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The Doctrine of Christian Domination, the Apache People, and Oak Flat 0
- doctrine of discovery, federal Indian law, History, Legal, News, Politics, Religion
- April 7, 2021
By Steven Newcomb (Shawnee/Lenape) The Apache Stronghold case, regarding the Apache Sacred Site (Chi’ Chil Bildagoteel) called “Oak Flat,” is now before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The case has created global publicity, and a number of Christian church groups have filed amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) briefs. Those briefs support the Apache
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Seville, Spain: Archives of the Indies 0
- Politics, doctrine of discovery
- June 1, 2019
In 2013, Dr. Debra Harry (Paiute Nation), Sharon Venne (Cree Nation) and I flew to Madrid, Spain. From there, Sharon drove us to Seville, Spain to visit the General Archives of the Indies. On our second day there we were given permission to see two of the original papal bulls from May of 1493. They
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The Claim of a Right of Christian Domination 0
- Biblical, Culture, doctrine of discovery, Politics
- May 29, 2019
What has been typically called “The Doctrine of Discovery” is, in my view, more accurately named “The Doctrine of Christian Domination.” The idea of “discovery” is only relevant in the sense of the monarchs of Christendom endeavoring to locate lands that were as yet unknown to the Christian world. Once lands matching that description were
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Tecumseh Speech As Recounted by Simon Pokagon 0
- Biblical, Culture, doctrine of discovery, federal Indian law, Legal, Politics, Religion, Tecumseh-Shawnee Leader
- September 30, 2018
Tecumseh’s Speech: The following is a speech by the great Shawnee leader Tecumseh, as recounted by the Pottawatomie leader, Chief Simon Pokagon. Simon Pokagon wrote: “My father and many others who listened to the speeches of Tecumseh many times repeated to me his words when I was a boy, but it was impossible to give
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Research of the Doctrine of Christian Discovery 1
- Archive, Biblical, Culture, doctrine of discovery, Legal, News, Politics, Religion
- September 29, 2018
As a young Shawnee, Lenape person trying to gain a better understanding of history, I first learned about the doctrine of discovery when I was living in Southern California. I decided to read Vine Deloria’s book God is Red when it was published in 1972. I was nineteen or twenty years years old when I
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