Category: Global Exchange
3,000 ex-Biafran policemen to embark on hunger strike
Awka No fewer than 3,000 ex-policemen, who served under the defunct Republic of Biafra have threatened to embark on indefinite hunger strike following the non-payment of their retirement benefit…
Read moreGetting to the Roots: Causes of Deforestation
In just the same way that a healthy growing tree is rooted in deep and fertile soil, our efforts to restore the world’s forests should be rooted in a sound…
Read moreRwanda Sixth Country to Sign International Protocol on Genetic Resources
Building momentum towards entry into force, Rwanda today became the sixthcountry to sign the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising…
Read moreTalk – Russell Jim – Nuclear Attack on the Yakama Culture
Talk by Russell Jim of the Yakama Indian Nation on "Nuclear Attack on the Yakama Culture" given February 23, 2001 at the Husky Union Building, University of Washington, Seattle, WA….
Read moreTalk – Declarations on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Talks on the Declarations on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples recorded February 23, 2001 at the Husky Union Building, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Watch part I of this event…
Read moreTom Goldtooth: Indig. Resistance to Globalization, Part 1
Tom Goldtooth, Dine’ and Mdewakanton Dakota from Minnesota, Executive Director of the Indigenous Environmental Network, at the Teach-In on Indigenous Peoples’ Resistance to Economic Globalization, November 2006. He speaks and…
Read moreTom Goldtooth: Indig. Resistance to Globalization, Part 2
Tom Goldtooth, Dine’ and Mdewakanton Dakota from Minnesota, Executive Director of the Indigenous Environmental Network, at the Teach-In on Indigenous Peoples’ Resistance to Economic Globalization, November 2006. He speaks and…
Read moreUranium
Uranium is an award winning short film on the consequences of uranium mining in Canada. Narrated by Buffy Sainte-Marie, the 48-minute film explores how uranium mining can impact the environment,…
Read moreTurtle Island Storyteller, the Late Vi Hilbert
The late Vi Hilbert, whose Indian name is Taqwseblu, was a member of the Upper Skagit tribe. Her life’s work was preserving the Lushootseed (Puget Salish for “Puget Sound, connected…
Read moreRobert Miller on TVW’s Author’s Hour
Host David Nicandri interviews Robert J. Miller, Professor at Lewis & Clark Law School, on his book “Native America: Discovered and Conquered,” at the Hayner Media Center in Olympia.
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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