Doctrine Od Discovery Discussion

The United States took possession of numerous Indians lands after the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus. They claimed those lands of America using the Christendom’s theory stating that Christian’s nations have an absolute domination over non-Christians territories. Plenty of Acts and Treaties were also used to whitewash this doctrine of domination; the Indian Removal Act in 1835well illustrates this “whitewash” practice. Originally intended to create pace and to ensure the integrity of Indians territories, the Removal Act created multiple conflicts in between Indians and Christian’s communities and resulted in the removal of the Indians people from their own homeland, as a result of the Americans ‘desire to conquer the Indians territories. Furthermore, the United States categorized the Indian people as “domestic dependent nations” and also as “migratory hunters” with no attachment to their homelands, therefore the lands of America were supposedly uninhabited and available for Christians ‘nations to govern. All that is mentioned above is proof that the Europeans Christians ‘nations, including the United States, use the Doctrine of discovery to steal the Indians ‘lands from their firsts preoccupants. Therefore, renouncing the Doctrine of Discovery is the least that the United States can do in repair to all the damages, manipulations and mistreatments done to the Indians. The Indians were the first owners of America; they were unfairly chased away of their own lands. By repudiating the Doctrine of Domination, one can only hope that a new era of peace and equality in between Indigenous people and the United States. This implies, that the culture, beliefs and traditions of Indians communities shall be as equally valued and respected from non-Indians people. All individual who aspires to observe the norms and customs of traditional Indians communities shall be able to do as such. And above all, the “savage wandering people” stereotypes that has been put on the Indians communities should be no longer portrayed as what being a “real” Indians means.
As far as the stolen lands and properties, I am unaware of the legal processes necessary to return them to their respective and legal owners (which is perhaps not an ideal/possible alternative after 500 years of denying the ownership of the Indians). However by restoring the values of traditional Indians culture, a new opportunity arise for the Indigenous; allowing them to no longer leave in the shadow of what the European discovery of 1492 has drawn on their communities but to leave free and equal in America.