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Poisoning the Water

July 27, 2011

Responding to the scientific evidence that the level of fish consumption by Indian tribes is unhealthy under existing water pollution standards, the state of Oregon this summer took dramatic steps…

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Subsidiarity

July 26, 2011

With electoral victories in the aftermath of the Sri Lanka civil war, the militarily defeated Tamils reject assimilation, and demand autonomy for their regions.

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Oiling Haida Gwaii

July 25, 2011

August National Geographic looks at the Great Bear Rainforest and Canada’s bid to become a global player in the petroleum market. With Alberta’s oil sands second only to the oil…

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Disturbing Reality

July 21, 2011

When California’s former governor Schwarzenegger said Indian tribes are ripping us off, I doubt his purpose was to incite violence against American Indians, but bolstering bigotry nevertheless plays into vigilante…

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Identity History Science Knowledge

July 17, 2011

First Nations Languages Conference honors contributions to endangered languages in British Columbia, which hosts 60% of the indigenous languages in Canada.

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Mapping Life

July 15, 2011

Systems of tenure differ vastly between colonial states and indigenous nations. In Indonesia, colonial systems of tenure perpetuated by the successor state continue to plague indigenous peoples throughout the vast…

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Bound to Backfire

July 13, 2011

With the joint announcement last month by the Assembly of First Nations and the National Congress of American Indians to support each other in gaining control of indigenous lands and…

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Wipeout

July 9, 2011

As Americans return from fossil fueled adventures on the highways and skyways of summer vacation, indigenous communities on the fossil frontier disintegrate in a cloud of toxic waste. Already living…

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Dead Zone

July 8, 2011

The Dominion joins Athabasca Cree on a walk through the Tar Sands wasteland, where the devastation of colonization today extends beyond the horizon.

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A Totalitarian Objective

July 6, 2011

Privatization, first and foremost, is a totalitarian objective. The goal of eradicating the public interest depends on this misanthropic philosophy. Subjugating public institutions to market tyranny, however, involves more than…

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Chief 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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