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CWIS Delivers Written Testimony to Congress on Tribal Concerns About Climate Change
The US Senate is currently discussing climate change legislation known as Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act (CEJAP). This legislation, along with the American Clean Energy and Security Act…
Read moreWestern Shoshone Prevail at Ninth Circuit Court on Mining Sacred Land
In a major ruling this week, the federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals blocked construction of the the largest open pit gold mine in the United States, Barrick Gold’s Cortez…
Read moreNuu-chah-nulth Win Right to Sell
When traveling along West Coast Highway 4 through the Tseshaht First Nation Reservation, you’ll see a line of signs advertising “Salmon.” Home to one of the west coast’s largest sockeye…
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International Indigenous People’s Forum on Climate Change
CWIS has teamed up with the International Indigenous Peoples’ Forum on Climate Change (IIPFCC) draft and negotiate the Indigenous People’s Forum Treaty Negotiating Text to be incorporated in the international…
Read moreFederal-Tribal Intergovernmental Framework
Currently, there is no intergovernmental mechanism for the federal and tribal governments to effectively deal with one another, which can lead to a variety of disputes. The only policy dictating…
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Congratulations CWIS!
Public Good Project congratulates the Center for World Indigenous Studies on its 25th anniversary.
Read moreMemorial Service for the Murdered Residential School Children, and a Symbolic Exorcism Rite, Conducted Outside the Vatican
The first public memorial service ever held in Rome for the victims of Catholic Indian Residential Schools was conducted today outside the Vatican shortly after Pope Joseph Ratzinger spoke to…
Read morePro-indigenous and Anti-capitalist Week Comes to an End in South America
Thousands of South American indigenous people have demonstrated in Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador, Chile, Argentina and Uruguay from 12 to 16 October as part of the 'minga global' call for Mother…
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Basque Parties Criticize Arrest of 10 Leftist Pro-independence Leaders
Batasuna’s top leader, Arnaldo Otegi, trade-union leader Rafa Diez and Rufi Etxeberria, among others, have been accused of organizing a new political group, allegedly successor of Batasuna · Basque Nationalist…
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Kenya to Drill for Oil in Samburu Territory
Since February there have been ongoing government assaults on the Samburu people and allied tribes by the Kenyan government, with many people killed and almost all Samburu cattle confiscated. The…
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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