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The Doctrine of Christian Domination, the Apache People, and Oak Flat

The Doctrine of Christian Domination, the Apache People, and Oak Flat

By Steven Newcomb (Shawnee/Lenape) The Apache Stronghold case, regarding the Apache Sacred Site (Chi’ Chil Bildagoteel) called “Oak Flat,” is now before t

Changing Woman' Sunrise Dance Ceremony at Chi'Chil Bildagoteel

Oak Flat and Pope Alexander VI’s Papal Decree of Domination in U.S. Law

Prior to the invasion of this continent by representatives of the monarchs of Western Christendom, the original nations and peoples of the continent, such as th

The Oceti Sakowin (Great Sioux Nation) Territory

What “#LandBack” Leaves Out of Focus “A return to an earlier or normal condition” is one definition of the word “back.” In relation to land and Nati

“Conquest” is Another Word for Domination

War—or the act or state of exerting violence against another—is the context for the word conquest. Another way of understanding “a conquest” is, “having a

The 1977 UN Conference On “Indigenous Populations”

The 1977 UN Conference On “Indigenous Populations”

The International Indian Treaty Council’s Intervention In September of 1977, representatives of Indigenous nations and peoples from around the world trave

Reconciliation

I reckon that reconciliation is a clever trap word a trick of the mind a language technique now used all the time a deft move on the Chess Board of Life so we’l

Truth and Lie Commissions

There’s been no friendship between Native nations And the domination system For us to patch back together, There’s been no harmony with the colonizers To try an

Let’s Examine the Category Indigenous

We begin with the entirety of a People that is living in a particular geographical space, with its language, culture, traditions, and economic patterns. They ar

Divine Land Grants

Divine Land Grants

by Paul Gilk “The disclosure of a myth is deemed academic as long as the myth belongs to somebody else. Recognizing one’s own myth is always much more dif

An Exorcism, Junipero Serra, and the Papal Bulls

An Exorcism, Junipero Serra, and the Papal Bulls

On October 17, 2020, the Archbishop of San Francisco, Salvatore Cordileone, performed an exorcism ceremony outside the San Rafael Church, where protestors had r

Sept. 27th Screening of our Doctrine of Discovery Documentary

Sept. 27th Screening of our Doctrine of Discovery Documentary

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The U.S. Government’s Christian Nations Argument in Tee-Hit-Ton Indians v. United States (1955)

Sixty-six years ago, in November of 1954, the U.S. Justice Department submitted a bizarre argument to the Supreme Court in the case Tee-Hit-Ton Indians v. Unite

“God’s” Gift of a Right of Domination

In the Old Testament of the Bible, we find the story of a god who chose a particular people with whom he wanted to have a special relationship. Because he chose

Trump’s Speech at Mt. Rushmore: The Bully at the Bully Pulpit

Trump’s Speech at Mt. Rushmore: The Bully at the Bully Pulpit

President Donald J. Trump delivered a speech on July 3, 2020 at the mountain formation which the people of the Oceti Sakowin (or “the Great Sioux Nation&#

How Their Domination Began

How Their Domination Began

Here is the cover of a book that I found in a used bookstore in Rapid City, South Dakota in the Oceti Sakowin Territory. This book was published in 1954, the ye

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