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

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Financial Liberalization, Globalization and Human Migration

Financial Liberalization, Globalization and Human Migration

May 16, 2010

Corporations and states’ governments have created a profoundly desperate situation for hundreds of millions of people that is already made more complicated by human induced climate change. Huge numbers of…

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Eating Our Shadow

Eating Our Shadow

May 15, 2010

Our Generation Our Generation is a ground-breaking documentary about the deep-seeded hypocrisy of Australia’s indigenous relations.

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Amazing Amazigh

Amazing Amazigh

May 12, 2010

The Amazigh of North Africa endure.

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Sustainable Sovereignty

Sustainable Sovereignty

May 10, 2010

Youth begin to turn Navajo away from fossil fuel dependence toward a more sustainable sovereignty.

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Aitheantas

Aitheantas

May 9, 2010

Support for a Gaelic curriculum in the Irish Republic involves civil disobedience between Aitheantas and the Irish Department of Education. Support for the preservation of the Irish language, say Aitheantas…

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Restoring Traditional Abundance

Restoring Traditional Abundance

May 8, 2010

Wild Salmon Are Sacred The Wild Salmon Are Sacred campaign on Vancouver Island seeks to end marine industrial net-cage feedlots in British Columbia. Removing fish farms, say First Nations, is…

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Film Review: Richard Gere is My Hero

Film Review: Richard Gere is My Hero

May 7, 2010

Guest Film Review by Tashi Tenzin Richard Gere is My Hero Duration: 90 mins Genre: Romantic Comedy/Tibetan with English Subtitle Script & Direction: T. Wangchuk and T.Dorjee Lead actors: Sonam…

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Preserving Lushootseed

Preserving Lushootseed

May 7, 2010

Preserving Lushootseed for Coast Salish is not just an urgent cultural project. It is an essential task in maintaining identity and connections to traditional values.

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Dancing the Salmon Home

Dancing the Salmon Home

May 6, 2010

The Winnemem Wintu tribe from near Mount Shasta is seeking assistance from New Zealand in restoring their Chinook salmon run devastated by the US government.

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The Role of Tribalism

The Role of Tribalism

May 5, 2010

Recent op-eds in the progressive press on tribalism and indigeneity reveal ongoing misperceptions. Perhaps this brief discussion on the role of tribalism in the world today will help.

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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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