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

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Infiltrating the Anti-Indian Movement

Infiltrating the Anti-Indian Movement

June 20, 2023

As is generally the case in the United States, whenever an oppressed group wins rights for itself and others, there is a backlash against them. That has certainly been the…

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Grand Chief George Manuel, “Take Back Your Land”

Grand Chief George Manuel, “Take Back Your Land”

June 13, 2023

Remarks of Rudolph C. Ryser, Center for World Indigenous Studies 12 June 2023, On the Occasion of Tribute to Indigenous Leaders, North Vancouver, BC.   Grand Chief George Manuel is…

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Dr. Gary Morishima: Working for Tribal Sovereignty at Quinault Nation

Dr. Gary Morishima: Working for Tribal Sovereignty at Quinault Nation

May 30, 2023

It may seem commonplace today to talk about the co-management of natural resources by tribal communities and different state and federal agencies but rewind 50 years, and the notion was…

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The Republic of Armenia and the Nation of Ezidikhan to Cooperate in Support of NICT

The Republic of Armenia and the Nation of Ezidikhan to Cooperate in Support of NICT

May 16, 2023

Lalish, Ezidikhan (Iraq) 14 May 2023. The Ezidikhan government’s Justice Minister, Nallein Sowilo, has announced that the Armenian government will collaborate with Ezidikhan to promote the Nations’ International Criminal Tribunal…

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Ezidikhan Nation Completes Draft Charter for International Tribunal

Ezidikhan Nation Completes Draft Charter for International Tribunal

April 19, 2023

Lalish, Ezidikhan. 19 April 2023. The Ezidikhan government, in collaboration with CWIS has developed a permanent international tribunal and has completed the Working Draft of the Nations International Criminal Tribunal…

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Fourth World Journal<br><span style=Winter 2023">

Fourth World Journal
Winter 2023

February 20, 2023

Subscribe Relations between Fourth World Nations and the world’s states that were formed on top of their ancestral territories are complicated. Political activists leading non-governmental organizations, scholars in academic institutions,…

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A mechanism to enforce Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC)

A mechanism to enforce Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC)

January 2, 2023

Introduction We are excited to announce the public release of our Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) web tool. This resource provides indigenous nations worldwide with a clear understanding of…

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Ezidikhan Sponsors Nations’ International Criminal Tribunal

Ezidikhan Sponsors Nations’ International Criminal Tribunal

November 22, 2022

The Yezidi nation of Ezidikhan, in collaboration with 90 indigenous nations globally and talks with states, has since 2018 been laying the foundation for a permanent Nations’ International Criminal Tribunal (NICT) with the planned expectation that the Tribunal may be established in Yezidi territory inside Armenia as early as 2023.

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Putin’s forced Military Mobilization of Crimean Tatars to Fight Ukraine

Putin’s forced Military Mobilization of Crimean Tatars to Fight Ukraine

October 12, 2022

Russia’s dictator Vladimir Putin started a vicious war attacking the independent state of Ukraine in February 2022 committing a trifecta of mass crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity and war…

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Just released: Summer 2022 Issue of the Fourth World Journal

Just released: Summer 2022 Issue of the Fourth World Journal

July 11, 2022

At the end of 2021, more than 89 million people have been forcibly displaced because of persecution, conflict, violence and human rights violations. Fourth World nations have themselves on which to depend in defending against these myriad crises.

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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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