In the 19th Century, Japanese people called the northern island of Hokkaido "Ezochi".
It meant "Land of the Ainu", a reference to the fair-skinned, long-haired people who had lived there for hundreds of years.
The Ainu were… more >>
Forum for Global Exchange
2008
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Recognition at last for Japan's Ainu
June 06, 2008 More -
USET President Sees 'New Era of Activism' in Indian Country
June 02, 2008Patterson: Issues of tribal sovereignty, self-sufficiency are universalMore
CHEROKEE, N.C. - With judicial and state assaults on tribal sovereignty, and failed federal policies in Indian country, the nations need to move toward… more >> -
Biafran News Agency Broadcasts Celebration of Biafra's 41st Independence Day
May 30, 2008The Center for World Indigenous Studies (CWIS) recieved a press release from the Biafran News Agency announcing that Biafrans Celebrate 41st Independence Day.Download -
PERU: Indigenous Groups Challenge Private Investment Decree
May 29, 2008More than 5,000 indigenous and peasant communities in Peru launched a petition drive this week with the aim of getting President Alan GarcMore -
ENVIRONMENT: Lousy Salmon Causes an Upset
May 26, 2008Sea lice from Norwegian-run salmon farms are killing off vital wild salmon stocks in Canada and Chile, according to a delegation that visited Oslo last week. It accuses Norway's government of complicity.More -
Reaching the People
May 12, 2008The time was right. On April 23, a television station that once was the voice of the Guatemalan military dictatorship that had massacred thousands of Mayans showed the glyph of the day from the millennial Mayan calendar and… more >>More -
Lyons: New Native studies association is historic
May 09, 2008On April 11, a new academic organization officially came into existence at what will one day be called (by future academics, of course) a ''historic'' meeting held at the University of Georgia - Athens. Say hello to the Native… more >>More