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

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G-20

G-20

June 9, 2010

Killing Kyoto Bolivia believes that on an issue that affects the whole of humanity, we cannot make decisions in small unrepresentative forums, whether it is a group of 20 nations…

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Anke Weisheit

Anke Weisheit

June 9, 2010

If you think food, medicine, and indigenous knowledge are serious subjects, then you might be interested in the work of CWIS Associate Scholar, Anke Weisheit. Anke is clearly someone who…

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Naming Names

Naming Names

June 8, 2010

Friends and Relatives of the Disappeared plans a showdown with Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission next week in Winnipeg. FRD spokesman Kevin Annett says that without naming names and prosecuting…

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Appropriate

Appropriate

June 7, 2010

Martin McGuinness calls for expulsion of the Israeli ambassador from Ireland.

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All That Glitters

All That Glitters

June 6, 2010

Barrick Gold, the largest mining company in the world, is the subject of a new report by Amnesty International. Implicated in generating police brutality against indigenous inhabitants of Papua New…

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Say What?

Say What?

June 5, 2010

Canada’s Forked Tongue Amnesty International joins the Assembly of First Nations in bringing the Canadian government before the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal. Canada, which currently discriminates against Indian children in…

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United Nations’ SBSTTA Cautions Synthetic Bacteria, Geoengineering Research and Use

United Nations’ SBSTTA Cautions Synthetic Bacteria, Geoengineering Research and Use

June 4, 2010

In lieu of the latest developments in self-replicating synthetic bacteria cell production at the J. Craig Venter Institute and Silver Lining’s Cloud Whitening Technology development, the Subsidiary Body on Scientific,…

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Everyday Occurrence

Everyday Occurrence

June 4, 2010

As noted at Harper’s, the BP disaster in the Gulf of Mexico is an everyday occurrence in the Niger Delta, where indigenous inhabitants cannot fish, farm, or breathe as a…

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Property in Palestine

Property in Palestine

June 3, 2010

While our attention is drawn once again to Gaza, readers might find interesting this interactive map and database on the history of the State of Israel’s expropriation of land from…

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The Biocultural Dimensions of Forest Regeneration in Madagascar

The Biocultural Dimensions of Forest Regeneration in Madagascar

June 3, 2010

Photo: M. Pykkönen The Stockholm Resilience Center recently covered a study of forest regulation and regeneration in Madagascar. The study, just released in the new book Reforesting Landscapes (Springer, 2010),…

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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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