Posts of: MHirch
Australia, New Zealand and now US?
I am today attending the 9th Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues at the UN Headquarters in New York City. It appears this session promises to have…
Read moreThe Dragon of the Aeta and Ilongot
A “new” species was confirmed by biologists. Known and eaten by the indigenous nations of the Phillippines, Aeta and Ilongot, for a long time. The animal recently in the spotlight…
Read moreRemarks offered at Diabetes, Holistic Gathering
For many years the Center for World Indigenous Studies has pioneered education, research and public policy concerning the restoration of native foods and medicines as a part of a wider…
Read moreUS New Enemy: Indigenous Peoples
The US Supreme Court heard arguments today reported by the news media as an issue of US Constitutional First Amendment Rights. The Courts decision will have much larger implications if…
Read moreWelcome Contributors Waters and Davis
I wish to let all of our readers know that two new contributors have now been added to the Fourth World Eye roster. Tiffany Waters, Deputy Director and Research Associate…
Read moreMiquel Alfonso Martinez – Diplomat and Friend
After losing one friend it appears I have lost yet another. Dr. Miquel J. Alfonso Martinez, one Cuba’s most outstanding diplomats who in my experience played a dominant role in…
Read morePapuan Viktor Kaisiepo
Viktor Kaisiepo, died on Sunday 31 January 2010 at the age of 61. A Papuan nationalist who vigorously represented his own tribal community as well as the hundreds of communities…
Read morePashtunistan the Country–Security Lessons
Afghanistan and Pakistan stand as two semi-organized states with Pashtunistan and other nations astride their mid-sections. Violently attacked by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in the 1980s, undermined by…
Read moreMultidimensional Vision
What a flat-out anti-war message. The science fiction epic film “Avatar” is a fictional story about the most pressing, real problems of today’s imperialistic world. It concerns big contemporary topics…
Read more“Grand Adaptation Coalition” Needed
Now that the United Nation’s Copenhagen Climate Change Treaty Conference is over it is time to consider the best path for indigenous peoples to take to secure their future. While…
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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