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To Poison the Womb of Time

To Poison the Womb of Time

August 20, 2008

I was reading Harper’s account of how General Electric, Hewlett Packard, and other traitorous warmongering corporations emptied the US treasure chest back in 2004, and was reminded of comments by…

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Seeds of Sociality

Seeds of Sociality

August 19, 2008

With the Katrina crisis and the Sarajevo siege representing the new model of official engagement, we can justifiably expect a future of convergent responders managing mayhem. This is not all…

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Working Outside the System

Working Outside the System

August 18, 2008

Intellectual property in the state-centric, market-oriented society is a commodity used to exploit the resources of others. Intellectual property in a tribal society is a collective repository used to protect…

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Choosing Life Over Money

Choosing Life Over Money

August 17, 2008

It is very simple. Good air, water, food. These are some of the most essential and basic principles of the quality of life. They are harder and harder to find…

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An Illustrative Example

An Illustrative Example

August 16, 2008

An illustrative example of indigenous cultural resources squaring off against commercial exploitation is the Panther Spring of Mt. Shasta, sacred to the Winnemum Wintu tribe. In blatant disregard of this…

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Protecting Indigenous Property

Protecting Indigenous Property

August 15, 2008

In this briefing memorandum, indigenous scholars discuss intellectual property rights as perceived by indigenous nations. Noting the right to collective ownership as an essential element of indigenous culture, the authors…

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Guatemala Appoints Mayan Ambassador to Indigenous People

Guatemala Appoints Mayan Ambassador to Indigenous People

August 15, 2008

In the midst of increasing conflict between Guatemala’s indigenous people and transnational corporations, Mayan elder Don Alejandro Cirilo Perez Oxlaj was appointed Aug. 9 as Indigenous Peoples Ambassador for Guatemala…

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Terror in the Tribes

Terror in the Tribes

August 14, 2008

Shortly after al Qaeda’s attacks on New York’s World Trade Center towers and the US Pentagon I sounded an alert to a deeper, long-term problem that will undermine states around…

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Congress of Nation and States

Congress of Nation and States

August 14, 2008

I wrote here (“Frustration Building” May 30 2006) about a Center for World Indigenous Studies sponsored plan in the Spring of 1992 for the organization of a Congress of Nations…

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Real News

Real News

August 13, 2008

The Real News coverage of the conflict in Bolivia was exemplary. You’re not going to find honesty and accuracy like this anywhere else on world TV. If for no other…

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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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