Posts of: Jay Taber
A Little Humility
In today’s article about rediscovering 13th century Puebloan agriculture, Indian Country Today speaks of the “sophisticated environmental understanding” and “acute observational skills” required in order to prosper in the harsh…
Read moreInherently Evil
Modern states are not benign institutions. Indeed, they were formed for the express purpose of concentrating political power. Over the last few centuries, this form of social organization has proven…
Read moreFed Up
I think that things like the protection of the environment bring people together. I think that we all have an innate sort of indigenous belief that we have responsibilities to…
Read moreBolivian Elite
Real News TV reports on the neo-fascist, “virulently anti-Indian,” landed elite strategy of violence against democracy and land reform in Bolivia.
Read moreUS v Democracy
US agencies contribute $125 million to support white oligarchy of Bolivia attempting to steal 97% of Bolivia’s natural gas reserves. Real News TV reports on the right-wing, landed class secession…
Read moreIncreasing Moral Community
Nation-states have a vested interest in educating their citizens to develop loyalties and commitments to the central government. Of all of the methods used to accomplish this, formal education is…
Read moreIsland of Spirits
PBS, the Smithsonian, and Japan’s National Museum of Ethnology offer some interesting views of the Ainu of Hokkaido.
Read moreHappy Face Colonialism
Indigenous leaders confront World Bank’s carbon market fraud as corporate profiteering at their expense. Transnational corporations and institutions accused of colluding to steal remaining indigenous resources through market-driven climate change…
Read moreExperience the Holy
Scholars discuss Deloria’s legacy for indigenous people to reclaim responsibility in safeguarding sacred energy. Conference participants claim indigenous peoples’ ability to experience the holy in the land illustrates the incompatibility…
Read moreA Paradoxical Matter
Institutionally, Israel — like the United States — is a crime against humanity: nation-states founded on genocide, built on theft. Restitution is now the only humane agenda. But the psychology…
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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