Posts of: Jay Taber
Intercultural Education
In order to initiate an institutional dialogue between the Mapuche nation and the Chilean state, the Mapuche Federation of Students — with support from the Federation of Students of Chile…
Read moreGrievous Injustice
Since 1963, when the UN ceded control of the former Dutch colony of West Papua to Indonesia, the West Papuan peaceful struggle for independence has been met with brutal repression…
Read moreMitigating Montana
With the entire Blackfeet Reservation leased to oil and gas companies, potential revenues come at the risk of groundwater contamination and other environmental losses. Apparently operating with less than full…
Read moreShell’s Shame
UNPO reports on the United Nations Environment Program report on oil pollution in Ogoniland. Putting to rest Shell Oil’s false claims of sabotage as the culprit, UNEP documents Shell’s dumping…
Read moreFrom the Ruins
Over the last five hundred years, wealthy Europeans devastated the original societies of the Americas. Of course, they had a lot of enthusiastic help from less than wealthy Europeans, but…
Read moreSeeds of Hope
In hard times, it is community that sees us through. An essential but often neglected part of nurturing community, especially when things fall apart, is mentoring. In this inter-generational exchange…
Read moreBeware
Betrayed by covert relationships between an oil company and an NGO offering to assist indigenous peoples, the Guarani learn a valuable lesson about intermediaries.
Read moreEco Echo
Before the American oil boom in the Amazon that poisoned the land and rivers of indigenous peoples over the last half century, there was the rubber boom. As noted in…
Read moreUnable to Cope
Electronic Intifada reports on the efforts of the UN and health care professionals in Gaza and the West Bank to treat post traumatic stress disorder in Palestinian children.
Read moreLiterature Ceremony Law
In this abstract, CWIS Associate Scholar Cristine Soliz discusses Native American literature, ceremony and law.
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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