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

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Nakba

Nakba

July 25, 2009

Israel bans teaching history of the State of Israel from the Palestinian perspective.

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Atleo National Chief

Atleo National Chief

July 24, 2009

Shawn Atleo, son of CWIS Associate Scholar Richard Atleo, has been selected National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations in Canada.

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Shared Identity

Shared Identity

July 24, 2009

One of the things the Internet has helped facilitate is a shared universal identity as members of a species under threat from man made disasters: climate change, microbial metamorphosis, and…

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Free West Papua

Free West Papua

July 23, 2009

Indonesian military on rampage against peaceful West Papua independence movement supporters. European Parliament to discuss human rights situation.

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Protecting Traditional Medicine

Protecting Traditional Medicine

July 22, 2009

The world is full of a wealth of precious knowledge. That has to be protected by all means. We are all responsible to keep this wonderful knowledge alive and vibrant….

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Raising a Ruckus

Raising a Ruckus

July 22, 2009

Ten years after the Battle in Seattle exposed corrupt UN agencies like the World Trade Organization (WTO), Climate Justice Action has announced its intention to disrupt the December 2009 UN…

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Israel Bans

Israel Bans “Catastrophe” Term from Arab Schools

July 22, 2009

Israel will remove from school textbooks an Arabic term that describes the 1948 creation of the Jewish state as a “catastrophe”, the Education Ministry said on Wednesday.

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Living with Nature

Living with Nature

July 21, 2009

The two oceanic entries to Washington state’s interior are Cape Flattery in the north, and Cape Disappointment in the south. Inside Cape Flattery lies the Salish Sea, including Strait of…

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Educational Opportunity

Educational Opportunity

July 20, 2009

Overcoming Exclusion Overcoming exclusion in education is the subject of a report by UNICEF and Minority Rights Group International. The report takes a detailed look at how minorities and indigenous…

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Salish Sea

Salish Sea

July 19, 2009

Sacred Trust Coast Salish Gathering, a united effort of the 66 tribes of the Salish Sea ecoregion, is making headway on their sacred trust to protect the aboriginal resources and…

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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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