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Into the Future

Into the Future

May 7, 2009

The evolution of tribes into multicultural entities embracing each other as well as non-tribal peoples, holds promise not only for the continuity of indigenous cosmologies, but also for the future…

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Indigenous Summit

Indigenous Summit

May 6, 2009

Anchorage Declaration On April 24, the Indigenous Peoples’ Global Summit on Climate Change issued the Anchorage Declaration. The declaration will guide successive talks between aboriginal nations and the United Nations,…

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Divide and Rule

Divide and Rule

May 5, 2009

In The Politics of War Zone Writing, Darini Rajasingham Senanayake discusses “culture mapping” as a tool to divide and rule. Noting the Pentagon’s Human Terrain System program’s contribution to militarizing…

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Finding Common Ground

Finding Common Ground

May 4, 2009

Salmon Wars As an adjunct to their Poisoned Waters special on Puget Sound, FRONTLINE created a short video titled Salmon Wars. I think you’ll enjoy it.

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Christian European

Christian European

May 3, 2009

Anti-Indian Law Steven Newcomb at Indian Country Today discusses Christian bigotry at the core of federal Indian law.

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Citizen Engagement

Citizen Engagement

May 2, 2009

Living with No Tomorrow The April 21 FRONTLINE special Poisoned Waters  looks at the last chance for Chesapeake Bay and Puget Sound to avoid becoming dead zones. In that special,…

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Radio Debate

Radio Debate

May 2, 2009

Paying for Sex Center for World Indigenous Studies Associate Scholar Melissa Farley recently participated in a panel debate on prostitution. You can listen to the debate on National Public Radio…

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Conservation Refugees

Conservation Refugees

May 1, 2009

Bereft of Humanity In Human Nature, Mark Dowie discusses the creation of commodified wilderness in the US, wild expanses bereft of humanity. Noting the history of this cultural project of…

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Is It Wrong To Pay For Sex?

Is It Wrong To Pay For Sex?

May 1, 2009

CWIS Associate Scholar Melissa Farley recently participated in a panel debate on prostitution. The National Public Radio broadcast of the debate can be heard by clicking "more".

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Human Rights Tribunal

Human Rights Tribunal

April 30, 2009

Vancouver Vatican The International Human Rights Tribunal into Genocide in Canada invites the Pope to assist in returning the bodies of the 50,000 aboriginal children who died in Catholic, Anglican…

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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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