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Exploring Theme: "Church Repudiation of The Doctrine of Discovery"
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December 16, 2019
“Repudiating the Doctrine of Discovery”
“Repudiating the Doctrine of Discovery” released with the following recommendations: Recommendation No. XX That The Presbyterian Church in Canada repudiate concepts used to justify European sovereignty over Indigenous lands and peoples, such as the Doctrine of Discovery and terra nullius. This recommendation recognizes and affirms language in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous...