Posts of: Jay Taber
IC Espanol
One week from today, our friends at Intercontinental Cry launch a Spanish language edition. Underway are efforts to follow that with editions in Chinese, Portuguese, German, French and Italian. Ambitious…
Read moreCreating a Sacred Place
Warrior Publications notes the revitalization of sacredness on the Yurok Reservation.
Read moreBack to the Future
Adventure, dignity, fulfillment. Art, cosmology, medicine. In which of these are modern societies advanced in comparison to traditional indigenous ones? A thousand years ago, Maori sailors ventured to what would…
Read moreHorrible Crime
So what kind of horrible crime could justify the equivalent of marshal law imposed by the Government of Australia on the Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory? According to the…
Read moreSustainable Economies
Robert J. Miller, a citizen of the Eastern Shawnee Tribe, has a new book out titled Reservation Capitalism: Economic Development in Indian Country. Professor Miller teaches at Lewis and Clark…
Read morePublic Relations Puppets
In Poznan, Poland in 2008, the UN excluded indigenous nations delegates from participating in climate change talks, insinuating that only UN member states are legitimate governing authorities. The motivation for…
Read moreAustralia Nukes Aborigines
When the Australian government invaded the Northern Territory, they said it was to protect Aboriginal children. Now we know it was to militarize the region in preparation for using Aboriginal…
Read moreInuit Go For It
The Inuit of Nunavut and Greenland are one people, so why not use broadcast communications that surmount the artificial boundaries imposed on Inuit territory? As the Nunavut Inuit explore developing…
Read moreSeeds of Life
In telling the story of food, Winona LaDuke discusses such topics as food security, biodiversity and climate change. Comparing industrial and indigenous nutrition, LaDuke examines human relationships with the seeds…
Read moreTo Fulfill Their Dreams
Reading Peter d’Errico’s account of the United States government’s shell games in usurping international law in its larcenous efforts against the Western Shoshone nation, I am reminded that the longer…
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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