Doctrine of Discovery ‘permeates throughout’ Canadian system, says former head of Indigenous Bar Association

Lawyer Scott Robertson says the Doctrine of Discovery 'rears its head' today whenever Indigenous groups assert their sovereignty in opposition to projects on their territory.

Pope Francis, pictured in Maskwacîs, Alta., on July 25, 2022, at the former site of the Ermineskin Residential School, in a burial ground for Indigenous children.Photograph courtesy of the PMO/Adam Scotti

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BY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

July 28, 2022

Indigenous leaders are pushing Pope Francis to repudiate the 15th-century doctrine that provided European colonizers with a legal and moral framework for the seizure and subjugation of Indigenous territory, while also pointing out that the doctrine and its l...

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