Forum for Global Exchange
2013
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Fishable Waters
May 24, 2013In the Spring 2013 American Indian Law Journal, Catherine A. O'Neill examines what it means to indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest to have fishable waters. In her discussion of the fish and fishing peoples of Washington… more >>More -
Appropriations and Apparitions
May 22, 2013Elected tribal leaders in Canada and the US are governing authorities, but their authority is not exclusive. While their authority extends to matters delineated by Ottawa and Washington, the traditional governing authorities of… more >>More -
Indigenous Diplomatic Traditions
May 16, 2013Politics based on justice, diplomacy based on love is the subject of a recent article by Mississauga Nishnaabeg author Leanne Simpson in briarpatch magazine. "Even in a modern context," says Simpson, "treaties are a storied… more >>More -
Take These Tribes Down
April 26, 2013Charles Tanner Jr exposes the entrepreneurial wing of the anti-Indian movement in the US, and their current campaign to mobilize resentment against tribal governments. Following on the heels of my April 10 article at… more >>More -
Tea Parties and Treaty Rights
April 21, 2013With the Tea Party, Far-Right Christians, property rights and militia organizers teaming up to terminate tribal sovereignty, violent white supremacists are the only missing element in the national anti-Indian hate campaign… more >>More -
Life on the Line
April 21, 2013Paul de Armond, the former research director at Public Good Project, passed away yesterday. In 2001, Paul was presented the Whatcom Human Rights Task Force award for putting his life on the line organizing opposition to… more >>More -
Anti-Indian Strategy
April 18, 2013Right-wing media helps hate campaigns mobilize resentment into the electoral arena. A brief outline of how one right-wing radio station strategically stoked anti-Indian resentment against Lummi Indian Nation in March 2013 is instructive.More