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

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Interview with Joyce Silverthorn

November 5, 2010

A video interview with Joyce Silverthorn.

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Uranium

November 5, 2010

Uranium is an award winning short film on the consequences of uranium mining in Canada. Narrated by Buffy Sainte-Marie, the 48-minute film explores how uranium mining can impact the environment,…

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In the Native Way

November 4, 2010

Nine years ago, Tom Goldtooth wrote of the spiritual values that tie us to Mother Earth, and how losing that understanding makes us vulnerable to industrialization. As globalization accelerates under…

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Obama: Stop Funding Indonesian Torture of Papuans

November 4, 2010

Survival is asking President Obama, who is due to visit Indonesia next week, to suspend US military assistance to Jakarta until its forces stop killing and torturing the people of…

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US Swings “Right”: Indigenous Peoples’ Warning

November 3, 2010

The US government has been generally hostile to indigenous peoples for most of the last 45 years in the international arena.  Their concern? “Indigenous peoples may want to invoke political…

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Carving Up Canada

November 3, 2010

To anyone who’s paid attention, the fact that globalization is an agenda for privatizing all wealth and resources into the hands of transnational corporations is nothing new. Nor is the…

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Access & Benefit: Genes

November 3, 2010

Nagoya, Japan – The 10th Conference of Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity produced a truly wilted plan for governments, non-governmental organizations, businesses and indigenous peoples to meet the…

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Indigenous knowledge and value

November 1, 2010

Western knowledge is a commodity that is sold only to those who can afford access. Young people today look at the internet and think, of course knowledge is free! Look…

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What is knowledge?

November 1, 2010

This is a potent question at a time when Indigenous nations struggle to assert rights to intellectual property. But before we look at the economics and politics of knowledge in…

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The Beauty of True Mentoring Relationships

November 1, 2010

Having a good mentor in life is a very precious gift and great honor. There are wonderful people on the face of this planet who have mastered some of the…

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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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