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Determining Dialogue

Determining Dialogue

October 1, 2010

The limited focus by the state of Chile on development dialogue for indigenous territories is disrespectful toward the inherent owners dispossessed by Chilean colonialism, and is an impediment to plurinationalism….

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Scourge of the Jungle

Scourge of the Jungle

September 30, 2010

In the news last week for teaming up with Chevron and the William Jefferson Clinton Foundation in support of REDD initiatives to turn indigenous peoples’ forests into corporate plantations, Shell…

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Perilous Passage

Perilous Passage

September 29, 2010

In their video From Tar Sands to Tankers, Green Planet Productions examines the perilous passage of the proposed Enbridge pipeline, a project that would turn Northern British Columbia into The…

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Coca Colla

Coca Colla

September 28, 2010

As California prepares to vote on the legalization of marijuana, Bolivia explores new popular uses for coca. Both demonized by US agencies profiting from police and military actions against them,…

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Communities Under Siege

Communities Under Siege

September 27, 2010

In February 2010, Bety Carino, a Mixtec organizer from Oaxaca spoke at the Frontline Defenders conference in Dublin, Ireland about the aboriginal struggle against the free trade invaders in Mexico….

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The Essence of Life

The Essence of Life

September 25, 2010

IN EACH VILLAGE WERE GREAT HOUSES SOME SEVENTY FEET BY FIFTY FEET OF CLEAR ROOF SPAN, WITH GRACEFULLY FLUTED POSTS AND BEAMS, IN THE HOUSES THERE WAS WEALTH — NOT…

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Killing Freedom

Killing Freedom

September 24, 2010

As the Mapuche political prisoner hunger strike enters the deadly phase, Dawn Paley of The Dominion documents how Canadian corporations and the World Bank have aggravated the conflict against indigenous…

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REDD Shell Game

REDD Shell Game

September 23, 2010

Shell Oil denounced for undermining indigenous peoples human rights in order to profit from UN climate change protocols. Shell, Chevron, and the Clinton Foundation are funding REDD initiatives aimed at…

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Shame and Derision

Shame and Derision

September 22, 2010

Under former president Uribe of Colombia, recently appointed by the UN to investigate Israel’s attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, Colombia’s indigenous peoples experienced horrific atrocities. Terrorized by the Colombian…

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Yellow Dirt

Yellow Dirt

September 21, 2010

Laura Miller writes at Salon about the US government’s betrayal of the Navajo in order to mine, mill and dump uranium. With a lethal legacy of carcinogenic land, water and…

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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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