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Graeme Sephton's avatar

Thank you for this very accessible exposition of the caselaw around the ICWA.

The main stream media had recently noted that the pope was finally disavowing the doctrine of “Christian discovery”. The news item sounded so quaint and it lacked context.

Your article has given it the context I needed.

It seems like we are overdue for the United States government to disavow the doctrine of “Christian discovery“.

Such a disavowal could be based on the “establishment clause” of the constitution, separation of church and state, etc.

It is time that we ventured forth in exploration and discovery beyond “the known lands“ of medieval doctrine and dogma.

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Trace L Hentz's avatar

Shared a link to Peter's post at my website: https://blog.americanindianadoptees.com

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