06E08: Remembering The Teacher: Charles H. Long (Part 1) Permalink
Davíd Carrasco and Raymond Carr honor Charles H. Long through memory, archival discovery, and stories that reveal his enduring scholarly and personal legacy.
Domination Chronicles: Stolen Land and the Danger of Performative Speech Permalink
Peter d’Errico and Steven Newcomb explore stolen land, performative speech, legal precedent, and the right of domination.
New Episode: Matthew Boedy on the Seven Mountains Mandate and the Threat to Democracy Permalink
In our latest podcast episode, author Matthew Boedy exposes how the Seven Mountains Mandate and Turning Point USA are actively reshaping American politics through Christian nationalism.
S06E06: Sacred Waters: Trauma of the Erie Canal Permalink
Jake Haiwhagai’i Edwards and Philip P. Arnold discuss how the Erie Canal’s construction disrupted Haudenosaunee watersheds and produced lasting environmental and cultural trauma.
S06E05: The Sloan Lecture - The Oneidas, the Best Land, and the Erie Canal - By Susan Brewer Permalink
Susan Brewer traces the history of the ‘best land’ in Madison County and the dispossession of the Oneida Nation during the construction of the Erie Canal.
S06E04: Washington Said Burn The Corn and New Yorkers Brought Surveyors Permalink
Travis Bowman and Matthew Zembo trace New York’s 1779 campaigns and the deliberate dispossession of Haudenosaunee — scorched-corn tactics, falsified intelligence, and land grabs used to clear Iroquoia for settlement.
An Upcoming Fifty-Year Retrospective (1977-2027) Permalink
In 1977, forty-eight years ago, the International Indian Treaty Council (IITC) submitted an intervention (a formal document) to the International NGO Conference On Discrimination Against Indigenous Populations. The conference convened in Geneva, Switzerland from September 20-23rd at the Palais des Nations, the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Domination Chronicles: A Domination Chronicles Lexicon Permalink
Steven Newcomb examines key terms including civilization, state, sovereignty, ascendancy, dominion, property, and empire.
Domination Chronicles: The Federal Indian Boarding School Report Permalink
Steve Newcomb and Peter d’Errico discuss the Federal Indian Boarding School Report, apology, assimilation, and ongoing domination.
S6E03: How Rethinking God, Gender, And Nature Can Heal A Burning World Permalink
With Kim Carfore we trace how dominionist readings of Genesis 1:28 fueled the Doctrine of Discovery witch burnings and modern domination systems then pull forward correctives from multiple wells Haudenosaunee wisdom.
S6E02: A Theologian Confronts the Doctrine of Discovery and Calls for Institutional Repair Permalink
Jeannine Hill Fletcher exposes white Christian power and the tactics that cut Indigenous matrilineal ties to steal land
Domination Chronicles: 2026 - The Year Ahead Permalink
A New Year’s conversation on domination, free existence, law, language, technology, and the questions shaping the work ahead.
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...