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Chief George Manuel Library

The library was founded as a documents repository in 1979 in response to a resolution of the Conference of Tribal Governments.
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Volume 24, Number 1
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June 3, 2024
Stewardship and the Preservation of Life in the Tohono O’odham Haki:dag
Artby - Amy Eisenberg
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Traditional medicine is the “mother” of all medicine. More than 80% of the world’s population uses a form of traditional medicine to treat primary health.
Treating Diabetes

Engage in ancient and modern indigenous medicinal methods to prevent and treat diabetes.
Massage Project

This project strengthens the outreach and trains additional therapists to deliver more massage therapy for diabetes to underserved people in urban and rural indigenous areas.
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Video
Searching for Capomo

Discover this extraordinary tree, known as Capomo, or the Breadnut, and all of its gifts. The seed is traditionally eaten as a food and roasted into cafe de capomo. Endemic...
Medical Massage for Diabetes

This project strengthens the outreach and trains additional therapists to deliver more massage therapy for diabetes to underserved people in urban and rural indigenous areas.
Salal, Cedar and Spruce: A Journey with Salish Plant and Medicine Traditions

Salal berries for digestive relief, Cedar tea to reduce fevers, and Spruce tips for nourishment and congestive relief… Traditional Salish foods and medicines are experiencing a revival in the Pacific...
Pathfinder: The Untold Story of “The Indian Business”

Pathfinder: The Untold Story of the “Indian Business” is a feature-length documentary currently in production about the “Fourth World’s” struggle for self-determination and overcoming bigotry and internalized traumas, told through...

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Chief George Manuel Memorial Indigenous Library

SELF-GOVERNMENT PROCESS EVALUATION PROJECT

September 21, 2017

Categories: News & Politics,

FWDP: Indian Self-Government Process Evaluation: Preliminary Findings – Preliminary report of year-long tribally initiated study undertaken by CWIS to evaluate the Self-Governance Demonstration Project.

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TRAIL OF BROKEN TREATIES 20 POINTS FOR RENEWAL OF CONTRACTS — RECONSTRUCTION OF INDIAN CONTRACTS & SECURING AN INDIAN FUTURE IN AMERICA

September 21, 2017

Categories: News & Politics,

Entitled “Trail of Broken Treaties: For Renewal of Contracts — Reconstruction of Indian Communities and Securing an Indian Future in America” the points, here reprinted in their entirety, represent a…

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PAPER SUBMITTED TO THE WORKING GROUP ON INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS

September 21, 2017

Categories: United Nations,

Trusteeship and Self-Determination – Submitted to the UN by The Coalition of First Nations & IITC

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SECRETARY-GENERAL REPORT ON WESTERN SAHARA

September 21, 2017

Categories: United Nations,

UN Secretary-General Report on the Situation Concerning Western Sahara May 26, 1993

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TUAREGS, A THREATENED PEOPLE

September 21, 2017

Categories: News & Politics,

Information on the situation with the Tuareg people in Northern Africa

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NIGERIA’S “DRILLING FIELDS” SHELL OIL’S ROLE IN REPRESSION

September 21, 2017

Categories: News & Politics,

Nigeria’s “Drilling Fields”: Shell Oil’s Role in Repression by Steve Kretzmann, Multi-National Monitor. Including the arrest of Saro-Wiwa

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ON THE DISCRIMINATION OF THE REHOBOTH BASTERS

September 21, 2017

Categories: United Nations,

On the Discrimination of the Rehoboth Basters -A paper to the UN by European immigrants to Namibia trying to claim to be “Indigenous Peoples”

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NUBA MOUNTAINS SOLIDARITY ABROAD

September 21, 2017

Categories: United Nations,

The Crisis in Nuba Mountains – Genocide against the Nuba by Sudan

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U.N. WORKING GROUP ON INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS

September 21, 2017

Categories: United Nations,

Statement by Morocco at the UNWGIP 4th Session – April 1985

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U.N. WORKING GROUP ON INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS

September 21, 2017

Categories: United Nations,

Statement by Morocco at the UNWGIP 4th. Session – April 1985

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