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

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Reluctant Relations

May 23, 2010

The Killing of Major Denis Mahon by Peter Duffy is a tale of tenancy grounded in peat and potatoes, reluctant relations, church and state. An uncommon history of County Roscommon….

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A Collective Existence

May 22, 2010

Becoming Human In February 2001, Dr. Rudolph C. Rÿser and guests spoke at the University of Washington about the history of human rights and its application to indigenous peoples.

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Unrealized Dreams

May 21, 2010

As Tom Goldtooth of the Indigenous Environmental Network observes, leadership on protecting Mother Earth is emerging from indigenous communities and their movement associates in civil society. Opposed to this movement…

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Cutting a Deal

May 21, 2010

The Dominion examines the deal between the timber industry and poohbah environmental organizations regarding Canada’s boreal forest.

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Annihilation

May 20, 2010

Apocalypse is a relative term, but must surely apply to the annihilation of the majestic forests of the Pacific Northwest. Darius Kinsey documented in photos the wasting of the Salish…

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Argentina

May 19, 2010

A Multinational State As Argentina prepares to celebrate its independence from Spain, indigenous nations there are mobilizing cross-country tours to promote a multinational state. Along with supportive social organizations, they…

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BP Gulf Oil Spill and Louisiana Tribes

May 18, 2010

Aside from the ecological devastation caused by the BP Gulf Oil Spill in the ocean, tribal lifeways of South Louisiana are also at risk. This leaves members of the Pointe-Au-Chien…

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Bill Gates and the Geoengineering Leap

May 18, 2010

Microsoft founder Bill Gates is now providing funding for “Cloud-Whitening Technology”, according to an article in The Ecologist last week. Silver Lining, a research group based in San Francisco and the recipient of…

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Health and Education

May 18, 2010

The Dominion examines the gap between Canada’s rhetoric and reality when it comes to funding First Nations health and education.

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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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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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