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Podcast Version Here The Doctrine of Discovery was the embodiment of the European ruling class’ insatiable desire for expansion and control over the New World. These powers, backed by papal authority, deployed the notion of terra nullius, meaning “nobody’s land,” to justify their claims over Indigenous territories across Turtle Island.¹ This era of so-called discovery
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Delgamuukw decision recognized First Nations land rights in 1997, but decades later, Canada’s inaction highlights ongoing colonial injustice and broken promises.
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