Screening of “The Doctrine of Discovery” Co-Produced by Steven T. Newcomb

Film Screening: The Doctrine of Discovery – Unmasking the Domination Code Directed by Sheldon P. Wolfchild, Narration by Buffy Sainte-Marie

📅 Wednesday, October 8

🕢 7:30 PM

📍 Community Hall, Third Street Center, Carbondale

Join us for a powerful documentary screening of The Doctrine of Discovery: Unmasking the Domination Code, based on the book, “Pagans in the Promised Land” by Steven T. Newcomb which examines the historical and ongoing impact of a 15th-century legal and religious doctrine that has been used to justify colonization and the domination of Indigenous peoples. The film weaves together voices of Indigenous leaders and scholars to shed light on this often-ignored history and its implications for justice and reconciliation today.

Steven Newcomb is a Shawnee-Lenape scholar and author. He has been studying and writing about U.S. federal Indian law and policy since the early 1980s, particularly the application of international law to Indigenous nations and peoples. Mr. Newcomb is the Director of the Indigenous Law Institute, which he co-founded with Birgil Kills Straight, a Traditional Headman and Elder of the Oglala Lakota Nation. http://ili.nativeweb.org/

Sheldon Wolfchild, director The Doctrine of Discovery: Unmasking the Domination Code.
The film was produced in 2015 by 38 Plus 2 Productions, LLC

All are welcome.