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Tracker
On April 4, the New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council launched Tracker, a new magazine offering analysis and investigation of land rights, Aboriginal issues, and the challenges of institutional racism…
Read morePrivatization
Under globalization, state policy on everything — including energy — is determined by investment bank portfolios. An example of those is the oil portfolio of Goldman Sachs, who incidentally also…
Read moreFighting the National Security State
Invoking the jurisdictional authority of indigenous nations, while supported by international law, is nevertheless viewed by secret federal agencies as a threat to the national security state. Denying corporations and…
Read moreOrganizing Energy
Some of my best friends are political researchers and educators. A few of them make a living at this, but most are volunteers. While I once did research and used…
Read moreBetween Governance and Genocide
On March 25, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights held a hearing on the subject of indigenous jurisdiction arising in Andean states. As the international human rights regime explores legal…
Read morePacific Wild
Pacific Wild books about bears, wolves and salmon in the Great Bear Rainforest of British Columbia are a fine way of introducing children to the wonders of this magical land…
Read moreMeitheal
I recently received a note from a colleague in Ireland who promoted the concept of meitheal (cooperative learning) for use in higher education. Having proven its worth through steadily improved…
Read moreGlobalization
In their analysis of climate injustice, Maryan Adrangi and SK Hussan note the escalating globalization by NATO and the G20 coincides with increasing militarization against indigenous peoples, undermining their struggles…
Read moreUntil You Look
A lot has changed since 1996, when leading researchers, analysts and activists convened at the Daybreak Star Center in Seattle to discuss the politics of land and bigotry, but one…
Read moreBattling Bacteria
According to the World Health Organization, the misuse of antibiotics over the last thirty years has ushered in a new age of drug resistant bacteria, including virulent new forms of …
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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