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In Memoriam: Dr. Rudolph C. Rÿser, Founding Chair, CWIS

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Indigeneity and Farming Under Occupation in Palestine

Indigeneity and Farming Under Occupation in Palestine

February 19, 2025

Settler colonial powers have consistently attempted to erase and replace Native peoples by attacking their food systems (Burnett, Hay, and Chambers, 2016) through strategies like banning traditional foods and ceremonies,…

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The Role of Women in Traditional Medicine: A Call for Papers

The Role of Women in Traditional Medicine: A Call for Papers

February 17, 2025

The Fourth World Journal invites submissions for a special edition on Indigenous women in traditional medicine. This issue will explore their critical role in health, resistance, and environmental sustainability. Scholars, practitioners, and activists are encouraged to contribute studies, narratives, and policy analyses highlighting Indigenous knowledge systems and decolonial healthcare approaches.

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“Sin maíz, no hay país”: How Free Trade Hurts Indigenous Food Sovereignty in Mexico

“Sin maíz, no hay país”: How Free Trade Hurts Indigenous Food Sovereignty in Mexico

February 13, 2025

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) laud free trade as a doctrine of economic growth, prosperity, and development. Free trade agreements (FTAs), agreements between two…

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Indigenous Cultural Property and International Law: Restitution, Rights and Wrongs

Indigenous Cultural Property and International Law: Restitution, Rights and Wrongs

February 12, 2025

We’re excited to share the final blog in our Fourth World Journal: Volume 24, Winter Issue series! In this issue, Martha L. Schmidt, CWIS Board Member, reviews Elizabeth Esterling’s monograph…

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Cosmovision and Animism in Performance

Cosmovision and Animism in Performance

February 10, 2025

As we near the end of this series of blog posts about the latest issue of the Fourth World Journal, we are excited to present the article “Aillaquillen: The Island…

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Indigenous Food Sovereignty – A Literature Review

Indigenous Food Sovereignty – A Literature Review

February 5, 2025

Introducing another of our accomplished authors, we have Robert Hansell’s “Indigenous Food Sovereignty: A Thematic & Case Study Literature Review.” We are thrilled to publish a piece that resonates so…

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Siekopai Human Ecology Achieves Land Rights Victory

Siekopai Human Ecology Achieves Land Rights Victory

February 3, 2025

Continuing our series of video abstracts from our published authors, we are excited to introduce Laura Corradi, whose piece “Siekopai Human Ecology Achieves Land Rights Victory” is featured in our…

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The REDD+ Initiatives in the DR Congo

The REDD+ Initiatives in the DR Congo

January 29, 2025

Presenting more highlights from our new Fourth World Journal, Winter 2025 Issue, we want to showcase Marine Gauthier’s article “Re-territorializing Climate Governance: The REDD+ Initiatives in the DR Congo” Gauthier’s…

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Pashtun Indigenous Knowledge and Resilience

Pashtun Indigenous Knowledge and Resilience

January 27, 2025

We are pleased to share another insightful piece from the new issue of the Fourth World Journal, “Pashtun Indigenous Knowledge and Resilience: Mitigating Climate Change in Northern Pakistan,” where Dr….

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A Colonial Tool to Marginalize Indigenous Communities

A Colonial Tool to Marginalize Indigenous Communities

January 22, 2025

As scholars of Indigenous studies, we are continually renegotiating what decolonization means in practice. Can so-called “decolonized” states perpetrate colonialism themselves? We are excited to present another one of our…

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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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