U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals rules that a quarter million acres stolen from the Oneida Nation and sold by the State of New York is a done deal, and…
read moreThe Smithsonian repatriates a cache of sacred items to the Yurok.
read moreThree years ago this week, I began as a correspondent to Fourth World Eye, a natural outcome of my archival work for Public Good Project and my posting on its…
read moreYesterday’s article in The Dominion about debt forgiveness for the Democratic Republic of the Congo reminded me of a recent message by the International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs, which…
read moreBalcani e Caucaso looks at Abkazhia, the Caucasian country on the coast of the Black Sea, a stateless nation with a long relationship to Mediterranean culture.
read moreIn its latest report, Serious Damage: Tribal Peoples and Large Dams, Survival International examines the building boom on indigenous lands financed by the World Bank, European Investment Bank, and states…
read moreSocially responsible investment companies urge US government to adopt and implement the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Citing the relationship between sustainable economic development and human rights…
read moreI just watched The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers, coming to PBS in October. As the Obama Administration goes after Julian Assange and WikiLeaks…
read moreThe United Nations has been sponsoring negotiations for the last several years on REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries). Indigenous peoples and their organizations concerned…
read moreOil companies line up against California’s greenhouse gas law. California legislators call for federal investigation into money-laundering to defeat the country’s first climate change legislation.
read moreThe 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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