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Conversations with the Earth
Conversations with the Earth is a series of short films produced by the indigenous community media netwrok. This one from communities in Bolivia and Peru is about recovering harmony, a…
Read moreUnique Video Collection
The Intercontinental Cry video archive is a unique collection of indigenous-produced video news, analysis, and educational discussions. I make use of it often.
Read morePaternalism
Paternalism toward indigenous peoples isn’t just a right-wing phenomenon. As left-wing publications like Mother Jones demonstrate, the ignorance and arrogance that characterizes the elite of the corporate state is pervasive…
Read moreHomeland
Insatiable Greed The recent decision by the US Senate to settle the Cobell Indian Trust lawsuit for pennies on the dollar is only the latest in a long series…
Read moreObstacle to Reconciliation
California’s largest Indian tribe, the Yurok, has made a bid to become the legal custodian of a portion of Redwood National Park, portions of Six Rivers National Forest, and the…
Read moreFriends of the Earth
For the indigenous peoples of Latin America, what the European introduced plague and military invasions spared from destruction since 1492 is now being annihilated by the market system. Globalization in…
Read moreDefending the Indefensible
ADL continues to reap ridicule for its shameless defense of Israel and for its ludicrous attacks on human rights groups like Jewish Voice for Peace.
Read moreIntelligence Inquisition
Nora Barrows-Friedman and Maureen Clare Murphy report on the use of grand juries by the US Department of Justice as a tool of political repression against peace activists. In what…
Read moreUS Human Rights Record
Responding to the US record of human rights violations at home and abroad, the US envoy to the UN Human Rights Council noted that the President of the United States…
Read moreCanada’s Endorsement
As Cultural Survival notes, Canada’s “endorsement” of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples specifically objects to most of the rights contained in the landmark international law. In…
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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