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

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False Promise

False Promise

June 4, 2011

Emblematic of the false promise made by UN states to indigenous nations, Brazil’s industrialization of the Amazon illustrates why the international institution is incapable of upholding the human rights of…

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Governance and Accountability

Governance and Accountability

June 4, 2011

Dr. Stephen Cornell addresses the Assembly of First Nations on reclaiming governance.

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Last Inca

Last Inca

June 3, 2011

Sacred Land Film Project reports from Cusco, where the last Inca are perhaps witnessing the end of Inca culture. As a shamanic people of the mountains, the Q’eros — having…

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Institutionalized Aggression

Institutionalized Aggression

June 2, 2011

Institutionalized aggression can take many forms; in the UN, agencies like the World Bank and the Security Council reward economic and military aggression with positions of privilege vis-a-vis other states….

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First Nations Health Council

First Nations Health Council

June 2, 2011

The First Nations Health Council of British Columbia has voted to take over delivery of health services from the federal government of Canada.

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Struggling to be Heard

Struggling to be Heard

June 1, 2011

Twenty years ago in Washington state, in response to a citizen uprising against environmental destruction subsidized by state coffers, the legislature enacted Growth Management. A landmark law requiring protection of…

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Climate Talks in Bonn - outside the room

Climate Talks in Bonn – outside the room

June 1, 2011

The International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change is working to participate in climate change talks in Bonn, Germany beginning this week.  The two week meeting of the ad hoc…

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Crimes of Church and State

Crimes of Church and State

May 31, 2011

Mother Earth Journal reports that Reverend Kevin Annett was arrested and deported from England over the weekend. Annett, a human rights activist from British Columbia, is an outspoken advocate for…

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Mass Communication

Mass Communication

May 30, 2011

Commercial advertising and public relations firms operate from the principle that repeated exposure to a product or idea makes them desirable or legitimate. Placing those products or ideas in locations…

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Yasuni

Yasuni

May 29, 2011

Every story has more than one side. In this film trailer by Raul Paz Pastrana, the story of the Yasuni rainforest is told from the view of its indigenous inhabitants,…

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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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