Posts of: Jay Taber
The Price of Petroleum
In this short video, Melina Laboucan-Massimo of the Lubicon Cree in Northern Alberta discusses the destruction of their way of life by the Government of Canada and the oil and…
Read moreBrutal Reality
In Crisis in Sudan, Frederick Clarkson interviews Anglican Bishop Andudu about the imminent genocide in South Sudan. As UN peacekeepers stand idly by, Nuba Christians and others supporting secession from…
Read moreVast Values Divide
When Crystal Willcuts says being respectful, truthful, and caring is un-American, she is observing the vast values divide between indigenous peoples and American culture, which she describes as immature, greedy,…
Read moreRecreating Reality
When it comes to writing and storytelling, we’d all like to be the next N. Scott Momaday, Leslie Marmon Silko, Ray A. Youngbear, or Sherman Alexie. But the reality is…
Read moreThe Right to Say No
First Nations in British Columbia opposed to oil pipelines and supertankers assert their right to say no. As guardians of the north coast and the mountains, First Nations assert that…
Read moreIWGIA
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs this month highlights the concept of self-determination. Check out IWGIA links and resources on this and other human rights topics.
Read moreA Predatory Process
In Steven Newcomb’s critique of a doctrine of reconciliation, he reviews the Christian domination paradigm, and the assimilation/reconciliation process. As a destructive legacy of church and state domination, says Newcomb,…
Read moreCo-opting Consciousness
In his June 2009 article Greenwashing Eden, Michael Barker examined the connections and motivations of BINGOs like Conservation International. Exploring the vast conflicts of interest inherent in wasteful corporations funding…
Read moreA More Holistic Tradition
In the beginning, it must have puzzled indigenous peoples why the Europeans were so aggressive and ungrateful. Later, having gotten to know more about Christianity and corporations, indigenous societies came…
Read moreAhniwanika
John Ahniwanika Schertow, editor of Intercontinental Cry and web manager at Oneidas for Democracy, is also an interesting journalist. Take a look at some of the articles he’s written about…
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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