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The International Covenant on the Rights of Indigenous Nations (ICRIN)

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For over 40 years, CWIS has been the leading indigenous peoples’ think tank ensuring that communities can safeguard their rights and resources.
Education

Activate your potential with online courses on Indigenous Studies and Traditional Medicine.
Research & Public Policy

The leading think-tank defining and implementing indigenous-centric policy and strategic implementation in climate change, governance, conflict resolution and health care.
Preserving Indigenous People’s Knowledge

Transforming access: leading digital innovation to protect and amplify 50+ years ofIndigenous knowledge on self-determination for a lasting global impact.
Chief George Manuel Library

The library was founded as a documents repository in 1979 in response to a resolution of the Conference of Tribal Governments.
Nations International Criminal Tribunal

The Nations International Criminal Tribunal (NICT) is a groundbreaking effort to address the unique challenges faced by indigenous nations around the world seeking justice.
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Providing technical support to indigenous nations including international legal advice, policy analysis and conflict resolution and self governance.
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Volume 25, Number 1
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June 2, 2025
The Slow Genocide of Indigenous Nations and Peoples
Fourth World Journal
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Traditional Medicine
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Traditional medicine is the “mother” of all medicine. More than 80% of the world’s population uses a form of traditional medicine to treat primary health.
Treating Diabetes

Engage in ancient and modern indigenous medicinal methods to prevent and treat diabetes.
Massage Project

This project strengthens the outreach and trains additional therapists to deliver more massage therapy for diabetes to underserved people in urban and rural indigenous areas.
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Searching for Capomo

Discover this extraordinary tree, known as Capomo, or the Breadnut, and all of its gifts. The seed is traditionally eaten as a food and roasted into cafe de capomo. Endemic...
Cradling the Heart

This project strengthens the outreach and trains additional therapists to deliver more massage therapy for diabetes to underserved people in urban and rural indigenous areas.
Salal, Cedar and Spruce: A Journey with Salish Plant and Medicine Traditions

Salal berries for digestive relief, Cedar tea to reduce fevers, and Spruce tips for nourishment and congestive relief… Traditional Salish foods and medicines are experiencing a revival in the Pacific...
Pathfinder: The Untold Story of “The Indian Business”

Pathfinder: The Untold Story of the “Indian Business” is a feature-length documentary currently in production about the “Fourth World’s” struggle for self-determination and overcoming bigotry and internalized traumas, told through...

The Emergence of Tribal Governments: Strategy, Meanings and the Institutionalization of Alternatives: Introduction

October 4, 2023

Keywords: American Indians, Tribal governments, Sovereignty, Institutionalization, Federal policies, Intergovernmental collaboration, Social change, Urban populations, Reservation communities, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Abstract: In the late 1960s, American Indians…

The Emergence of Tribal Governments: Legal Indeterminacy, Historical Categorizations of Tribes and the Reemergence of Tribes as Governments: Chapter 2 by Erich Steinman

October 4, 2023

Keywords: Tribal sovereignty, Federal policies, Native American tribes, Government status, Indian Reorganization Act, Supreme Court rulings, Self-determination policy, Conquered peoples, Minority status, Treaty rights Abstracts: Chapter Two provides a…

Uptake of Depression Treatment Recommendations Among Latino Primary Care Patients

September 3, 2018

Background: Primary care providers (PCP) are the entry point for public sector depression treatment for many Latino patients. However, many Latino patients do not initiate their PCPs’ recommended treatment, which…

An Innovative Community-Oriented Approach to Prevention and Early Intervention With Refugees in the United States

September 3, 2018

Thousands of refugees from around the world resettle in the United States every year. Many refugees suffer from mental health disorders as a result of experiences living in or escaping…

Nicaragua and the Indian Revolution

September 21, 2017

Nicaragua is more complex than a simple two-side conflict between Contras end Sandinistas. A third side is fighting a little known war against the Sandinistas and some day may have…

Research Grant application and correspondance

September 21, 2017

Application for a grant in the Human Ecology:Environment and Resources area Titled:Common Property Resources and Their Sustainable Use. Through Brock University

the Concept of Sovereignty in the Political Thought of Canadian Indians

September 21, 2017

A Paper written at the University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. A joint paper by the Sociology, Native American Studies and Political Science departments on the quest for an acceptable model…

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.