https://dominationchronicles.com/ Because domination isn’t a metaphor—it’s a system. en Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Steven T. Newcomb and Peter d’Errico no dominationchronicles.com Steven T. Newcomb Peter d’Errico dominationchron.bsky.social did:plc:nflc5vo7sxtvd5g3v4wnvpfb https://dominationchronicles.com/episodes/e022-where/ https://dominationchronicles.com/episodes/e022-where/ Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 In this episode of *Domination Chronicles*, Steven T. Newcomb and Peter d’Errico explore why “domination” has become a slogan instead of a serious inquiry—and why language, law, history, and power must be carefully unpacked. 56:03 Steven T. Newcomb Peter d’Errico law language linguistics https://dominationchronicles.com/episodes/e021-tribal-sovereignty-101/ https://dominationchronicles.com/episodes/e021-tribal-sovereignty-101/ Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Steve and Peter unpack “tribal sovereignty,” federal anti-Indian law, Cohen’s Handbook, and the domination framework hidden in plain sight. 1:01:01 Steven T. Newcomb Peter d’Errico law language linguistics https://dominationchronicles.com/episodes/e020-unworthy-trust-domination-fear-and-fearlesness/ https://dominationchronicles.com/episodes/e020-unworthy-trust-domination-fear-and-fearlesness/ Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Today we deep dive into the legal and philosophical foundations of the "federal Indian law trust doctrine." We argue that the term "trust" is a euphemism for a relationship of domination rather than a protective legal obligation. 1:01:01 Steven T. Newcomb Peter d’Errico law language linguistics https://dominationchronicles.com/episodes/e019-loretta-afraid-of-bear-cook-living-in-oglala-lakota-community/ https://dominationchronicles.com/episodes/e019-loretta-afraid-of-bear-cook-living-in-oglala-lakota-community/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 A deep conversation between hosts Steven Newcomb and Peter d'Errico and guest Loretta Afraid of Bear-Cook, about the preservation of Oglala Lakota traditions, the power of indigenous language, and the resistance against systems of domination and modern convenience. 1:01:44 Steven T. Newcomb Peter d’Errico wolakota linguicide timsila aoyampi dakushkashka wo'op'cheh ishnuti ho-trohk'echa eagle-bone-whistle language nest https://dominationchronicles.com/episodes/e018-mark-savage-natural-rights-unravelling-the-questions/ https://dominationchronicles.com/episodes/e018-mark-savage-natural-rights-unravelling-the-questions/ Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 In our latest Domination Chronicles conversation with attorney Mark Savage, we revisit plenary power one of the central legal fictions of U.S. federal Indian law and ask what becomes possible when we return to the reality of original free existence. 1:09:06 Steven T. Newcomb Peter d’Errico plenary-power doctrine-of-discovery indian-commerce-clause original-free-existence internal-point-of-view bilateral-relations treaties systemic-litigation https://dominationchronicles.com/episodes/e017-bruce-mcivor-legalized-lawlessness/ https://dominationchronicles.com/episodes/e017-bruce-mcivor-legalized-lawlessness/ Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Peter d'Errico and Steven Newcomb and their guest Bruce McIvor discuss how the legal system—specifically in Canada—is used as a tool of ongoing colonization and domination. 1:16:43 Steven T. Newcomb Peter d’Errico reconciliation doctrine-of-discovery jurisdiction rule-of-law undrip decolonizing-the-mind https://dominationchronicles.com/episodes/e016-colonists-settlers-invaders-expansionists-immigrants/ https://dominationchronicles.com/episodes/e016-colonists-settlers-invaders-expansionists-immigrants/ Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Peter d'Errico and Steven Newcomb critique a recent article in The Economist regarding the Indian Removal Act. 53:58 Steven T. Newcomb Peter d’Errico indian-removal-act muscogee johnson-v-mcintosh domination liberty vacant-lands keywords https://dominationchronicles.com/episodes/e015-domination-chronicles-stolen-land/ https://dominationchronicles.com/episodes/e015-domination-chronicles-stolen-land/ Thu, 19 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Peter P. d'Errico and Steven Newcomb, explores the deep historical and legal structures of stolen land and the right of domination. 49:24 Steven T. Newcomb Peter d’Errico domination performative-speech stolen-land legal-precedents-of-domination etymology-of-power critique-of-legal-figures american-exceptionalism doctrine-of-discovery https://dominationchronicles.com/episodes/e014-domination-chronicles-guest-russel-diabo/ https://dominationchronicles.com/episodes/e014-domination-chronicles-guest-russel-diabo/ Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Peter P. d’Errico and Steven Newcomb and their guest, Russell Diabo, a Mohawk policy analyst and advocate. 1:06:45 Steven T. Newcomb Peter d’Errico domination policy self-government fiscal-dependency https://dominationchronicles.com/episodes/e013-a-domination-chronicles-lexicon/ https://dominationchronicles.com/episodes/e013-a-domination-chronicles-lexicon/ Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Steve discusses key terms used to justify the loss of Indigenous freedom and the rise of the United States as an empire. 