As someone who also works behind the scenes in support of indigenous activism and scholarship, I especially appreciate the efforts of indigenous grassroots media. As a regular reader of Intercontinental…
Read moreTaku Tlingit make precedent-setting deal with British Columbia. Indigenous sovereignty is the key.
Read moreIn order to initiate an institutional dialogue between the Mapuche nation and the Chilean state, the Mapuche Federation of Students — with support from the Federation of Students of Chile…
Read moreSince 1963, when the UN ceded control of the former Dutch colony of West Papua to Indonesia, the West Papuan peaceful struggle for independence has been met with brutal repression…
Read moreWith the entire Blackfeet Reservation leased to oil and gas companies, potential revenues come at the risk of groundwater contamination and other environmental losses. Apparently operating with less than full…
Read moreUNPO reports on the United Nations Environment Program report on oil pollution in Ogoniland. Putting to rest Shell Oil’s false claims of sabotage as the culprit, UNEP documents Shell’s dumping…
Read moreOver the last five hundred years, wealthy Europeans devastated the original societies of the Americas. Of course, they had a lot of enthusiastic help from less than wealthy Europeans, but…
Read moreIn hard times, it is community that sees us through. An essential but often neglected part of nurturing community, especially when things fall apart, is mentoring. In this inter-generational exchange…
Read moreBetrayed by covert relationships between an oil company and an NGO offering to assist indigenous peoples, the Guarani learn a valuable lesson about intermediaries.
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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