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

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Climate of Impunity

Climate of Impunity

November 12, 2010

In Oaxaca, a region of popular collectives and strong social movements, the Mexican military has targeted indigenous and environmental activists as enemies of the political elite. Protecting their privileges against…

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Caucasian Nations

Caucasian Nations

November 12, 2010

During the summer of 1999, most Western journalists were focused on the NATO bombings in Belgrade ending the war in Kosovo, but on the other side of the Black Sea,…

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Intercontinental Cry

Intercontinental Cry

November 11, 2010

My colleague Ahni at Intercontinental Cry recently received recognition for his work in covering the plight of indigenous peoples in Kenya that led to police reforms that toned down the…

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Revitalizing Hostility

Revitalizing Hostility

November 10, 2010

Adrienne Pine reports on the Pentagon’s Strategic Culture Initiative, a project to develop propaganda favorable to US interests in Latin America. Targeted at recent anti-imperial agreements between a majority of…

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The Greatest Migration

The Greatest Migration

November 10, 2010

The Greatest Migration, a film about the Snake River salmon, debuts tonight in Portland, Oregon. You can watch a trailer here.

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Reclaiming History

Reclaiming History

November 10, 2010

After losing homes and businesses, land and families, it may not seem like much to lose libraries, but for the Palestinians it’s part of reclaiming history. The cultural heritage embodied…

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Mining Money

Mining Money

November 10, 2010

Canadian Disgrace Responding to the growing international criticism of Canadian mining corporations for human rights violations, the government of Canada has explicitly rejected establishing rules for corporate conduct that might…

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Talk - Russell Jim - Nuclear Attack on the Yakama Culture

Talk – Russell Jim – Nuclear Attack on the Yakama Culture

November 10, 2010

Talk by Russell Jim of the Yakama Indian Nation on "Nuclear Attack on the Yakama Culture" given February 23, 2001 at the Husky Union Building, University of Washington, Seattle, WA….

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Talk - Declarations on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Talk – Declarations on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

November 10, 2010

Talks on the Declarations on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples recorded February 23, 2001 at the Husky Union Building, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Watch part I of this event…

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Tom Goldtooth: Indig. Resistance to Globalization, Part 1

Tom Goldtooth: Indig. Resistance to Globalization, Part 1

November 10, 2010

Tom Goldtooth, Dine’ and Mdewakanton Dakota from Minnesota, Executive Director of the Indigenous Environmental Network, at the Teach-In on Indigenous Peoples’ Resistance to Economic Globalization, November 2006. He speaks and…

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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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