A Washington Supreme Court concurrence in Flying T Ranch v. Stillaguamish Tribe criticized the racism of foundational federal Indian law cases.
The phrase "extravagant pretension" helps reveal how domination works through confident legal storytelling. In this conversation, Peter and I consider what a court opinion can expose, and what still has to be named beyond the word racism.
I am sharing this episode here because it belongs with my wider work on the language of domination, Christian discovery, federal Indian law, and the continuing reality of Original Nations' free existence. Each conversation in Domination Chronicles is another way into that inquiry.