Across Indigenous communities, women are the heart of traditional medicine. The Fourth World Journal invites submissions that honor their healing knowledge, resilience, and leadership. Share your research, reflections, or community-based experiences by August 1, 2025.
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Post-Colonial Violence, Indigenous Women, and Traditional Medicine The relationship between violence against Indigenous women and traditional medicine is deeply rooted in historical, cultural, and systemic forces. Across many Indigenous nations,…
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The Fourth World Journal invites submissions for a special edition on Indigenous women in traditional medicine. This issue will explore their critical role in health, resistance, and environmental sustainability. Scholars, practitioners, and activists are encouraged to contribute studies, narratives, and policy analyses highlighting Indigenous knowledge systems and decolonial healthcare approaches.
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We’re excited to share the final blog in our Fourth World Journal: Volume 24, Winter Issue series! In this issue, Martha L. Schmidt, CWIS Board Member, reviews Elizabeth Esterling’s monograph…
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As we near the end of this series of blog posts about the latest issue of the Fourth World Journal, we are excited to present the article “Aillaquillen: The Island…
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Introducing another of our accomplished authors, we have Robert Hansell’s “Indigenous Food Sovereignty: A Thematic & Case Study Literature Review.” We are thrilled to publish a piece that resonates so…
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Continuing our series of video abstracts from our published authors, we are excited to introduce Laura Corradi, whose piece “Siekopai Human Ecology Achieves Land Rights Victory” is featured in our…
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Presenting more highlights from our new Fourth World Journal, Winter 2025 Issue, we want to showcase Marine Gauthier’s article “Re-territorializing Climate Governance: The REDD+ Initiatives in the DR Congo” Gauthier’s…
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We are pleased to share another insightful piece from the new issue of the Fourth World Journal, “Pashtun Indigenous Knowledge and Resilience: Mitigating Climate Change in Northern Pakistan,” where Dr….
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As scholars of Indigenous studies, we are continually renegotiating what decolonization means in practice. Can so-called “decolonized” states perpetrate colonialism themselves? We are excited to present another one of our…
Read moreThe 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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