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| June 21, 2009 |  | Fondly, Greenland Loosens Danish Rule
 Greenland, with 58,000 people and only two traffic lights, both of them here in the capital, is now securing its place in the world. On Sunday, amid solemn ceremony and giddy celebration, it ushered in a new era of self-governance that sets the stage for eventual independence from Denmark, its ruler since 1721. | | |
| June 18, 2009 | | One Indigenous Person Murdered Every 72 Hours in Colombia
 With 1,300 indigenous Colombians having been killed in the last seven years as a result of the ongoing conflict, at the end of May, the country's indigenous leaders announced plans to form a 100,000-strong "national indigenous police force". This is aimed at combating what leaders describe as the "increasing trend towards genocide and extermination." | | |
| June 18, 2009 | | BOFF (Biafra Organization of Freedom Fighters) Alert
 The problem of the Niger Delta is not a "development problem." It is a "justice problem." If the Hausa Fulani Yoruba leave the land, mineral and water of the Niger Delta for the people who own those things the problem in the Niger Delta will end in twenty four hours. The only thing that can guarantee peace in Nigeria is justice and respect for Biafra Sovereignty. The business world has an ample chance of reverting to doing business with Biafrans before they are chase out of Biafraland.
Click "more" to view/download the alert document. | | |
| June 18, 2009 | | Demolitions, Uprooting, Destruction, and More Demolitions….
 This dispatch was transmitted by Dr. Yeela Livnat Raanan of the Regional Council for the Unrecognized Bedouin Villages in the Negev (RCUV).
It relates to indigenous Bedouin communities in Israel and their treatment by the Government of Israel.
Click "more" to view/download the pdf document. | | |
| June 17, 2009 | | First Victory in the Amazon
 The people in the Amazon are celebrating their victory of the day. Almost two weeks after the bloodshed in the Peruvian Amazon with the government having entered into discussions with the indigenous peoples of the region at least two contested decrees about the use of forest and agriculture are to be repealed. Internal as well as pressure from other countries made the Peruvian government recede. | | |
| June 16, 2009 | | Activists Urge Obama to Use Trade Pact as Leverage
 The United States government is coming under intense pressure from rights organizations and environmental groups to redefine its trade pact with Peru, a tool that they charge the government in Lima is using to justify oppression against the indigenous population. | | |
| June 08, 2009 | | Shell to Pay $15.5 Million to Settle Nigerian Case
 Royal Dutch Shell, the big oil company, agreed to pay $15.5 million to settle a case accusing it of taking part in human rights abuses in the Niger Delta in the early 1990s, a striking sum given that the company has denied any wrongdoing. | | |
| June 06, 2009 | | Indigenous Resurgence of Traditional Ways of Being
 On March 23, 2009, Kanienkeha (Mohawk) Educator, Author and Activist Gerald Taiaiake Alfred took part in the Simon Ortiz and Labriola Centre Lecture series on Indigenous Land, Culture and Community.
Gerald Taiaiake Alfred is a CWIS associate. | | |
| June 01, 2009 | | Fight Against President Garcia Laws Intensify
Natives in Peru recently intensified protests they’ve been holding for 48 days which have shut down the country’s biggest crude oil fields, halted the operation of its only crude pipeline, blocked key Amazon highways and rivers, and disrupted travel to the Machu Picchu ruins. | | |
| May 30, 2009 | | 42ND BIAFRAN INDEPENDENT ANNIVERSARY DISRUPTED
Mazi G.S.A. Okoro makes a plea to the world to arise and intervene.
Click "more" to view/download the PDF.
Stay informed about Biafra at http://biafra.cwis.org | | |
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The Meaning of 'Nation' and 'State' in the Fourth World
Excerpt from CWIS Occasional Paper #18, Dr. Richard Griggs
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A convenient shorthand for the Fourth World would be internationally unrecognized nations. These are the 5,000 to 6000 nations representing a third of the world's population whose descendants maintain a distinct political culture within the states which claim their territories. In all case the Fourth World nation is engaged in a struggle to maintain or gain some degree of sovereignty over their national homeland.
Who Speaks for Indigenous Peoples?
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This PowerPoint presentation was created by CWIS Chair, Rudolph Rÿser, in order to show where Indigenous peoples fit within the International agenda.
International Calendar '06
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Events devoted to Indigenous peoples and Stateless nations
Indigenous Peoples' Center for Documentation, Research & Information Update on the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
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On June 29th, 2006, the newly established Human Rights Council at the United Nations adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People by a vote of 30 in favour, with 2 against and 12 abstentions. This update provides information about the vote, closing statements, resolutions and updates on regional indigenous efforts as the Declaration moves to the UN General Assembly.
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FGE Associated Members
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Rosalee Tizya
Chief George Manuel Chair for Fourth World Politics
Taiaiake Alfred, Ph.D.
Joe DeLaCruz Chair for Indian Government Development
Richard A. Griggs, Ph.D.
Bernard Q. Nietschmann Chair for Fourth World Geography
Juliete Pittman
Joe Tallakson Chair for Public Policy
Russell Jim
Senior Fellow, Wholistic Environmental Management
Angelina Pont
Fellow, Miskito Traditional Medicine
Rudolph C. Rÿser, Ph.D.
Sovereignty Project
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