Repudiations
Repuidations of the Doctrine of Discovery by religious organizations and faith communities
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The Myth of Divine Right and the Doctrine of Discovery
Conventional wisdom holds that the Doctrine of Discovery originated with a series of papal bulls issued by several 15th-Century popes. But it is unlikely tha...
The Regalian Doctrine: The Philippine Case
Introduction The Philippines has over 14-17 million remaining Indigenous peoples belonging to an estimated 110 ethnolinguistic communities (between 10-20% o...
Continuación de la dominación de la Cristiandad: una respuesta a la declaración de repudio del Vaticano a la Doctrina del Descubrimiento - Español
por Betty Lyons, Sandra Bigtree y Philip Arnold English Español Cuando el Vaticano finalmente se dé cuenta de que está sumido en el lodo genocida de siglo...
Johnson v. M’Intosh and the Missing Cover of the Jigsaw Puzzle Permalink
Given that this interpretive work involves words and ideas, and not physical puzzle pieces, we as Native scholars face an interesting challenge: How do we...
Save the Date: Christian Domination & The Genocide of Turtle Island
Please join us for panel discussion with Philip P. Arnold, Tupac Enrique Acosta, Sandy Bigtree, Joe Heath, Betty Lyons, Tina Ngata. Details Christian Dom...
Johnson v. M’Intosh, Wi Parata v. Bishop of Wellington, and the Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery in Aotearoa-New Zealand Permalink
The presentation of the settlements process as a means for settling the grievances caused by violations of Te Tiriti o Waitangi has more problematic reper...
Christian Control Of Women And Mother Earth: The Doctrine Of Discovery And The Doctrine Of Male Domination
How did the world come to be? How did humans come to be? What is the origin of all living beings? The myth-history of who we are begins with the creation sto...
Continuing Christian Domination: A Response To The Vatican’s Repudiation Of The Doctrine Of Discovery Permalink
When the Vatican finally comes to the realization it is mired in the genocidal mud of centuries of racist exploitation of Indigenous peoples around the world...
Descobrindo o Invisível: A Doutrina do Descobrimento, seu Impacto sobre os Povos Indígenas Brasileiros, sobre o meio ambiente e como ela continua a moldar a paisagem brasileira nos dias de hoje: Portugese
English Portugese Spanish Resumo Apesar de ser um instrumento de colonização e imperialismo mundial, a importância e influência da Doutrina da Descoberta...
Descubrir lo invisible: la doctrina del descubrimiento, su impacto en los pueblos indígenas de Brasil, el medio ambiente y cómo sigue configurando el paisaje brasileño actual: Spanish
English Portugese Spanish Resumen A pesar de ser un instrumento de la colonización global y del imperialismo, la importancia y la influencia de la Doctri...
Uncovering the Invisible: The Doctrine of Discovery, its Impact on the Brazilian Indigenous Peoples, on the environment and how it continues to shape the Brazilian landscape today: English
English Portugese Spanish Abstract Despite being a tool of colonization and imperialism worldwide, the Doctrine of Discovery’s importance and influence h...
The Legacy of the Right to Control Land and Dependency Permalink
Johnson v. M’Intosh established the precedent that the federal government of the United States had the sole right to negotiate with and extinguish indigenous...
Robert J. Miller, The International Law of Colonialism: Johnson v. M’Intosh and the Doctrine of Discovery Applied Worldwide Permalink
This international law, called the Doctrine of Discovery today, is made up of ten distinct elements. Common law courts dissect crimes and torts into their un...
The Religious Origins of White Supremacy: Johnson v. M’Intosh and the Doctrine of Christian Discovery.
The conference will take place at Syracuse University from 8-10 December 2023.
Superseding the Doctrine of Discovery: World Water One
CEMANAHUAC Superseding the Doctrine of Discovery: World Water One www.www.www Ten years since the First Dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery Internationa...