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Fantasy of the Fatherland
Someone famous once remarked that fascism would come to America with someone waving an American flag. At the time, I doubt the person making this noteworthy comment envisioned the flag-waver…
Read moreCultural Conflict
As illustrated by this Indian Country Today article about the Winnemem Wintu, the war between the United States of America and the Indigenous nations that underlay its boundaries is ongoing….
Read moreLearning Peacefulness
In December 2005, Public Good Project — an organization for which I’ve served as administrative director since 1994 — co-sponsored On the Border, a national human rights conference to explore…
Read moreHeart of Africa
Indigenous peoples in Africa face many obstacles to living a free and independent life: Chinese, European and American corporations, AFRICOM, Christian evangelicals and Islamic fundamentalists to name a few. Awash…
Read moreApplied Research
One thing college students can do is social research, and if applied intelligently, that research can be an eye opener. Students at the University of Minnesota have done just that….
Read moreClarion Call
On Indian Country Today, Steven Newcomb examines the history of terrorism as a method employed by empires and states against Indigenous nations and peoples. As the foremost tool for enlarging…
Read moreOpportunity for All
On April 23, Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo spoke at the Canadian Club of Toronto on The Economics of Reconciliation. Founded on rights recognition, healing and…
Read moreLibyan Roots
Writing in IPS, Rebecca Murray delves deeper into the indigenous roots of the Libyan state, and the complexities they comprise.
Read moreCorruption of Coal
As Adella Begaye notes on Indian Country Today, the EPA, Navajo government, and coal industry power brokers are making plans for the future that doesn’t include the interests of Navajo…
Read moreStep Toward Peace
The Moro Islamic Liberation Front and the Philippines government have agreed to a ministerial government for the Moro peoples autonomous region of Mindanao. After a half century of armed conflict,…
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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