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CWIS in Uganda

CWIS in Uganda

July 16, 2009

In May 2009, CWIS Associate Scholar Anke Weisheit was appointed Principle Investigator (PI) for Uganda Mbarara University of Science and Technology. As PI, Anke is leading the Uganda components of…

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Democrats on Climate Change

Democrats on Climate Change

July 16, 2009

Shoring Up Showboating Michael J. Smith covers the attack on science by Democratic Party “think tanks” covering for the party’s failure to effectively address climate change. Reminiscent of the Republican…

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Psychic Sacrilege

Psychic Sacrilege

July 15, 2009

As icons of the American experience, the tribes that defeated the Seventh Cavalry still play a central role in our mythology and psychic evolution. Attacked by the US Army for…

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Ceding Sovereignty

Ceding Sovereignty

July 14, 2009

With the new Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff announcing a plan to implement a counterinsurgency in Afghanistan  modeled on that of the plan used by the US…

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Getting Real

Getting Real

July 13, 2009

As dominant society venues for participation in UN climate change talks go virtual, indigenous peoples are getting real. Jay Taber, Rudolph Rÿser and Renee Davis provide historical perspective on the…

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Blood for Oil

Blood for Oil

July 12, 2009

As President Obama announces his plans for accelerated development in Africa, one is reminded that a quarter of the Earth’s mineral resources are located there, including substantial oil reserves. As…

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Saving the Planet

Saving the Planet

July 12, 2009

Taking Down the System Writing in Orion magazine, Derrick Jensen argues that piety is a dead end. Saving the planet, he says, requires taking down the system.

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Defying America

Defying America

July 11, 2009

Kurdistan moves forward on autonomy despite US opposition.

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Egregious Glitter

Egregious Glitter

July 10, 2009

No governments hold Canadian corporations accountable for murder.

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Anti-Indigenous Axis

Anti-Indigenous Axis

July 9, 2009

The crackdown on Uyghurs in China, like the systematic brutality of Israel toward Palestinians, betrays the promise of universal human rights adopted by the United Nations in 1948. More recently,…

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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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