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Fourth World Journal<br><span style=Winter 2023">

Fourth World Journal
Winter 2023

February 20, 2023

Subscribe Relations between Fourth World Nations and the world’s states that were formed on top of their ancestral territories are complicated. Political activists leading non-governmental organizations, scholars in academic institutions,…

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A mechanism to enforce Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC)

A mechanism to enforce Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC)

January 2, 2023

Introduction We are excited to announce the public release of our Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) web tool. This resource provides indigenous nations worldwide with a clear understanding of…

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Ezidikhan Sponsors Nations’ International Criminal Tribunal

Ezidikhan Sponsors Nations’ International Criminal Tribunal

November 22, 2022

The Yezidi nation of Ezidikhan, in collaboration with 90 indigenous nations globally and talks with states, has since 2018 been laying the foundation for a permanent Nations’ International Criminal Tribunal (NICT) with the planned expectation that the Tribunal may be established in Yezidi territory inside Armenia as early as 2023.

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Just released: Summer 2022 Issue of the Fourth World Journal

Just released: Summer 2022 Issue of the Fourth World Journal

July 11, 2022

At the end of 2021, more than 89 million people have been forcibly displaced because of persecution, conflict, violence and human rights violations. Fourth World nations have themselves on which to depend in defending against these myriad crises.

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Abortion of Tribal Sovereignty and Enhancing Authoritarianism

Abortion of Tribal Sovereignty and Enhancing Authoritarianism

June 30, 2022

The US government’s supreme court issued its decision denying the right of women to make decisions about their health and childbearing rights leaving the determination up to the state government….

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Canada, US & Church Residential School Crimes

Canada, US & Church Residential School Crimes

May 16, 2022

The United States government and the Canadian government have committed the crime of genocide against native peoples through the forced removal of native children from their families and their maltreatment…

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COVID in the Fourth World

COVID in the Fourth World

May 5, 2022

Indigenous peoples experience “in-hospital COVID-19 mortality rates two to three times higher than other people” in the United States. According to a JAMA public health study, they also suffer among…

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Indigenous Nations’ Soldiers in the Ukraine/Russia War

Indigenous Nations’ Soldiers in the Ukraine/Russia War

April 4, 2022

Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked war against the people of Ukraine shows the Russian military, at best, to be untrained and uncommitted. In some cases, they sabotage their own vehicles and otherwise…

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Extractive Industries and Indigenous Peoples: Special Issue Fourth World Journal

Extractive Industries and Indigenous Peoples: Special Issue Fourth World Journal

March 4, 2022

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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Afghanistan: Land of the Pashtun Confederation

Afghanistan: Land of the Pashtun Confederation

August 20, 2021

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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Chief 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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