Posts of: Rÿser Rudolph C.
Extractive Industries and Indigenous Peoples: Special Issue Fourth World Journal
Extract from the latest Issue of the Fourth World Journal Fourth World Peoples worldwide face the daily challenge of whether they have access to the land that provides food, shelter,…
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Kenmore City Council proclaims the original peoples of this land in recognition of Native American Heritage Month
On October 25th Rudolph C. Rÿser accepted on behalf of CWIS the following proclamation. Read the proclamation and Dr. Rÿser’s response. City of Kenmore, Washington Native American Heritage Month…
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Afghanistan: Land of the Pashtun Confederation
The inability of nations and states to engage in constructive ways continues to explode into great tragedies. The word “Afghan” has its roots in the common reference to the Pashtun…
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CDC Denies COVID-19 Data to Indian Country
Ms. Esther Lucero, MPP, CEO, Seattle Indian Health Board Ms. Abigail Echo-Hawk, MADirector, Urban Indian Health InstituteChief research Officer, Seattle Indian Health Board611 12th Avenue SouthSeattle, WA 98144-2007 Ms. Fawn…
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The Earth Begins Healing, COVID-19 opens attack on the Fourth World
Dr. Rudolph Rÿser offers an analysis of the current pandemic of COVID-19, how coronavirus is affecting the indigenous peoples and the virus impact on the environment.
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Indigenous peoples of the Tigris and Euphrates and State Violence
The ancient Fertile Crescent is aflame with mass murders, displaced peoples, bombings by Turkey, Iran and Israel. The Yezidi, Mandaeans and Zoroastrians are being killed and mass protests by Shi’a Arabs against the Iraqi government are filling the streets while Iranian snipers are selectively shooting protesters.
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America Betrays Indigenous Peoples
The American government is once again betraying indigenous peoples. The Kurds gave their assistance to protect the United States. The Kurds (Syria), Yezidi (Iraq), Mayans (Guatemala and Honduras), Lakota (USA)…
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Food Emergency in Ezidikhan after Torched Food Crops
The Yezidi Santana Dharma Society (YSDS) operates under the fiscal sponsorship of the Center for World Indigenous Studies established to provide aid and support to the Ezidikhan national government in…
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Burning for Profit in Brazil
Figure 1 Fires in South America [Source: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)] Donald Trump’s American Government trade and tariff war with China is responsible for much of this year’s…
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Elizabeth Warren Need Not Apologize
There are more than 5 million descendants of American Indian families in the United States. Elizabeth Warren is one of them. For those persons who wish to criticize her for…
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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