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

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Vital Verities

Vital Verities

July 25, 2008

Progress is a lethal concept. Arrogance and ignorance go hand in hand. Democracy is an indigenous invention.

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Light of Reverence

Light of Reverence

July 24, 2008

Sacred Land Film Project takes us on a journey to authenticity, graciously guided by indigenous songs, dances and images from contemporary ceremony and celebration. There is much here to enjoy…

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Sacramental Mission

Sacramental Mission

July 23, 2008

The coastal temperate rain forest of North America, extending from Cook Inlet (Alaska) to Big Sur (California), is a magnificent incubator of Pacific salmon and steelhead trout. Historically, the Sacramento…

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The Plight of Guam

The Plight of Guam

July 22, 2008

Indigenous Chamoru activist Julian Aguon discusses the plight of his homeland as a US colony. The people of Guam, who are non-voting US citizens, are preparing for the impact of…

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Culture of Hate

Culture of Hate

July 21, 2008

In The Extreme Right and Its Media in Italy, Cinzia Padovani looks at the communication strategies of Italy’s fascist movement in promoting violent xenophobia among Italian youth. As hatred and…

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Q&A:

Q&A: “Guam Remains Functionally a US Colony” Interview with Julian Aguon, Chamoru activist

July 21, 2008

The tiny island of Guam — officially an unincorporated territory of the United States — is soon to be inundated with thousands more U.S. military personnel as the world

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Every Gallon Kills

Every Gallon Kills

July 20, 2008

Militarized US energy policy begun under FDR is now acknowledged as a failure. With invasions now conducted by the Pentagon, proxy militaries and mercenaries in Africa, Asia and South America,…

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Untold Devastation

Untold Devastation

July 19, 2008

Four Indian nations are currently involved with the U.S. Department of Energy in the largest environmental cleanup program in the world. The Indian Nations Program on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation…

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Islands in the Stream

Islands in the Stream

July 18, 2008

David R. Lewis discusses how the intentional impoverishment of Native Americans by the US government has contributed to the toxic nightmare now destroying their traditional resources. As what he calls…

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Nature v Progress

Nature v Progress

July 17, 2008

Friends of Peoples close to Nature chronicles the ongoing invasions of Fourth World nations by modern states and transnational corporations. The forum for ‘friends of Peoples close to Nature’ is…

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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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