On November 9, CWIS associate Taiaiake Alfred spoke at the University of Ottawa on The Psychic Landscape of Contemporary Colonialism. Recounting his own intellectual preparation in understanding the struggle for…
read moreMexico’s violent “War on Drugs”, backed by the United States government and transnational corporate interests, has come to dominate global headlines, but behind the graphic images of mass graves and…
read moreUCLA professor Duane Champagne always has something interesting to say about indigenous peoples and their struggle for self-determination. His new book, Notes from the Center of Turtle Island, promises to…
read moreAs noted on Intercontinental Cry, the Ogoni peoples of Nigeria have established their own Environmental Protection Agency to hold oil companies accountable for environmental crimes on Ogoni territory.
read moreThe world over celebrated the Solstice…the longest night…that promises the return of increasingly longer days. Recognized throughout all of human history as the point in time when celebrations honor the…
read moreMother Earth Journal reports on the disappearance of the world’s largest reindeer herd. Plummeting from nearly a million animals to under one hundred thousand in just forty years, the Caribou…
read moreReminiscent of the Reagan era, Central America is again the target for US-funded state violence against socialists and indigenous peoples. This time around, however, the Obama Administration is promoting the…
read moreSurvival International reports on conservation and ethnic cleansing in Kenya.
read more8th Fire: Aboriginal Peoples, Canada and The Way Forward — a radio and TV series of extended interviews with experts — debuts January 7 on CBC Radio One, and January…
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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