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

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Nasa People in the Crossfire

Nasa People in the Crossfire

July 16, 2012

As reported by the Colombia Support Network today, the Nasa people living in and around the municipality of Toribio about 200 kilometers south east of Cali, Colombia have been caught…

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No Small Achievement

No Small Achievement

July 12, 2012

Writing at Bolivia Rising, Julieta Paredes observes that while the Indigenous peoples  reclamation of their rightful place in Bolivia still has things to work out with the state apparatus, the…

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Trials of Repression

Trials of Repression

July 6, 2012

Zach Ruiter and Megan Kinch of Toronto Media Co-op report on the latest of the G20 trials of repression against anti-austerity activists by the Government of Canada. As noted in…

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Living the Revolution

Living the Revolution

July 5, 2012

Speaking at Women’s Worlds 2011,  Cherokee activist scholar Andrea Smith discussed the liberation of Indigenous women from the non-profit industry and state institutions attempting to co-opt their movement for colonial…

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Aymara Delegation Visits Center

Aymara Delegation Visits Center

July 4, 2012

A delegation of education and cultural leaders from Bolivia sponsored  by the US Department of State People-to-People Program met for a briefing at the Center for World Indigenous Studies on…

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Aymara from Bolivia visit Center

Aymara from Bolivia visit Center

July 4, 2012

A delegation of education and cultural leaders from Bolivia sponsored by the US Department of State People-to-People Program met for a briefing at the Center for World Indigenous Studies on…

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Becoming Practitioners

Becoming Practitioners

July 3, 2012

While reestablishing a spiritual connection with all of creation is undoubtedly the way to save the soul of humanity, making that connection is easier said than done. Since most of…

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Health Tribunal

Health Tribunal

July 3, 2012

Luxury goods like gold are indeed beautiful, but the disease and death caused by their mining is not. On July 14 and 15, a People’s International Health Tribunal will gather…

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Coping with Diabetes

Coping with Diabetes

July 1, 2012

In her graduate thesis, CWIS associate scholar Renee Davis examines the cultural use of local plants to enable coping with diabetes and generational trauma in Salish tribal communities, and how…

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CWIS to Brief Bolivian Delegation

CWIS to Brief Bolivian Delegation

July 1, 2012

Dr. Rudolph Ryser will conduct a two hour briefing for a four member bolivian government sponsored delegation to the World Affairs Council on 3 June 2012 in Seattle, Washington. The…

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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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