Pagans in the Promised Land: Decoding the Doctrine of Christian Discovery
Pagans in the Promised Land provides a startling challenge to U.S. federal Indian law and policy. Using history and cognitive theory, Steven Newcomb demonstrates how U.S. government officials have used religious concepts of Christendom, often unconsciously, to justify the taking of Native American lands and to deny the original independence of Indian nations. He demonstrates that the landmark case Johnson v. M'Intosh is premised in part on the Old Testament narrative of the "chosen people"...
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An analysis of how religious bias shaped U.S. federal Indian law.
Foreword ixPreface xvAcknowledgments xixIntroduction xxiA Primer on Cognitive Theory 1Metaphorical Experience and Federal Indian Law 13The Conqueror Model 23Colonizing the Promised Land 37The Chosen People-Promised Land Model 51The Dominating Mentality of Christendom 59Johnson v. M'Intosh 73Converting Christian Discovery into Heathen Conquest 89The Mental Process of Negation 103Christian Nations Theory: Hidden in Plain Sight 115Conclusion: A Sacred Regard for All Living Things 125Notes 139References 171Index 181
