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

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State Schizophrenia

September 15, 2009

With the rise in consciousness of human rights instruments devised through the UN to redress the profound grievances of indigenous peoples resulting from colonialism, schizophrenic state institutional behavior has become…

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Salazar Launches DOI Climate Change Response Strategy

Salazar Launches DOI Climate Change Response Strategy

September 14, 2009

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today launched the Department of the Interior’s first-ever coordinated strategy to address current and future impacts of climate change on America’s land, water, ocean,…

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Tla-o-qui-aht Celebrate New Reserve

September 13, 2009

"It's a ground-breaking ground breaking," beamed Tla-o-qui-aht council member Elmer Frank as he dug a ceremonial shovel into the dirt of his First Nations' new reservation. "The development of Ty…

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Native America: Discovered and Conquered

September 12, 2009

Native America: Discovered and Conquered Professor Robert J. Miller, sits down for one full hour to talk about his book Native America, Discovered and Conquered: Thomas Jefferson, Lewis & Clark,…

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Twins

September 11, 2009

Privatization is theft. Globalization is murder. The world leaders on these twin fronts are Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

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Vancouver Mine Company Threatens Reindeer Herders in Sweden

September 11, 2009

The Saami people say a mining project in Northeastern Sweden, proposed by a Canadian company, threatens their traditional way of life and violates their basic human rights, as recognized by…

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Attacking Apartheid

September 9, 2009

Renowned Irish filmmaker Ken Loach explains why he felt compelled to remove his film from the Melbourne International Film Festival. In short, one of the sponsors of the festival is…

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Tibet Third Pole

September 9, 2009

Tibet's climate is changing, and fast. Called the Earth's Third Pole by scientists because only the North and South poles hold more glacially stored freshwater, the Tibetan Plateau is undergoing…

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Because It’s Ours

September 7, 2009

Fintan O’Toole, in the Irish Times article Praying to the Wrong Gods interviews Masai elders about the effect of climate change, Christianity, and consumerism on their pastoral culture. Included in…

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Scottish Autonomy

September 6, 2009

Scotland continues to pursue greater autonomy in governance, including the option of independence from the UK.

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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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