Canadian mining companies continue to come under scrutiny from civil society organisations for international human rights violations and environmental damage that critics say the Canadian government has done little to…
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The largest native title deal ever struck in NSW has given the Githabul people claim to more than 112,000 hectares of national parks and state forests in the state’s north.
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In a historic legal victory for First Nations in British Columbia, the B.C. Supreme Court has ruled aboriginal people have proven title to 2,000 square kilometres of land in the…
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Our latest issue of the Fourth World Journal is now available online at cwis.org! This issue is a collaboration of five authors presenting four articles and one book review.
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At Thanksgiving, as we in the United States gather to celebrate the first ceremonial sharing between Native Peoples and the arriving European Peoples, it might be a good time to…
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In 1496, Henry VII, King of England, authorized John Cabot to sail to ”undiscovered” non-Christian lands, subjugate their inhabitants, confiscate their resources and claim the land in the name of…
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SAN XAVIER, TOHONO O’ODHAM NATION (Arizona) — A human rights crisis for Indigenous Peoples living along borders in the Americas threatens their survival, with rapidly expanding militarization and new laws…
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ROME, Bolivian President Evo Morales visited Italy this week to receive a special award for his government’s commitment to social and health issues. He has made these issues a “political…
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This edition of CWIS Chronicles focuses on the Canoe Journeys of Pacific Northwest Indian Nations. Each year canoe paddlers make their journey along traditional trading routes starting at their nation…
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The West Papua National Coalition for Liberation (WPNCL) is calling on the Government of Indonesia to end more than four decades of oppression and human rights abuses. WPNCL representative, Paula…
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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