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

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Unholy Dividends

Unholy Dividends

January 13, 2009

Progress is a lethal concept concocted by colonial states to justify dominating indigenous peoples. Having allied themselves with conservatism long ago, progressives have no trouble rationalizing support of apartheid, as…

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Corruption of the Sacred

Corruption of the Sacred

January 12, 2009

Interviewed by European media recently, Indigenous Environmental Network’s Tom Goldtooth remarked that the UN plans for dealing with climate change through market mechanisms is an evil concept. Selling the air…

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Paying Attention

Paying Attention

January 11, 2009

Reading Harper’s account of the economic chaos in the US yesterday, I was reminded of comments made recently by the Hopi cultural preservation officer, that turmoil and disharmony is inevitable…

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Indigenous Education

Indigenous Education

January 10, 2009

Spirit of Learning The World Indigenous Peoples’ Conference on Education held last month in Melbourne was a big success. The 2011 conference will be hosted by the Quechua Nation of…

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Plundering Papua

Plundering Papua

January 9, 2009

Price of Autonomy As part of the vast Indonesian colonial archipelago, West Papua and East Timor have suffered horrendous abuse at the hands of the Indonesian military–a military supported by…

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Draft American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Moves Forward

Draft American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Moves Forward

January 9, 2009

An international human rights declaration geared specifically toward meeting the legal needs of the indigenous peoples of the Americas took a step forward last month when the Organization of American…

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Unequal Protection

Unequal Protection

January 8, 2009

Equal protection under the law is generally considered to fall under the realm of civil rights: protection might vary greatly from country to country, but within each state everybody gets…

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Indigenous Education in the 21st Century

Indigenous Education in the 21st Century

January 8, 2009

This past december 3,000 people, the descendants of hundreds of Indigenous nations, travelled from 23 countries to congregate at Melbourne

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Fire Inside

Fire Inside

January 7, 2009

A Country Under Lockdown In Fire Inside, Marilyn Krisyl writes about Tamil refugees in Sri Lanka. The Guernica article recounts Krysl’s experience as a volunteer bodyguard for Peace Brigade International…

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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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