Call For Contributions to the
Fourth World Journal

a bi-annual publication of the Center for World Indigenous Studies

Center for World Indigenous Studies, Fourth World Journal since 1984.
1001 Cooper Point Road SW, Suite 140-214, Olympia, WA 98502 U.S.A.
e-mail: FWJ Editor in Chief

The Editors of the Fourth World Journal invite submissions from leaders and activists from Fourth World Nations (native communities, nations, first nations), philosophers and spiritual leaders, educators, historians, keepers of laws, academics (University, College, Secondary Schools), and researchers.

The Fourth World Journal publishes contributions that address the following areas:

FOURTH WORLD GEOPOLITICS:

National Initiatives, Nation/State Relations, International Legislation, International Organizations, Conflict/Dispute Resolution, Nations and New International Rules of Conduct.

ECONOMICS:

Natural Resource Development/Exploitation, Environmental (bio- diversity/cultural) Issues, Trade Relations (i.e. Traditional Trade, GATT, NAFTA), Traditional Economic Systems.

SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & DEVELOPMENT:

Modes of Thought, Governments, Institutional Change, Decision- Making, Drugs, Pharmaceuticals, Chemicals and Energy; Eco-Tourism, Traditional Science, Architecture, Transportation.

CULTURAL SECURITY:

Land Rights, Artifacts, Traditional Territorial Duty, Music, Fine Arts, Ceremony, Decision-Making, the Relationship Between the Cosmos, Spirit and the Material Realm; Intellectual Property, Cultural Property, Bio-Diversity and Cultural Diversity, Traditions, History.

SOCIETY AND COMMUNITY:

Tradition, Change, Health, Education, Well-Being, Nutrition, Group Relations, Human Mediated and Natural Trauma, Community, Gender Studies, Public Health, Traditional Medicine and Healing; Research Methods, Domestic Relations.

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Submitting Manuscripts

Submissions may be articles, essays, book reviews, commentaries, or reports that address current developments or events, and refereed articles that are final papers or essays that the author submits for peer review. Manuscripts may be 2,000 to 6,000 words, plus references.

Manuscripts may be submitted in ASCII text, Wordperfect, or Microsoft Word formats.

Submissions may be sent via:

E-MAIL:
Rudolph C. Ryser, Editor in Chief
usaoffice@cwis.org
(Attach word processor documents as files)

US MAIL:
Center For World Indigenous Studies (CWIS)
ATTN: Fourth World Journal
1001 Cooper Point Road SW
Suite 140-214
Olympia, WA 98502 U.S.A.
(Must be on IBM-compatible 3.5" disk)

If you wish to receive your manuscript back (in the event it is not selected for publication) please include a self-addressed, stamped envelope.

The Fourth World Journal is available for purchase (Annual hard copy). The electronic issue available for free inspection beginning in August 1997. The electronic issue will be made available by way of ftp and the World Wide Web.

For additional information e-mail the Journal.

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EDITORIAL BOARD:

• Rudolph C. Ryser, PhD, Editor in Chief and Publisher
• Leslie E. Korn, PhD, MPH, Managing Editor
• Richard A Griggs, PhD, Associate Editor (Africa)
• Rosalee Tizya, Chief George Manuel Chair for Fourth World Politics, Associate Editor (Canada)
• David Hyndman, PhD, Associate Editor (Australasia)
• Faye Cohen, PhD, Associate Editor (North America)
• Ralph Eluska, Associate Editor (North America)
• Levita Duhaylungsod, PhD, Associate Editor (Melanesia)
• Christian Scherrer, PhD, Associate Editor (Europe)
• Karen Aka, Associate Editor (Oceania and Asia)
• Gordon Pullar, MA, Associate Editor (North America)
• Sharon Eluska, Associate Editor (North America)
• John H. Burrows, Copy Editor