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

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US Government on UNDRIP: Yes, but No

December 18, 2010

US President Barak Obama, standing before a conference of Indian government, Alaskan Native and Hawaiian Native leaders, announced that his government “will support” the United Nations Declaration on the Rights…

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Brooking No Criticism

December 18, 2010

Tom Goldtooth, director of the Indigenous Environmental Network and spokesman for the indigenous peoples’ caucus at the UN climate change talks last year in Copenhagen, had his credentials revoked at…

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Maori TV

December 18, 2010

Mainstream Maori Programming examines the broadcast and digital challenges and opportunities for including Maori perspectives on New Zealand television.

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In Order To Prevail

December 18, 2010

The achievement by the World Indigenous Peoples’ Movement of institutionalizing human rights for themselves in international law is an example of the power of moral sanction. While protecting their collective…

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Court Supports Kurds

December 17, 2010

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled against the government of Turkey for banning Kurdish political parties. Arrests of Kurdish mayors and attacks on Kurdish communities by Turkey threaten…

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Athabasca Showdown

December 17, 2010

The Firelight Group, a research cooperative, has released a report on the impacts of the Alberta Tar Sands on the Athabasca River and the indigenous communities suffering from its degradation….

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Obama Administration Endorses UNDRIP

December 16, 2010

President Barak Obama endorsed the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples three years after the United Nations General Assembly adopted UNDRIP in September 2007 and after an extensive…

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Between Life and Death

December 16, 2010

Today’s essay at International Cry notes the importance of transparency, the responsibilities of media, and the value of being informed. Cataloging the escalation of atrocities committed against indigenous peoples worldwide,…

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2010 White House Tribal Nations Conference

December 15, 2010

It is a historic event. Alaska Native and Native American leaders will meet with President Obama at the White House Tribal Nations Conference, held at the headquarters of the Department…

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Studying Aboriginals

December 15, 2010

Rick Harp of Media Indigena provides an Indigenous Research Roundup.

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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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