Passing on Traditional Knowledge
To Those Who Come To Learn An NWIN TV tribute to Skokomish elder Bruce Miller: Teachings of the Tree People.
Read moreOur Own Message
A Winning Strategy In this New York Times article on the political theatre surrounding the AIG scandal, topping the list of Ponzi vendors bleeding the US Treasury dry is Goldman…
Read moreThe Order of Things
Hope Among the Ruins The latest issue of Fourth World Journal explores holistic practices for maintaining and restoring community health. Reading these interesting essays reminded me of one I wrote…
Read moreChild’s Play
In his comments as part of a Real News panel on Afghanistan, Sunil Ram, a contributing editor of the private defense journal of the Royal Canadian Military Institute, noted that…
Read moreIndigenizing Media
In the preface to his book Circuits of Culture, Jeff Himpele observes that cinematic media and their circulatory systems precipitate the historical process intrinsic to cultural life, political forms, and…
Read morePapuan Independence
The Right to be Free BBC News special report on Papua’s independence struggle includes undercover film footage of Papua leaders discussing the right to be free.
Read moreIndigenous Peoples’ Movement
I had an opportunity last summer to put the Indigenous Peoples’ Movement in perspective. Listen in.
Read moreAid and Development
Double-Edged Sword As noted by Mother Jones, AFRICOM — the Pentagon’s newly established U.S. Africa Command — provides an enormous business opportunity for both arms merchants and the mercenary industry….
Read moreModern Slave Markets
State of the World The UN Office on Drugs and Crime has released its Global Report on Trafficking in Persons–a look at the forces at play in modern slave markets,…
Read moreUnfounded Faith
The assumption that the evolution of consciousness is linear ignores the dimensional aspects of learning. Recognizing patterns of evolution through the process of scientific observation — as practiced by our…
Read moreChief 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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