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March 22, 2024
The Doctrine of Discovery: First Peoples Law Report
TVO NDN POV – Check out TVO Today’s video on the Doctrine of Discovery with Bruce McIvor, Pamela Palmater and the Honourable Harry S. LaForme What is the Doctrine of Discovery and how does it continue to impact Indigenous peoples today? From its roots in European settler colonialism to its widespread adoption and application, the...
March 22, 2024
The Doctrine of Discovery: First Peoples Law Report
TVO: NDN POV – Check out TVO Today’s video on the Doctrine of Discovery with Bruce McIvor, Pamela Palmater and the Honourable Harry S. LaForme What is the Doctrine of Discovery and how does it continue to impact Indigenous peoples today? From its roots in European settler colonialism to its widespread adoption and application, the...
September 29, 2023
Pope repudiates the Doctrine of Discovery: What Happens Now?
On the eve of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Pam Palmater looks at the Doctrine of Discovery and opens up the discussion of what comes next. APTN News: After decades of advocacy by Indigenous Peoples worldwide, the Pope has finally repudiated the so-called “doctrine of discovery” and the immoral acts committed by colonial...
April 14, 2023
The Doctrine of Discovery and its grip on Indigenous lands
APTN: The Vatican responded to Indigenous demands and formally repudiated the “Doctrine of Discovery.” There are many questions surrounding the doctrine. APTN News asked experts to help explain whether it actually can be rescinded, renounced or revoked....
April 14, 2023
The Doctrine of Discovery and its grip on Indigenous lands
APTN: The Vatican responded to Indigenous demands and formally repudiated the “Doctrine of Discovery.” There are many questions surrounding the doctrine. APTN News asked experts to help explain whether it actually can be rescinded, renounced or revoked....
April 13, 2023
Now What? Next Steps for Uprooting the Doctrine of Discovery
Now What? Next Steps for Uprooting the Doctrine of Discovery By Kate Gunn and Bruce McIvorThe Catholic Church’s recent announcement repudiating the Doctrine of Discoveryhas been met by Indigenous groups as both a welcome and long-overdue development. The focus now shifts to whether – and how – Canada will use the announcement as an opportunity to create...
March 31, 2023
Johnson v. M’Intosh: 200 years of legal misery for Native people
The landmark 1823 Supreme Court case set a precedent that has undermined tribal sovereignty ever since ICT: RENAE DITMER If Johnson v. M’Intosh isn’t one of the first cases presented on the first day of law school everywhere in the United States, Michael-Corey F. Hinton would be surprised, and likely, sorely disappointed. The landmark case, decided 200...
March 31, 2023
Johnson v. M’Intosh: 200 years of legal misery for Native people
The landmark 1823 Supreme Court case set a precedent that has undermined tribal sovereignty ever since ICT: RENAE DITMER If Johnson v. M’Intosh isn’t one of the first cases presented on the first day of law school everywhere in the United States, Michael-Corey F. Hinton would be surprised, and likely, sorely disappointed. The landmark case, decided 200...
March 2, 2023
200 Years of Denial: Johnson v. McIntosh and the Doctrine of Discovery
First Peoples Law Report by Bruce McIvor This week marks the 200th anniversary of the US Supreme Court’s 1823 decision Johnson v. M’Intosh. In the decision, Chief Justice Marshall relied on the racist doctrine of discovery as the basis for European nations’ asserted sovereignty over Indigenous Peoples’ lands upon ‘discovering’ them. The doctrine was imported into Canadian law through...
March 2, 2023
200 Years of Denial: Johnson vs M’Intosh and the Doctrine of Discovery
First Peoples Law Report – Bruce McIvorThis week marks the 200th anniversary of the US Supreme Court’s 1823 decision Johnson v. M’Intosh. In the decision, Chief Justice Marshall relied on the racist doctrine of discovery as the basis for European nations’ asserted sovereignty over Indigenous Peoples’ lands upon ‘discovering’ them. The doctrine was imported into Canadian law through the St....
March 2, 2023
200 Years of Denial: Johnson v. McIntosh and the Doctrine of Discovery
First Peoples Law Report by Bruce McIvor This week marks the 200th anniversary of the US Supreme Court’s 1823 decision Johnson v. M’Intosh. In the decision, Chief Justice Marshall relied on the racist doctrine of discovery as the basis for European nations’ asserted sovereignty over Indigenous Peoples’ lands upon ‘discovering’ them. The doctrine was imported into Canadian law through...
February 17, 2023
Why is the St. Catherine’s Milling Decision Important?
First Peoples Law Report: Indigenous Rights In One Minute Welcome to “Indigenous Rights in One Minute: Clear, Plain Answers to all Your Questions”. Stay tuned for monthly answers to frequently asked questions, summaries of fundamental court decisions and more. You can also read it on our website. WHY IS THE ST. CATHERINE’S MILLING DECISION IMPORTANT? The St. Catherine’s Milling (1888)...
February 17, 2023
Why is the St. Catherine’s Milling Decision Important?
First Peoples Law Report: Indigenous Rights In One Minute Welcome to “Indigenous Rights in One Minute: Clear, Plain Answers to all Your Questions”. Stay tuned for monthly answers to frequently asked questions, summaries of fundamental court decisions and more. You can also read it on our website. WHY IS THE ST. CATHERINE’S MILLING DECISION IMPORTANT? The St. Catherine’s Milling (1888)...
September 14, 2022
Some Indigenous leaders concerned about reconciliation with new monarch
Toronto Star (Canadian Press): Some Indigenous leaders and community members say they’re concerned about making progress on reconciliation with King Charles III. Treaty 8 Grand Chief Arthur Noskey says the Queen’s death last week wasn’t good timing, as First Nations were making progress in working with the Crown toward upholding treaty agreements. “We were building up...
August 3, 2022
Why Pope Francis faces calls to revoke the Doctrine of Discovery
An abridged trip through 500 years of papal and legal history to understand why Pope Francis faces calls to renounce the Doctrine of Discovery, which underpins Europe’s heist of the Americas and a mass dispossession of Indigenous peoples that remains foundational to Canadian sovereignty The Globe and mail: PATRICK WHITE, Staff reporter. PUBLISHED JULY 22, 2022....
July 29, 2022
Doctrine of Discovery is a ‘legal fiction,’ but revoking it won’t herald immediate changes, experts say
APTN: The principle is entrenched in Canadian and U.S. law and may be a challenge to dismantle. Pope Francis and his entourage of Vatican officials on their week-long Canadian pilgrimage have faced mounting pressure to renounce, repudiate and revoke something scholars increasingly describe as a legal fiction rooted in imperial ideology: the Doctrine of Discovery....
July 29, 2022
Doctrine of Discovery is a ‘legal fiction,’ but revoking it won’t herald immediate changes, experts say
APTN: The principle is entrenched in Canadian and U.S. law and may be a challenge to dismantle. Chelsea Brunelle, left, her mother Kim and Sarain Fox hold up a banner calling on the Pope to rescind the Doctrine of Discovery outside the cathedral in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Que. Photo: Emelia Fournier/APTN. Pope Francis and his entourage of Vatican...
July 29, 2022
Doctrine of Discovery is a ‘legal fiction,’ but revoking it won’t herald immediate changes, experts say
APTN: The principle is entrenched in Canadian and U.S. law and may be a challenge to dismantle. Chelsea Brunelle, left, her mother Kim and Sarain Fox hold up a banner calling on the Pope to rescind the Doctrine of Discovery outside the cathedral in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Que. Photo: Emelia Fournier/APTN. Pope Francis and his entourage of...