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The Silence

April 6, 2011

On March 25, the Roman Catholic Church order of Northwest Jesuits paid $166.1 million to Alaska Native and American Indian victims of sexual abuse during the 1960s and 1970s at…

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Knowledge is Power but Power Controls Knowledge

April 4, 2011

We might think from a western view that Indigenous peoples in fourth world circumstances need to be empowered, but in reality, we already know what real power is and how…

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Not Small Potatoes

April 2, 2011

To most people today, intellectual property is something software and pharmaceutical companies claim for their inventions. But for indigenous peoples worldwide, intellectual property includes such things as traditional medicines, knowledge,…

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Darwin Award

April 1, 2011

When I was briefly a member of the Democratic Party in the mid 1990s, I was amused at the looks I’d get when asking why the party’s annual Jefferson-Jackson dinner…

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Ecotourism

March 31, 2011

Ecotourism managed right can be a boon to indigenous communities, but the decision to capitalize on conservation has to be their own. Otherwise, tourism is just another invasion of indigenous…

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Mapuche Liberation

March 30, 2011

Last week, four indigenous leaders in Chile were sentenced to 20+ years in prison for their involvement in Mapuche activism. As the half million Mapuche of the Southern Cone continue…

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BDS

March 30, 2011

Today is BDS Global Day of Action against Israeli Apartheid. Check out some of the campaigns, news, and analysis surrounding the international boycott, disinvestment, and sanctions organized worldwide.

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Go to Commercial

March 28, 2011

Different societies and cultures respond to crisis in different ways. As Tokyo tries to downplay the threat of nuclear meltdown, the German Green Party has mobilized an anti-nuclear campaign that…

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Into the Fire

March 27, 2011

Real News looks at the largest concentration of radioactivity on the planet, the spent nuclear fuel at hundreds of sites in the United States. With the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission…

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Dominance

March 26, 2011

How many times have you heard people say nothing ever changes? How often does this fatalistic attitude serve as an excuse to be lazy, cowardly, or otherwise self-indulgent, rather 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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