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In Memoriam: Dr. Rudolph C. Rÿser, Founding Chair, CWIS

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Outside the Realm

Outside the Realm

October 5, 2010

Coast Salish nations gathered recently at Swinomish to discuss action on their international effort to restore the resources of the Salish Sea. Part of their discussion with each other, as…

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Native Women Raped by Soldiers Find Justice at Regional Court

Native Women Raped by Soldiers Find Justice at Regional Court

October 5, 2010

“I dream of returning to my community and for everything to be normal again, although that won’t be easy,” Valentina Rosendo, one of two indigenous women who found justice at…

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Academics v Apartheid

Academics v Apartheid

October 4, 2010

South African academics mobilize the boycott against the apartheid State of Israel.

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Pro-Sovereignty Committee Causa Galiza Launches Campaign for Self-Determination

Pro-Sovereignty Committee Causa Galiza Launches Campaign for Self-Determination

October 4, 2010

Pro-independence forces dismiss the reform of the Statute of Autonomy proposed by PP, PSdG and BNG parties, and agree to accumulate forces to strengthen the self-determination way – The group…

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A Judicious Orientation

A Judicious Orientation

October 2, 2010

I was thinking the other day about the Public Good network, and tried to pinpoint what it is that energizes the individuals that comprise this milieu. In terms of intellect,…

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Determining Dialogue

Determining Dialogue

October 1, 2010

The limited focus by the state of Chile on development dialogue for indigenous territories is disrespectful toward the inherent owners dispossessed by Chilean colonialism, and is an impediment to plurinationalism….

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Scourge of the Jungle

Scourge of the Jungle

September 30, 2010

In the news last week for teaming up with Chevron and the William Jefferson Clinton Foundation in support of REDD initiatives to turn indigenous peoples’ forests into corporate plantations, Shell…

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Perilous Passage

Perilous Passage

September 29, 2010

In their video From Tar Sands to Tankers, Green Planet Productions examines the perilous passage of the proposed Enbridge pipeline, a project that would turn Northern British Columbia into The…

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Coca Colla

Coca Colla

September 28, 2010

As California prepares to vote on the legalization of marijuana, Bolivia explores new popular uses for coca. Both demonized by US agencies profiting from police and military actions against them,…

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Communities Under Siege

Communities Under Siege

September 27, 2010

In February 2010, Bety Carino, a Mixtec organizer from Oaxaca spoke at the Frontline Defenders conference in Dublin, Ireland about the aboriginal struggle against the free trade invaders in Mexico….

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Chief George Manuel Memorial Indigenous Library

The library is dedicated to the memory of Secwepemc Chief George Manuel (1921-1989), to the nations of the Fourth World and to the elders and generations to come.

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