Posts of: Jay Taber
Supreme Duty
Obama’s willful feigned ignorance of crimes against humanity by his predecessor — as a ruse to avoid bringing Bush/Cheney to justice — is inexcusable. As the single most important thing…
Read moreInto the Fray
All the treaties between the United States and Indian tribes are binding international agreements, yet international institutions formed to serve modern states and mediate international disputes require that original nations…
Read morePlains Pitch
Due to the early blizzards in the Dakotas, I’m making my annual Christmas pitch now for Changing Winds clothing and heating fuel drive for the remote Indian reservations there. You…
Read moreWe Shall See
When Barack Obama talks about hope and change, he uses our billions to bail out banks while offering us bromides. When Evo Morales talks about hope and change, he uses…
Read moreDemocratic Changes
Model of Hope Evo Morales spoke yesterday at the Organization of American States about the democratic changes taking place in Bolivia and Latin America that provide a model of hope…
Read moreEquality is Sacred
A Profound Difference Evo Morales met yesterday with indigenous leaders of North America at the National Museum of the American Indian. Contrasting the legitimacy and authenticity of indigenous leadership with…
Read moreEssential Allies
The origins, and continuity, of American Indian rights to self-government are not well-understood, but are extremely important to contemporary American Indian communities. …Most Indian communities derive their social and political…
Read moreIllustrating Subsidiarity
Staying the Course Illustrating the principle of subsidiarity, Sinn Fein and the DUP have reached a deal on the devolution of policing and justice powers from Westminster to Belfast. The…
Read moreHuman Rights
As noted by Amnesty International on Friday, Israel has again blocked all humanitarian and medical aid to Gaza, leaving the millions living there without electricity and other basic survival needs….
Read moreSurmounting Poverty
Perhaps the most devastating import that arrived with European conquerors of the Americas was poverty. While disease, alcohol and religion played their part in destroying the indigenous civilizations here, poverty…
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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