Doctrine of Discovery

Our Partners have requested that we learn about the Doctrine of Discovery, and that the General Assembly pass a resolution requesting President Obama remove it from our international policy.

When Christopher Columbus first set foot on the white sands of Guanahani island, he performed a ceremony to "take possession" of the land for the king and queen of Spain, acting under the international laws of Western Christendom. Although the story of Columbus' "discovery" has taken on mythological proportions in most of the Western world, few people are aware that his act of "possession" was based on a religious doctrine now known in history as the Doctrine of Discovery. Even fewer people realize that today - five centuries later - the United States government still uses this archaic Judeo-Christian doctrine to deny the rights of Native American Indians. Read Five Hundred Years of Injustice: The Legacy of Fifteenth Century Religious Prejudice by Steve Newcomb of the Indigenous Law Institute.

Indigenous Peoples and Nations want religious movements to repudiate the Doctrine of Christian Discovery and to pressure the United States to endorse the United Nations (UN) Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Additional Resources

Unitarian Universalists Uniting to Repudiate the Doctrine of Christian Discovery, and to Endorse the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
The Doctrine of Discovery
The UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

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Sunday, May 20 - 10:30am

Patty Willis and Kathleen Hogue

This service of milestones - child dedications and bridging for YRUU youth will be celebrated with a traditional Flower Communion. Bring a flower to share.

Worship Associate: Celeste Rogers
Music: Front Porch

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Rev. Diane Dowgiert, Kathleen Hogue, and Brian Moon

Share food at 6pm and service at 7pm.

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