Mapping the Doctrine of Discovery

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S06E12: How The Revolutionary War Reshaped Haudenosaunee Governance with Tom Porter

2026-06-0540:03

We talk with Tom Porter about how colonization and the Revolutionary War reshaped Mohawk and Haudenosaunee leadership, identity, and survival, including the complicated legacy of Joseph Brant. We also work through what decolonization looks like on the ground: restoring trust, practicing restraint, and making room for condolence and real apologies. discovering family lineage connected to Joseph Brant and the Mohawk kingsleadership based on natural ability versus European bureaucracychurch pres...

S06E11: What Changes When Earth Is Your Mother with Tom Porter

2026-06-0451:03

We talk about how Haudenosaunee ceremonies survived generations of fear, shame, and punishment, and why we decide it is time to share teachings openly without asking anyone to become Mohawk. We connect creation stories, matrilineal leadership, and the Thanksgiving Address to a clear environmental message: renew a living relationship with Mother Earth before we lose what keeps our children alive. Themes the Freedom School as language preservation and ceremonial continuity the Thanks...

S06E10: How Colonial Law Shaped Modern Data Extraction

2026-05-0432:24

Clicking “I agree” can feel harmless until you hear what it echoes. We follow a striking thread from the Doctrine of Discovery and Terra Nullius to the digital present, where human attention and behavior are often treated as if they belong to no one, ready to be “discovered” and taken. Our guest, a mixed-heritage settler Mennonite and Taino scholar who teaches AI ethics and policy at Queen’s University, opens with a jarring comparison between colonial “terms of subjugation” and today’s terms ...

S06E09: The Legacy of Charles H. Long Part 2: How & Why White Supremacy Persists

2026-03-1701:40:38

Ever wonder how a 15th‑century church decree still shapes who owns land in the United States today? We follow the Doctrine of Discovery from papal bulls and royal charters to Supreme Court opinions, then ground that history in living Haudenosaunee sovereignty at the Scano Great Law of Peace Center—a collaborative space built on values, relationship, and the Two Row Wampum way of working side by side without domination. We open up Charles H. Long’s influence to frame religion as a structure o...

Remembering The Teacher: Charles H. Long (Part 1)

2026-02-2339:53

The story begins with a mentor called simply “the teacher.” From a first lecture on sky gods to late-night phone calls and a leather coat the color of memory, we trace how Charles H. Long shaped minds through myth, method, and a rare musicality of thought. We share how he taught us to start with a text, a myth, a story—and then keep going until we hit the pre-logos ground where creation actually happens. We unpack three core lessons that still unsettle and inspire. First, creation myths are ...

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