Category: Daily
Securing Sovereignty
Exercising Treaty Rights The Umatilla tribe in Oregon has reached an agreement with the US Forest Service to graze tribal cattle on lands governed by their treaty rights. As the…
Read moreClash of Values
According to indigenous peoples worldwide, surviving climate change requires reliance on the resilience and adaptability of indigenous customary laws, not the exclusionary laws of commerce developed by corporations seeking monopolies….
Read morePost Carbon
Powering Down Le Monde diplomatique looks at the false promise of biotech, and the sobering reality of powering down.
Read moreInuit Greenland
After two centuries of European colonization, the indigenous Inuit of Greenland prepare for independence from Denmark.
Read moreGolden Opportunity
Cashing In on Climate Change The upcoming issue of Rolling Stone magazine looks at the role Goldman Sachs has played in creating economic havoc over the last two centuries. As…
Read moreOil Production in the Amazon- Two Models
The government of Ecuador with the help of funds from Germany, amongst others, wants to quit oil production in the Amazon agreeing to what can be regarded as a pilot…
Read moreOn Its Head
The assumption of lineal progress limits our conceptual appreciation of what is the most dynamic aspect of human evolution in the world today. While tribal governing entities have relied on…
Read moreOngoing Protest in Peru
Frustration is tangible in many parts of Peru these days. Many citizens are totally ready to fight mismanagement and corruption, demanding to exchange the current government. Demands, however, are fragmented,…
Read moreOne Family, Many Cultures
When the salutation, “All my relations” is spoken or written these days, many people think this quaint and perhaps a little presumptuous. But, the expression has always expressed a deep…
Read moreThe Andean Revolution
The Andean revolution of indigenous peoples against neocolonial violence under the rubrics of Free Trade, the War on Drugs and the Global War on Terror — all US imperial inventions…
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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