The International Covenant on the Rights of Indigenous Nations (ICRIN)
For over 40 years, CWIS has been the leading indigenous peoples’ think tank ensuring that communities can safeguard their rights and resources.
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The leading think-tank defining and implementing indigenous-centric policy and strategic implementation in climate change, governance, conflict resolution and health care.
Transforming access: leading digital innovation to protect and amplify 50+ years ofIndigenous knowledge on self-determination for a lasting global impact.
The library was founded as a documents repository in 1979 in response to a resolution of the Conference of Tribal Governments.
The Nations International Criminal Tribunal (NICT) is a groundbreaking effort to address the unique challenges faced by indigenous nations around the world seeking justice.
Our mission: Activist scholars advancing the rights of indigenous peoples worldwide
Providing technical support to indigenous nations including international legal advice, policy analysis and conflict resolution and self governance.
The Fourth World Journal (FWJ) is an open-access, peer-reviewed international journal published by the Center for World Indigenous Studies, USA.
June 3, 2025
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Since 1977, the Center for Traditional Medicine has advanced clinical practice, research, and policy through a feminist, social justice, and Indigenous-centered lens.
Engage in ancient and modern indigenous medicinal methods to prevent and treat diabetes.
This project strengthens the outreach and trains additional therapists to deliver more massage therapy for diabetes to underserved people in urban and rural indigenous areas.
For over 40 years, CWIS has been the leading indigenous peoples’ activist think tank, ensuring that communities can safeguard their rights and resources.
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Join a select group of activist scholars who participate in 3-12 month internships for academic credit.
Discover this extraordinary tree, known as Capomo, or the Breadnut, and all of its gifts. The seed is traditionally eaten as a food and roasted into cafe de capomo. Endemic...
Salal berries for digestive relief, Cedar tea to reduce fevers, and Spruce tips for nourishment and congestive relief… Traditional Salish foods and medicines are experiencing a revival in the Pacific...
Pathfinder: The Untold Story of the “Indian Business” is a feature-length documentary currently in production about the “Fourth World’s” struggle for self-determination and overcoming bigotry and internalized traumas, told through...
Break Point: The Untold Story of the Constitution Express reveals one of the most significant yet little-known Indigenous rights movements in modern history. In 1980, as the Trudeau government prepared...
