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

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Repercussions

Repercussions

May 9, 2011

As illustrated by the infographic Degrees of Disaster, the current global consumption of oil has reached 87.8 million barrels per day, 1 million of which is consumed by the US…

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Lia Pootah

Lia Pootah

May 8, 2011

Tasmanian Aboriginal culture is a heritage that extends through three ice ages. As a result of missionaries and governments that knew an extinct race solves all problems of land alienation,…

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Tribalism Revisited

Tribalism Revisited

May 7, 2011

Perusing the archived documents on my Scribd account recently, I noticed my essay on Tribalism is clearly the most popular, followed by Prepared to Lead and Walking Around Ideas. As…

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Euskal Herria

Euskal Herria

May 6, 2011

The Spanish Constitutional Court has lifted the Spanish Supreme Court ban on Basque political parties running candidates for election. Spanish nationalists in Madrid continue to oppose civil rights for the…

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In the Way

In the Way

May 6, 2011

Free Trade, like privatization, is systematic theft. As key components of globalization, these mechanisms target indigenous peoples’ resources, state treasuries, and public assets for conversion to private equity holdings. Chief…

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The “Right” in “Indigenous Rights”

May 5, 2011

Since the Fall of 2007 many have celebrated the UN General Assembly’s decision to endorse the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The governments of fifteen states either abstained…

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Counteracting Violence

Counteracting Violence

May 4, 2011

It might work to the benefit of tribes as well as tribal activists and their allies to discuss means of counteracting free market violence. Analysis of such things as communications…

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Struggling to Survive

Struggling to Survive

May 2, 2011

In Peak Psychotherapy, Abundant Human Connection, Carolyn Baker explores the emotional repercussions of collapse. Examining the mental health infrastructure for treating illness associated with industrial civilization, Baker observes that many…

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Civil and Human Rights

Civil and Human Rights

April 30, 2011

Civil rights and human rights are not the same thing. Civil rights are bestowed upon its citizens by state authorities; human rights are internationally recognized rights inherent to all human…

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Defeating the Free Market

Defeating the Free Market

April 29, 2011

As the energy and mineral extraction industries move into the final phase of wasting creation, indigenous governance remains an obstacle to unimpeded greed. Guarding indigenous governance, then, becomes more than…

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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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