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

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Indigenous Film Festival

June 18, 2009

Indigenous Peoples Film Festival to be screened in Valparaiso, Chile. Intended to give voice to indigenous filmmakers, the festival hopes to counter racist state propaganda used to marginalize indigenous communities…

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One Indigenous Person Murdered Every 72 Hours in Colombia

One Indigenous Person Murdered Every 72 Hours in Colombia

June 18, 2009

With 1,300 indigenous Colombians having been killed in the last seven years as a result of the ongoing conflict, at the end of May, the country's indigenous leaders announced plans…

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BOFF (Biafra Organization of Freedom Fighters) Alert

BOFF (Biafra Organization of Freedom Fighters) Alert

June 18, 2009

The problem of the Niger Delta is not a “development problem.” It is a “justice problem.” If the Hausa Fulani Yoruba leave the land, mineral and water of the Niger…

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Demolitions, Uprooting, Destruction, and More Demolitions

Demolitions, Uprooting, Destruction, and More Demolitions

June 18, 2009

This dispatch was transmitted by Dr. Yeela Livnat Raanan of the Regional Council for the Unrecognized Bedouin Villages in the Negev (RCUV). It relates to indigenous Bedouin communities in Israel…

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First Victory in the Amazon

June 17, 2009

The people in the Amazon are celebrating their victory of the day. Almost two weeks after the bloodshed in the peruvian Amazon with the government having entered into discussions with…

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Genocidal Trade

June 17, 2009

IPS News notes that the US-Peru Trade agreement is driving the state violence against indigenous communities.

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Already Failed President

June 17, 2009

Obama’s Human Rights Scorecard: Indigenous Peoples — F LGBT Peoples — F Unions — F War and Peace — F Health Care — F Education — F Govt Corruption —…

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First Victory in the Amazon

First Victory in the Amazon

June 17, 2009

The people in the Amazon are celebrating their victory of the day. Almost two weeks after the bloodshed in the Peruvian Amazon with the government having entered into discussions with…

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BINGOs, wars and Indigenous Refugees

June 16, 2009

Big International NGOs (BINGOs) like the Worldwide Fund for Nature, Conservation International and the Nature Conservancy directly cause the displacement of Fourth World peoples from their territories resulting in large…

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Tacit Acceptance

June 16, 2009

Colonial Roots Michela Wrong talks about the corruption of Kenya, the role of the World Bank in sustaining African tyrants, and the colonial roots of the present pattern of political…

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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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