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

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What Have They Gained?

What Have They Gained?

February 18, 2010

As Zoe Blunt observes in The Dominion, colonial relationships between Canada and its First Nations are exacerbated by projects like the Vancouver Olympics. Desperate for funding to meet basic needs,…

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A Sorry Saga or a First Step?

A Sorry Saga or a First Step?

February 17, 2010

An article recently surfaced in Indian Country Today entitled “A Sorry Saga,” in which the author brings attention to the Native American Apology Resolution signed by President Obama on December…

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CWIS Notes

CWIS Notes

February 17, 2010

Center for World Indigenous Studies Fellow Mirjam Hirch has been accepted to present a guided poster presentation at the 20th International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE) World Conference…

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Complexity and the State of the UNFCCC Climate Talks

Complexity and the State of the UNFCCC Climate Talks

February 16, 2010

Since the tumultuous negotiations surrounding the development of the Copenhagen Accord last December, many have started to question the efficacy of the UNFCCC process of coming to a global consensus…

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Olympics Train Wreck

Olympics Train Wreck

February 14, 2010

Jules Boykoff examines the publicly-financed corporate franchise called the Olympics. Criticized for dozing native lands, doubling homelessness and militarizing public space, can the Olympics still pretend to preserve human dignity?…

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Anti-Indigenous Development

Anti-Indigenous Development

February 13, 2010

Consistent with the exclusion of indigenous peoples from UN talks on climate change, Canada and the other Arctic states plan to keep indigenous nations out of their upcoming summit on…

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Abandoning Dominance

Abandoning Dominance

February 12, 2010

As the Celtic nations of Scotland, Wales, and Ireland negotiate the demise of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, bedrock nations in the Americas and elsewhere still…

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Indigenous Groups Left Out of Arctic Leaders' Summit

Indigenous Groups Left Out of Arctic Leaders’ Summit

February 12, 2010

Arctic indigenous groups are criticizing Canada’s decision to leave them out of an upcoming meeting of Arctic nations in Quebec next month.

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Defending Autonomy

Defending Autonomy

February 11, 2010

The Chilean Mapuche have established an autonomous legal defence unit to protect their political prisoners and community activists from police brutality. Working with the United Nations and NGOs like Amnesty…

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Compare and Contrast

Compare and Contrast

February 10, 2010

Abiding in Bolivia compares the United States and Bolivian military academies and contrasts the attitudes of presidents Obama and Morales.

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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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