Domination Chronicles 020: Untrustworthy Trust: Domination, Fear, and Fearlessness
Episode 20 critiques the federal Indian law trust doctrine as domination hidden inside protective language.
Published on: | Published by: Steven T. Newcomb | Tags: trust-doctrine federal-indian-law fearlessness podcast
The hosts examine the federal Indian law trust doctrine as a euphemism for a relationship of domination rather than protection.
The trust doctrine is often presented as protective. Episode 20 asks ILI readers to hear the euphemism: a legal relationship called trust may function as a claim of federal control over Native nations, lands, and decisions.
This short resource post is part of an Indigenous Law Institute guide to the Domination Chronicles archive. The goal is to help readers move from ILI’s work on empire, Christian discovery, federal Indian law, and the right of domination into the podcast conversations where those themes are examined episode by episode.