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Arnold, Philip P, and Sandra Bigtree. 2022. "S1E02 - The Doctrine Of Christian Discovery As An Ideological And Legal Framework with Steven T. Newcomb." Mapping the Doctrine of Discovery Podcast, June 12. https://podcast.doctrineofdiscovery.org/season1/episode-02/.

Arnold, Philip P, and Sandra L Bigtree. 2023. "S01E02: The Doctrine Of Christian Discovery As An Ideological And Legal Framework with Steven T. Newcomb." Podcast. Mapping the Doctrine of Discovery.

Newcomb, Steven. 2018. "Face to Face with Pope Francis to Get the Inter Caetera Papal Bull Revoked." ORIGINAL FREE NATIONS, February 1. https://originalfreenations.com/face-to-face-with-pope-francis-to-get-the-inter-caetera-papal-bull-revoked/.

Newcomb, Steven. 2024. "The Challenges of Revoking the Papal Bulls: A View-from-the-Shore Analysis of Recent Statements by Christian Churches." CrossCurrents 74 (4): 431--57.

Newcomb, Steven T. 1992a. "500 Years of Injustice: The Legacy of Fifteenth Century Religious Prejudice." Ratical Earth Journal. https://journal.ratical.earth/2021/12/19/500-years-of-injustice-the-legacy-of-fifteenth-century-religious-prejudice/.

Newcomb, Steven T. 1992b. "The Evidence of Christian Nationalism in Federal Indian Law: The Doctrine of Discovery, Johnson v. McIntosh, and Plenary Power." NYU Rev. L. & Soc. Change 20 (2): 303--41.

Newcomb, Steven T. 1995. "Perspectives: Healing, Restoration, and Rematriation." News & Notes. https://indigenouslawinstitute.com/perspect.html.

Newcomb, Steven T. 2005. "On the Rightful Political Heritage of Native Nations." Indigenous Peoples' JL Culture & Resistance 2: 1.

Newcomb, Steven T. 2008. Pagans In The Promised Land: Decoding The Doctrine Of Christian Discovery. Fulcrum Publishing.

Newcomb, Steven T. 2011a. "Indian Boarding Schools in Context." Indian Country Today.

Newcomb, Steven T. 2011b. "The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the Paradigm of Domination." Griffith La w Review 20 (3): 579--607.

Newcomb, Steven T. 2013. "Steven Newcomb Intervention at the U.N. High Level Plenary Meeting World Conference on Indigenous Peoples." Ratical. https://ratical.org/many_worlds/StevenNewcomb/Intervention-UNPFII-WCIP-2013.html.

Newcomb, Steven T. 2014a. "Crooked Paths to Allotment: The Fight over Federal Indian Policy after the Civil War. By C. Joseph Genetin-Pilawa." American Indian Culture and Research Journal 38 (2).

Newcomb, Steven T. 2014b. "Decolonizing Museums: Representing Native America in National And." AMERICAN INDIAN CULTURE AND RESEARCH JOURNAL 38 (2): 152.

Newcomb, Steven T. 2016. "Original Nations of 'Great Turtle Island' and the Genesis of the United States." In The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Religion and Politics in the U.S. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118528631.ch1.

Newcomb, Steven T. 2016. "Steven Newcomb: Time for Pope Francis to Revoke the Papal Bulls." Indianz. https://indianz.com/News/2016/09/05/steven-newcomb-time-for-pope-francis-to.asp.

Newcomb, Steven T, dir. 2022. Pagans In The Promised Land - Rights of Mother Earth International Indigenous Conference. Oysee. Video. https://odysee.com/@ratical.org:4/PagansInThePromisedLand-RightsOfMotherEarth-IPC-040512:0.

Newcomb, Steven T. 2022. "The Human Mind and the Claim of a Right of Domination in U.S. Federal Indian Law." In The Doctrine of Discovery, edited by Betty Gaeñ hia uh Lyons. American Indian Law Alliance. https://aila.ngo/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Doctrine-of-Discovery-Booklet-rev3.1.pdf.

Newcomb, Steven T. n.d. "The Evidence of Christian Nationalism in Federal Indian Law: The Doctrine of Discovery, Johnson v McIntosh, and Plenary Power"(1993) 20." New York University Review of Law and Social Change 2: 303.

Randall, Mitch, and Tanner Randall. n.d. Steven Newcomb & JoDe Goudy: U.S. Law. Episode 05. With guest Steven T. Newcomb and JoDe Goudy. Doctrine of Christian Discovery. MP3, 43:00. Accessed August 15, 2024. https://megaphone.link/AOOOI7101202412.

Straight, Birgil Kills, and Steven T Newcomb. 2024. "Indigenous Law Institute: A Movement Toward Restoration and Healing." Native Web. https://indigenouslawinstitute.com/.

Swim, Where Red Fish Still, Ko Rangi, Steven T Newcomb, et al. n.d. Law, Culture & Resistance.

Wolfchild, Sheldon P., dir. 2015. The Doctrine of Discovery: Unmasking the Domination Code. Documentary. Produced by Steven T. Newcomb and Sheldon P. Wolfchild. 38 Plus 2 Productions. Streaming, 01:02:04. https://vimeo.com/ondemand/dominationcode.

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For years, I have studied the conceptual and legal frameworks used to justify the subordination of our Original Nations. Again and again, I found that institutions use polished, respectable wording to conceal systems of control. Words that sound neutral or even benevolent are often carrying assumptions of superiority, entitlement, and unilateral power.

That is why I call this a “translator” series. I am translating the public language of power into plain terms so people can see what is really being said.

When governments, courts, and churches speak in abstract legal phrases, most people are not taught how to hear the underlying code. My goal is to decode that system. I want readers to recognize how old patterns of Christian domination are still being normalized through modern legal and political vocabulary.

This series is not about rhetoric for its own sake. It is about liberation through clarity. Once we identify domination language, we are better able to challenge it, reject it, and replace it with frameworks grounded in mutual respect, free existence, and genuine nation-to-nation relationships.

I offer this series as part of a longer movement of intellectual and spiritual decolonization. We cannot dismantle systems we cannot name. The Domination Translator Series is my contribution to helping us name them directly.

If you have not read the opening piece, start here:

• Domination Translator Series: Introduction

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