We are thrilled to announce the release of the first of two Fourth World Journal special editions commemorating the life and work of CWIS founder Dr. Rudolph Rÿser. In this…
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Subscribe Fourth World nations worldwide claim and assert autonomy or self-government. These nations assert the power to exercise political, social, strategic, and cultural dominance over their peoples and ancestral territories….
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Subscribe Relations between Fourth World Nations and the world’s states that were formed on top of their ancestral territories are complicated. Political activists leading non-governmental organizations, scholars in academic institutions,…
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Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked war against the people of Ukraine shows the Russian military, at best, to be untrained and uncommitted. In some cases, they sabotage their own vehicles and otherwise…
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Extract from the latest Issue of the Fourth World Journal Fourth World Peoples worldwide face the daily challenge of whether they have access to the land that provides food, shelter,…
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The wampis community is conserving the lakes in their lands, and rejecting introduced foods to rescue their traditional heritage by returning to natural food such as wild fish, free range chicken, fruits and vegetables.
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The ancient Fertile Crescent is aflame with mass murders, displaced peoples, bombings by Turkey, Iran and Israel. The Yezidi, Mandaeans and Zoroastrians are being killed and mass protests by Shi’a Arabs against the Iraqi government are filling the streets while Iranian snipers are selectively shooting protesters.
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The American government is once again betraying indigenous peoples. The Kurds gave their assistance to protect the United States. The Kurds (Syria), Yezidi (Iraq), Mayans (Guatemala and Honduras), Lakota (USA)…
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The Yezidi Santana Dharma Society (YSDS) operates under the fiscal sponsorship of the Center for World Indigenous Studies established to provide aid and support to the Ezidikhan national government in…
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It was 20 August this year when a young Swedish woman took a determined stand to change the course of history. At least that is what began to happen as…
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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