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

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IK and Medicine

IK and Medicine

May 27, 2011

In this short video, the San healers of Southern Africa explain the challenge of curating their indigenous knowledge and taking control of their medicinal resource management.

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Dominant Doctrine

Dominant Doctrine

May 26, 2011

Peter d’Errico discusses the Doctrine of Discovery dilemma at the UN, where member states that inherited indigenous lands from invading Christian empires are panicked about the pressure to examine the…

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An Alternative Path

An Alternative Path

May 25, 2011

Denmark continues to play a significant role in the world indigenous peoples’ movement. Over the last decade, the peaceful transition of the Danish territory of Greenland to indigenous self-rule, and…

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Multiculturalism

Multiculturalism

May 24, 2011

Toronto’s model schools promote multiculturalism by including aboriginal curricula and Ojibwe language classes.

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The Sacred Fire

The Sacred Fire

May 23, 2011

As noted in Upside Down World, Zapatismo is alive and well in the caracols of Chiapas, but self-rule in these autonomous indigenous communities is anything but easy. Community cohesion, the…

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A Criminal Act

A Criminal Act

May 22, 2011

In the war between biodiversity and privatization, the battle in the Andes over protecting the genetic diversity of indigenous potatoes from an invasion of genetically modified seeds from the United…

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Against Humanity

Against Humanity

May 21, 2011

Poverty is widely recognized as a symptom of structured socioeconomic violence. Privatization is thus the linchpin to what author Michel Chossudovsky called The Globalisation of Poverty. As an act of…

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Poetics of Creation

Poetics of Creation

May 20, 2011

When we strip away the superficial banter blaring from media noise machines, three essential questions emerge. Who are your people? Where did they come from? What is their story? In…

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African Young Scientists Initiative

African Young Scientists Initiative

May 20, 2011

An international student conference sponsored by African Young Scientists Initiative on Climate Change and Indigenous Knowledge will take place August 15-17 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Abstracts are due by May…

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Criminal World

Criminal World

May 19, 2011

In an increasingly criminal world, covenants, treaties, and conventions recognizing aboriginal title mean little if laws acknowledging indigenous rights aren’t enforced. In Michoacan, Mexico, where indigenous forests have been illegally…

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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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