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

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Defending Aboriginal Title

Defending Aboriginal Title

March 29, 2010

Coastal First Nations, a partnership of indigenous communities in British Columbia, takes a collaborative and strategic approach to defending aboriginal title and resources in their traditional territories.

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Jurists Makeover

Jurists Makeover

March 28, 2010

The International Commission of Jurists has done a makeover of its website. Check it out.

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Canada and its “recognition” of the UNDRIP

Canada and its “recognition” of the UNDRIP

March 26, 2010

The 2010 Federal Throne Speech of the Canadian government hinted at a shift in Canada’s position on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). It reads:…

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Breaching the Ramparts

Breaching the Ramparts

March 26, 2010

Indigenous survivors of Catholic residential schools in Canada to confront Pope at the Vatican on Easter Sunday.

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AFRICOM

AFRICOM

March 25, 2010

US and EU launch new war for oil in Africa.

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Banking on Biofuel

Banking on Biofuel

March 24, 2010

Ethiopian government and World Bank team up to displace half a million tribal people for dam and biofuel.

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Remarks offered at Diabetes, Holistic Gathering

Remarks offered at Diabetes, Holistic Gathering

March 23, 2010

For many years the Center for World Indigenous Studies has pioneered education, research and public policy concerning the restoration of native foods and medicines as a part of a wider…

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Great White North

Great White North

March 23, 2010

Canada pays lip service to UNDRIP; British Columbia plans energy industry public relations campaign designed to marginalize and co-opt First Nations.

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Testify

Testify

March 22, 2010

Iroquois, Sioux, and Navajo testify against the United States before the UN Human Rights Council. Written testimony via e-mail open through April 19.

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Restitution

Restitution

March 21, 2010

Reviving Our Culture, Mapping Our Future, a film about a gathering of indigenous leaders from South Africa, Russia, and the Amazon, offers a road map for restitution.

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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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