Indian Country Today Archive
Selected Synopsis of Steve Newcomb's columns at Indian Country Today
Original Free Nations
Selected Synopsis of Steve Newcomb's writing for Original Free Nations
Writing for Doctrine of Disovery Project
Selected Synopsis of Steve Newcomb's writing for The Doctrine of Discsovery Project
Pagans in the Promised Land: Decoding the Doctrine of Christian Discovery
Pagans in the Promised Land provides a unique, well-researched challenge to U.S. federal Indian law and policy. It attacks the presumption that American Indian nations are legitimately subject to the plenary power of the United States.
Domination Chronicles 001: Our Opening Conversation
Steven T. Newcomb points readers to the opening Domination Chronicles conversation on Johnson v. M'Intosh and the language of domination.
Domination Chronicles 002: Say Something, See Something
Episode 2 of Domination Chronicles examines Halverson v. Burgum and what federal dismissal can reveal about domination.
Domination Chronicles 003: Symbols, Enigmas, Curiosity
A guide to Episode 3 of Domination Chronicles on symbols, enigmas, curiosity, and reality creation.
Domination Chronicles 004: Seeing Through To The Emperor's Extravagant Pretension
Episode 4 of Domination Chronicles reads a Washington Supreme Court concurrence as a window into legal pretension.
Domination Chronicles 005: The Future of Indians
Steven T. Newcomb and Peter d'Errico revisit questions raised by Vine Deloria Jr. in Episode 5 of Domination Chronicles.
Domination Chronicles 006: Supreme Court Justices Attack 'plenary power' over Native Peoples
Episode 6 of Domination Chronicles examines a Supreme Court dissent challenging plenary power over Native peoples.
Domination Chronicles 007: A Quantum View of Free Existence as Entangled Indeterminacy
A reflection on Episode 7 of Domination Chronicles and its quantum view of free existence.
Domination Chronicles 008: Words & Meanings
Episode 8 of Domination Chronicles examines how everyday words carry domination into law and public thought.
Domination Chronicles 009: McGirt v. Oklahoma: Revealing and Concealing Domination
A Domination Chronicles guide to McGirt v. Oklahoma and the legal language that both reveals and conceals domination.
Domination Chronicles 010: Pulp Legal Fiction: The Bizarre Case of Tee-Hit-Ton v. United States
Episode 10 of Domination Chronicles exposes Tee-Hit-Ton v. United States as a work of legal fiction and domination.
Domination Chronicles 011: 2026 - The Year Ahead
A New Year Domination Chronicles conversation on the questions shaping law, language, technology, and free existence in 2026.
Domination Chronicles 012: The Federal Indian Boarding School Report
Episode 12 of Domination Chronicles reads the boarding school report against the larger system of domination.
Domination Chronicles 013: A Domination Chronicles Lexicon
A guide to Episode 13 of Domination Chronicles and its lexicon of domination terms.
Domination Chronicles 014: Russell Diabo: Truth Before Reconciliation
Russell Diabo joins Domination Chronicles to discuss truth before reconciliation and the policy machinery of domination.
Domination Chronicles 015: Stolen Land: The Danger and Limitation of Performative Speech
Episode 15 of Domination Chronicles examines stolen land, performative speech, and the right of domination.
Domination Chronicles 016: Colonists, Settlers, Invaders, Expansionists, Immigrants
Episode 16 of Domination Chronicles examines the terms used to describe invasion, settlement, removal, and domination.
Domination Chronicles 017: Bruce McIvor: Legalized Lawlessness
Bruce McIvor joins Domination Chronicles to discuss legalized lawlessness and Canada's ongoing colonization.
Why I Created the Domination Translator Series
In this first-person reflection, I explain why I began the Domination Translator Series and how it helps expose patterns of domination embedded in everyday political and legal language.
Domination Chronicles 018: Mark Savage: Natural Rights - Unravelling the Questions
Mark Savage joins Domination Chronicles to examine natural rights, plenary power, treaties, and litigation questions.
Domination Chronicles 019: Loretta Afraid of Bear-Cook: Living in Oglala Lakota Community
Loretta Afraid of Bear-Cook joins Domination Chronicles for a conversation on Oglala Lakota life, language, and community.
Domination Chronicles 020: Untrustworthy Trust: Domination, Fear, and Fearlessness
Episode 20 of Domination Chronicles examines trust, fear, fearlessness, and domination in federal Indian law.
Domination Chronicles 021: Tribal Sovereignty 101: Limited Sovereignty, Federal Domination, and the Language Trap
Episode 21 of Domination Chronicles examines tribal sovereignty as a language trap inside federal anti-Indian law.
Where Are We Now in the Study of Domination?
Steven T. Newcomb points readers to Episode 22 of Domination Chronicles as a clear entry point into the language, law, and history of domination.
My JCRT Article on Christian Discovery and Domination
Steven T. Newcomb announces his JCRT article on decades of research into Christian discovery, domination, colonial law, language, and Native nations.