Steven Newcomb - Doctrine of Discovery & Decolonizing Governance
Steven Newcomb (Shawnee/Lenape) has been researching the history of U.S. federal Indian law and policy for four decades. He is recognized as one of the world’s leading experts on the Doctrine of Christian Discovery and Domination and on the continuing influence of the Vatican papal decrees of the fifteenth century on U.S. and Canadian law. He has published several law review articles on the subject. His book Pagans in the Promised Land: Decoding the Doctrine of Christian Discovery (Fulcrum/Chicago Review Press, 2008), is the basis for The Doctrine of Discovery: Unmasking the Domination Code, a documentary movie directed by Sheldon Wolfchild (Dakota). Originalfreenations.com and Indigenous Law Institute are two websites where some of his work can found. He can be contacted at stv4newcomb@yahoo.com or info@originalfreenations.c
