Appropriations and Apparitions
Elected tribal leaders in Canada and the US are governing authorities, but their authority is not exclusive. While their authority extends to matters delineated by Ottawa and Washington, the traditional…
Read moreStill No Consent
The Arctic Council held its eighth meeting in Kiruna, Sweden this past week. While news headlines covering results of the meeting have focused on the observer status position that China,…
Read moreIndigenous Diplomatic Traditions
Politics based on justice, diplomacy based on love is the subject of a recent article by Mississauga Nishnaabeg author Leanne Simpson in briarpatch magazine. “Even in a modern context,” says…
Read moreTake These Tribes Down
Charles Tanner Jr exposes the entrepreneurial wing of the anti-Indian movement in the US, and their current campaign to mobilize resentment against tribal governments. Following on the heels of my…
Read moreReality in Mali
Writing at The Dominion, Sean Pittman looks beyond mainstream media myopia to discover the indigenous reality in Mali and the conflicting interests of Western powers that invaded the country earlier…
Read moreLife on the Line
Paul de Armond, the former research director at Public Good Project, passed away yesterday. In 2001, Paul was presented the Whatcom Human Rights Task Force award for putting his life…
Read moreTea Parties and Treaty Rights
With the Tea Party, Far-Right Christians, property rights and militia organizers teaming up to terminate tribal sovereignty, violent white supremacists are the only missing element in the national anti-Indian hate…
Read moreAnti-Indian Strategy
Right-wing media helps hate campaigns mobilize resentment into the electoral arena. A brief outline of how one right-wing radio station strategically stoked anti-Indian resentment against Lummi Indian Nation in March…
Read moreAnti-Indian History
While national figures in the Anti-Indian network were featured speakers at the April 6 conference, the local organizer has a history of organizing Anti-Indian political violence. That history is both…
Read moreAnti-Indian Conference
Citizens Equal Rights Alliance meets in Washington State to mobilize regional resentment against American Indian tribal sovereignty. Water rights, casino gambling, land acquisition targeted. Local organizer has Christian Patriot militia…
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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