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

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Alyawarra Walkoff

Alyawarra Walkoff

September 28, 2009

Intervention walkoff’s Blog explains the conflict between Alyawarra Aboriginal people and the Australian and Northern Territory governments. The Alyawarra elders recently appealed to the UN Human Rights Commissioner for protection…

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Stop Blaming the Poor. It’s the Wally Yachters Who are Burning the Planet

Stop Blaming the Poor. It’s the Wally Yachters Who are Burning the Planet

September 28, 2009

It’s no coincidence that most of those who are obsessed with population growth are post-reproductive wealthy white men: it’s about the only environmental issue for which they can’t be blamed….

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Precarious Platforms

Precarious Platforms

September 26, 2009

As Global Voices notes, the crackdown on independent media by the Peruvian government has been mirrored by hackers and swarmers attacking indigenous rights bloggers. A good lesson about backing up…

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Witness in Peru

Witness in Peru

September 25, 2009

Witness looks at social media and indigenous rights in Peru.

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Perilous Priorities

Perilous Priorities

September 25, 2009

Pretentious Pretensions Assistant Secretary of State explains why human rights is not a priority with his boss.

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Greenwashing Big Oil

Greenwashing Big Oil

September 23, 2009

The Alberta Tar Sands is the largest and arguably dirtiest, carbon-generating industrial project in human history. So how do the oil companies go about defeating the First Nations and bona…

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Diversity or Death

Diversity or Death

September 22, 2009

As showcased on the Survival International website, the diversity of humanity is intimately tied to the diversity of nature. Given the contribution to climate change of predatory practices like deforestation…

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Signs of Growing Movement in Integrative Health Care

Signs of Growing Movement in Integrative Health Care

September 22, 2009

The long and desperately needed collaboration between traditional medicine practitioners and institutionalized medical care gets more awareness and coverage. With the limits of so-called western medicine being widely acknowledged especially…

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Canadian Government Isolated as Declaration Moves Ahead

Canadian Government Isolated as Declaration Moves Ahead

September 22, 2009

A new report released on the eve of the second anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples shows that it is increasingly…

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Rigged Against Justice

Rigged Against Justice

September 21, 2009

Philip Weiss discusses the significance and the shortcomings of the Goldstone Report, as well as the obstacles to Palestinian justice and Israeli accountability posed by the United States. As US…

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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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