This article by Coalition member Sarah Augustine was recently published in Response, a magazine of the United Methodist Women. Sarah is an assistant professor of sociology and the director of student spirituality at Heritage University in Toppenish, Washington. She is also co-founder of Suriname Indigenous Health Fund. The Doctrine of Discovery is a body of law … Continue reading The Ongoing Harm of the Doctrine of Discovery

Sarah Augustine is co-director of Suriname Indigenous Health Fund and chair of the Coalition's Structures Committee. You can read more about the situation Sarah describes below here. Over two years ago Miskito leaders living in exile contacted our small human rights organization, Suriname Indigenous Health Fund, to ask us for help.  The Miskito are an … Continue reading Join Us in Prayer

Anita Amstutz, a member of the Dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery Coalition, is a beekeeper, writer and pastor who blogs at https://thinklikeabee.org. She recently traveled with a delegation from the Coalition to Standing Rock to show solidarity and support with the Lakota Sioux resisting the Dakota Access Pipeline, and shared her reflections in a post on … Continue reading Journey to the Heart of the Hive

Karin Kaufman Wall is the Peace and Justice Education staff person for Mennonite Central Committee Central States and a member of New Creation Mennonite Church in Newton, Kansas.  The word “settler” reminds me that I’m not indigenous to this land. How might things be different if we thought of ourselves as guests? Not visitors, but … Continue reading Why I Use the Word “Settler”

Here is another reflection from our forthcoming Study Guide! This one comes to us from Jennifer Henry of KAIROS, Canada, an ecumenical organization working for human rights and ecological justice. She reflects on Isaiah 58 and what it has to say about true and false religion in our postcolonial context today:  Henry_Isaiah58.  

And another Bible study from the forthcoming study guide, this by Elaine Enns and Ched Myers:  6_Enns-Myers_DeuteronomyandSolidarity.

Here's another Bible study from our forthcoming study guide. This one is by Wati Longchar and is based on Genesis 47:13-22: 2_Longchar_MarketCultureandtheImageofGod.

Here's another foretaste of the Doctrine of Discovery movie study guide: a reflection by Iris de León ­Hartshorn called "The Rich Man and Lazarus:" 1_deLeon-Hartshorn_TheRichManandLazarus. Please feel free to use this within your congregations or any other setting.

Doctrine of Discovery Coalition member Erica Littlewolf recently published this post on violence against Indigenous women at Mennonite Church USA's Women in Leadership blog.

We are planning to release our study guide for the Doctrine of Discovery movie sometime in June. In the meantime, here is a foretaste of things to come… a reflection by Randy Woodley on three parables of Jesus that will appear in our study guide. Please feel free to use this within your congregations or … Continue reading Reflection from Study Guide