5:04 Steven T. Newcomb Peter d’Errico civilization forced forcing state sovereignty ascendancy dominion property empire keywords https://dominationchronicles.com/episodes/e012-federal-indian-boarding-school-report/ https://dominationchronicles.com/episodes/e012-federal-indian-boarding-school-report/ Wed, 28 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Steve and Peter discuss the Federal Indian Boarding School Report, and its function in domination and genocide. 48:02 Steven T. Newcomb Peter d’Errico boarding school genocide domination indoctrination https://dominationchronicles.com/episodes/e011-2026-the-year-ahead/ https://dominationchronicles.com/episodes/e011-2026-the-year-ahead/ Fri, 23 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 A New Year’s conversation exploring domination, free existence, law, language, and technology—connecting deep history to urgent questions shaping 2026. 52:06 Steven T. Newcomb Peter d’Errico domination freedom existence law language technology https://dominationchronicles.com/episodes/e010-tee-hit-ton/ https://dominationchronicles.com/episodes/e010-tee-hit-ton/ Mon, 22 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Domination Chronicles unpacks Tee-Hit-Ton v. United States (1955) and the doctrine of Christian discovery, comparing it with Brown v. Board of Education to show how both cases advanced U.S. projects of racial segregation, land theft, and global domination. 48:00 Steven T. Newcomb Peter d’Errico law language race https://dominationchronicles.com/episodes/e009-mcgirt-oklahoma-revealing-concealing/ https://dominationchronicles.com/episodes/e009-mcgirt-oklahoma-revealing-concealing/ Wed, 17 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Steve Newcomb and Peter d'Errico provide an analysis of *McGirt v. Oklahoma* that examines how the decision reveals and conceals domination in U.S. law, jurisdiction, and federal power over Indigenous nations. 47:17 Steven T. Newcomb Peter d’Errico law language linguistics https://dominationchronicles.com/episodes/e008-words-meanings/ https://dominationchronicles.com/episodes/e008-words-meanings/ Sun, 07 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 In this episode, Steve Newcomb and Peter d'Errico examine how everyday words hide a deeper system of domination. Drawing on law, history, and lived experience, they reveal how language shapes our understanding of power and invites us to recover an original sense of free existence. 50:30 Steven T. Newcomb Peter d’Errico law language linguistics https://dominationchronicles.com/episodes/e007-quantum-view/ https://dominationchronicles.com/episodes/e007-quantum-view/ Mon, 01 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 In this episode, Steve Newcomb and Peter d'Errico explore how quantum theory can help us rethink the meaning of free existence 50:52 Steven T. Newcomb Peter d’Errico law physics linguistics https://dominationchronicles.com/episodes/e006-plenary-power/ https://dominationchronicles.com/episodes/e006-plenary-power/ Sun, 23 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000 A dramatic Dissent by Supreme Court Justices Gorsuch and Thomas Opens a Path to Tectonic Changes in US Law 55:56 Steven T. Newcomb Peter d’Errico law lingustics eminent-domain https://dominationchronicles.com/episodes/e005-future-of-indians/ https://dominationchronicles.com/episodes/e005-future-of-indians/ Sat, 22 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000 The confluence of a 1975 article by Vine Deloria, Jr., and a 2025 law review article sparks a conversation about what's roiling our minds at the moment. 35:48 Steven T. Newcomb Peter d’Errico law lingustics eminent-domain https://dominationchronicles.com/episodes/e004-seeing-through/ https://dominationchronicles.com/episodes/e004-seeing-through/ Fri, 21 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000 A concurring opinion in FLYING T RANCH v. STILLAGUAMISH TRIBE, October 9, 2025, from the Supreme Court of the State of Washington criticized the 'racism' of foundational cases in 'federal Indian law'. 54:15 Steven T. Newcomb Peter d’Errico law lingustics https://dominationchronicles.com/episodes/e003-symbols/ https://dominationchronicles.com/episodes/e003-symbols/ Thu, 20 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000 We explore symbols — statues, seals, emblems, etc. — in the process of reality creation — especially a domination reality. 58:11 Steven T. Newcomb Peter d’Errico law lingustics symbols https://dominationchronicles.com/episodes/e002-say-something/ https://dominationchronicles.com/episodes/e002-say-something/ Wed, 19 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Steve Newcomb and Peter d’Errico dig into Halverson v. Burgum, the August 21, 2025, Ninth Circuit dismissal of Jack Halverson’s (Crow Nation) case against the Bureau of Indian Affairs. 1:04:32 Steven T. Newcomb Peter d’Errico law lingustics https://dominationchronicles.com/episodes/e001-opening/ https://dominationchronicles.com/episodes/e001-opening/ Tue, 18 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000 In this inaugural episode of *Domination Chronicles*, Steven Newcomb (Shawnee/Lenape) and Peter d'Errico deepen a decades-long dialogue on how systems of domination have shaped U.S. federal Indian law, beginning with the 1823 Johnson v. *McIntosh* decision and its roots in 15th-century the Doctrine of Christian Discovery. 53:28 Steven T. Newcomb Peter d’Errico introduction law discovery https://dominationchronicles.com/episodes/e00-trailer/ https://dominationchronicles.com/episodes/e00-trailer/ Mon, 17 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Welcome to The Dominiation Chronciles Podcast 00:02:09 Steven T. Newcomb Peter d’Errico introduction law discovery