Obama’s Death Squads
While Indonesian military forces torture and murder West Papuans, President Obama decided to lift the military assistance ban to the country’s elite death squads. With the release of video footage…
Read moreEnemy of the People
The Thought Police I began my morning reading about Tibetan journalists imprisoned and tortured by Chinese security agents for interviewing Tibetans about their cultural disintegration. The next news item was…
Read moreNations Versus States
A while back, Bill Weinberg wrote that the 4th World War, characterized by NAFTA and other instruments of colonial reconquest, is an extension of previous genocides against indigenous peoples–a conflict…
Read moreTurtle Island Storyteller, the Late Vi Hilbert
The late Vi Hilbert, whose Indian name is Taqwseblu, was a member of the Upper Skagit tribe. Her life’s work was preserving the Lushootseed (Puget Salish for “Puget Sound, connected…
Read moreRobert Miller on TVW’s Author’s Hour
Host David Nicandri interviews Robert J. Miller, Professor at Lewis & Clark Law School, on his book “Native America: Discovered and Conquered,” at the Hayner Media Center in Olympia.
Read moreInterview with Joyce Silverthorn
A video interview with Joyce Silverthorn.
Read moreUranium
Uranium is an award winning short film on the consequences of uranium mining in Canada. Narrated by Buffy Sainte-Marie, the 48-minute film explores how uranium mining can impact the environment,…
Read moreIn the Native Way
Nine years ago, Tom Goldtooth wrote of the spiritual values that tie us to Mother Earth, and how losing that understanding makes us vulnerable to industrialization. As globalization accelerates under…
Read moreObama: Stop Funding Indonesian Torture of Papuans
Survival is asking President Obama, who is due to visit Indonesia next week, to suspend US military assistance to Jakarta until its forces stop killing and torturing the people of…
Read moreUS Swings “Right”: Indigenous Peoples’ Warning
The US government has been generally hostile to indigenous peoples for most of the last 45 years in the international arena. Their concern? “Indigenous peoples may want to invoke political…
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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