UN Experts Report: Indigenous Peoples' Right to Participate
The UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples issued its "Final report of the study on indigenous peoples and the right to participate in decision-making". The Report, which…
Read moreUncommon Grounding
A short while ago, Duane Champagne wrote about the intent of Canada and the United States to use the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as a tool…
Read moreAmerican Indian Solidarity
The 1969 occupation of Alcatraz Island was a singular moment in galvanizing the American Indian Movement. Indian activists from the fishing rights battles in the Pacific Northwest recognized it as…
Read moreCulture of Death
Discussion in the New York Times over uranium mining in New Mexico reveals a lot about the industry. While the market for uranium has dropped as China, Germany, and Japan…
Read moreState of Oil
The National Congress of American Indians adds its voice to that of the Assembly of First Nations in opposition to the pumping of Canadian Alberta Tar Sands oil across the…
Read moreCleaning Up Our Act
In the interactive online lesson plans titled American Indian Responses to Environmental Challenges, the National Museum of the American Indian examines how four tribes are recreating their future.
Read morePreserving Adaptability
I’ve often remarked that indigenous connections with landscape reflect a continuity of both location and observance recorded in aboriginal memory systems. Reading Sahara: A Natural History by Marq de Villiers…
Read moreClimate Change Workshop
Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians and federal agencies meet in Seattle September 15-16 for the workshop Exploring Traditional Ecological Knowledge's Role in Responding and Adapting to Climate Change and Variability.
Read morePathways to the Future
For all peoples, social theories and cultural vision are pathways to the future. In Identity and Theory, Duane Champagne discusses moral order, spiritual balance, and the continuity of community from…
Read moreThought Leaders
As someone who also works behind the scenes in support of indigenous activism and scholarship, I especially appreciate the efforts of indigenous grassroots media. As a regular reader of Intercontinental…
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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