Doctrine of Discovery | Shawn Bowers Buxton | Watershed Charlotte

Written By Desmond Smith

Teaching Team Member Shawn Bowers Buxton starts her talk on April 16, 2023 with a discussion about the Doctrine of Discovery - a Catholic concept recently renounced that excused the violent seizure of land from indigenous peoples . Being raised Catholic, Shawn discusses how her oppressors formed the foundation of her faith practice and that her own deconstruction of these ideas is an act of decolonization.

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