Biafrans Celebrate 41st Independence Day
The Center for World Indigenous Studies (CWIS) recieved a press release from the Biafran News Agency announcing that Biafrans Celebrate 41st Independence Day.
Read moreEMERGING GENOCIDE IN NIGERIA
Urgent intervention must be initiated now to prevent massive, government sanctioned killings.
Read moreBiafran Declaration
Biafra, the reemerging nation of Igbo people and their allies seek to reclaim their political right to freely choose their own political future through nonviolent political transformation. CWIS has informed…
Read moreThe American Indian Elder Caregiver Health Study (2004-2007)
Designed to address health disparities of American Indians. Health disparities are "differences in the incidence, prevalence, mortality, and burden of diseases and other adverse health conditions that exist among specific…
Read moreThe Pacific Northwest Oolichan Oil Project
An ongoing CWIS project in which the nutritional and cultural value of the Oolichan (herring fish) is explored. Oolichan oil has, for untold centuries, been one of the most valuable…
Read moreThe Fourth World Community Trauma Study (1996 to 2006)
This ten-year study initiated by CWIS first began as a priority in 1996. The Study was an applied research project focusing on the evaluation and treatment of native communities, which…
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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