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World Dominance
Watching the violent clashes worldwide between indigenous peoples and modern states, one might be inclined to wonder what’s at the root of the problem. Is it just philosophical values, control…
Read moreWhose Homeland?
Under a proposed bill, the US Department of Homeland Security is seeking to override tribal sovereignty on five reservations in Montana. As a cure for a non-existent problem, the deceptive…
Read more‘Human Safaris’ in India
Uncontacted until recently the Jarawa of the Andaman Islands in India are exposed to potential abuse. Disrespectful tourists come in droves to take photos and make illegal films of the…
Read moreState Approved Activism
Wrong Kind of Green looks at The Revolution Will Not Be Funded, a collection of essays about the Non-Profit Industrial Complex. In another post on the topic, Michel Chossudovsky explores…
Read moreWhat the Land Teaches
The emerging field of conflict transformation attempts to move beyond technical approaches to conflict management that are over-ultilized in formal academia and international relations. Rather than coercive peace agreements, compromises,…
Read moreReality of Anomie
One of the failures of the international state system is the inability to prevent atrocity. As noted on Intercontinental Cry, 200,000 Nubans in South Sudan are on the verge of…
Read moreThe Mystery of the Basques
“A people that sings will never die-out.” This is the line recited at the end of the short documentary on the survival of Basque cultural identity. Unifying forces are described…
Read moreAmazigh Autonomy
Indigenous Amazigh of Algeria and other North African states seek autonomy through government decentralization and official recognition of Berber languages. Students meet with resistance from police in Arab states fearing…
Read moreCivilized to Death
The short documentation, Civilized to Death, gives an in depth analysis of the social determinants of health among First Nation groups in Canada. Underlying mechanisms for consistent indigenous ill health…
Read morePresident Obama’s speech to Native American Leadership Committee
President Obama held a speech on Friday, January 27th in front of about 75 American Indian leaders who attended a fundraiser for his reelection campaign. In his address Obama expresses…
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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