Posts of: Jay Taber
Heart of Darkness
Given the potential for genocide and ethnic cleansing in Central Africa, the African Commission’s Working Group on Indigenous Populations reports on the Republic of Congo and Democratic Republic of Congo…
Read moreLook in the Mirror
While the UN and its agencies are competent at documenting the plight of indigenous peoples in the world, the institution itself is often complicit in the harms caused by transnational…
Read moreAssassinations in Brazil
It’s never been easy surviving as an indigenous person in Brazil, but in the era of human rights and multiculturalism, it’s shocking to witness hit men hired by ranchers for…
Read moreRedemption
Back in May, Winona LaDuke discussed the mutual healing process of apology and redemption and sacred relationships with food and the land.
Read moreFree Education Free Minds
A few years back, CWIS fellow and Yakama Nation elder Russell Jim told of his youth and his rescue by his aunt from government run Indian boarding schools in the…
Read moreAtmosphere of Hostility
The recent loss of the Schaghticoke Nation’s community pavilion to arson is tragic enough, but the fact that tribal leaders believe it is the consequence of actions by the State…
Read moreIndigenous Nations of the World
In his article in Indian Country Today, Duane Champagne discusses the continuity and persistence of indigenous cultures and commitments to their own political forms. Recounting the evolution of nation states…
Read moreFinal Solution
If you look at the sum of UN programs rather than its pieces, a different picture emerges. As storytellers, it is our task to paint that picture through narratives that…
Read moreDisplacing Sustainable Ways
The governments of Germany and Russia have teamed up to bring the Nenet people of the Yamal Peninsula into the modern age through energy development on their indigenous territory. The…
Read moreThe Sin of Theft
Globalization clearly got off on the wrong foot with 15th and 16th century European explorers seeking to plunder indigenous peoples’ property. As the Indian Law Resource Center reports, the World…
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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