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Mother Language

Mother Language

February 24, 2011

The eleven indigenous language families must be fully supported throughout Canada says National Assembly of First Nations Chief Shawn Atleo. Under the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples,…

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Ways of Knowing

Ways of Knowing

February 23, 2011

The University of Oklahoma Native Science Speaker Series will discuss the integration of Western science, traditional knowledge and ways of teaching that interact with the indigenous sense of place. As…

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Ambassadors of Greed

Ambassadors of Greed

February 19, 2011

As Indigenous Environmental Network spokesman Tom Goldtooth remarked after the 2009 UN Climate Change talks in Copenhagen, he had never before witnessed the intensity of deception perpetrated by industrialized countries…

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Pashtun Taliban Talks and the War with No End

Pashtun Taliban Talks and the War with No End

February 19, 2011

The Pashtun Taliban have many different groups among them fighting against NATO forces in Afghanistan. Some of these troops are now secretly engaged in talks with the Americans.  The US…

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Philosophy of Privilege

Philosophy of Privilege

February 18, 2011

In the 1990s, when I was embroiled in the property rights political turmoil that catalyzed the modern militia movement, the cast of characters engaged in vigilantism and the grievances they…

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Peyote Pathways

Peyote Pathways

February 17, 2011

When I first encountered peyote in the powdered form known as mescaline, it was still a legal substance in the United States. That changed in 1970, but was later amended…

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Looking in the Mirror

Looking in the Mirror

February 16, 2011

Ending the drug wars responsible for so much misery at the hands of US military proxies is slow going, but that hasn’t deterred the president of Bolivia from defending the…

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Banana Republic

Banana Republic

February 14, 2011

After Cobell v Norton (Kempthorne, et al), anyone not in a coma is likely skeptical about the integrity of the U.S. Government when it comes to Indian affairs. The looting…

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Chevron, an outlaw corporation?

Chevron, an outlaw corporation?

February 14, 2011

Chevron is one of the largest corporations in the world and one, many people on the ground say, an irresponsible outlaw. Today a court in Ecuador found the Chevron corporation…

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Attitude Makes a Difference

Attitude Makes a Difference

February 12, 2011

Unlike much of the country, tribes in California have no treaties with the United States. In fact, in the early days of statehood, California’s government paid a bounty on murdered…

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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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