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Fourth World Journal
As a contributing editor of Fourth World Journal, I’ve had the pleasure of meeting fascinating scholars writing on topics and ideas unlikely to be encountered in any other medium. Their…
Read moreMad Max Time
The collapse of the world economy is popularly attributed to deregulation of derivatives, but the breakdown of modern states has more to do with the unsustainable nature of societies built…
Read moreCongratulations
Congratulations to Coast Salish Institute and Northwest Indian College on their efforts to build a repository of knowledge and culture with assistance from the National Endowment for the Humanities. When…
Read moreNeutralizing Indigenous Sovereignty
As Rick Harp, editor of Media Indigena, notes, one way of neutralizing indigenous sovereignty is by undermining indigenous institutions. In the old days, that took the form of outlawing their…
Read morePeople of the Standing Stone
The Oneida Nation, one of the five founding nations of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Confederacy), has a history of facilitating communication between Americans and Indians. During the American Revolution, they were…
Read moreTitle Fight
Enbridge, the corporation hoping to build a pipeline from the Alberta Tar Sands to coastal British Columbia, has said they will pay First Nations one billion dollars to end their…
Read moreFederal Faith Funding
Bruce Wilson examines the federally-funded missionaries teaching in Florida public schools. Established under the Clinton administration faith-based initiatives, evangelizing against unions, gays, and Native Americans continues to be subsidized by…
Read moreMother Language
The eleven indigenous language families must be fully supported throughout Canada says National Assembly of First Nations Chief Shawn Atleo. Under the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples,…
Read moreWays of Knowing
The University of Oklahoma Native Science Speaker Series will discuss the integration of Western science, traditional knowledge and ways of teaching that interact with the indigenous sense of place. As…
Read moreAmbassadors of Greed
As Indigenous Environmental Network spokesman Tom Goldtooth remarked after the 2009 UN Climate Change talks in Copenhagen, he had never before witnessed the intensity of deception perpetrated by industrialized countries…
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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