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

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All Over Again

All Over Again

May 29, 2009

Carbon Trading Fraud As the San Francisco Chronicle explains, the newly-enacted climate change law in the US actually increases pollution while promoting fraudulent carbon trading budget scams. Sounds like the…

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Shell Guilty

Shell Guilty

May 28, 2009

Survival of Ogoni The case against Shell went to court in New York yesterday. Watch the video to learn more about the survival of Ogoni people.

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UN Permanent Forum 8 -NY

UN Permanent Forum 8 -NY

May 27, 2009

UN Headquarters, New York City – Today is the third to the last day of a two-week session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues meeting in Conference…

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Wonders of the Imagination

Wonders of the Imagination

May 27, 2009

In reference to creating consciousness, storytellers, like other artists, play host to wonders of the imagination. (Jay Taber is a writer and storyteller in San Francisco.)

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Avoiding Amnesia

Avoiding Amnesia

May 26, 2009

Memory of the World UNESCO’s Memory of the World programme aims at preservation and dissemination of valuable archive holdings and library collections worldwide. Documentary heritage reflects the diversity of languages,…

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Shadow of Knowledge

Shadow of Knowledge

May 24, 2009

I recently had a chance to observe firsthand how knowledge is passed on between old and young professionals in the hospital. Older nurses shadowing younger ones with tips on care,…

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Battling Bigotry

Battling Bigotry

May 20, 2009

An Underground Existence In this article, my colleague Chip Berlet argues that self-identified progressives within the Democratic party are strategically ignorant about what is at stake in battling bigotry in…

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Meitheal

Meitheal

May 19, 2009

The Irish have a name for the formal process of coming together for a common purpose. But Meitheal is more than a collaboration; it is a traditional method of accomplishing…

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Culture and Identity

Culture and Identity

May 18, 2009

Strong Society As Patsy Whitefoot, president of the National Indian Education Association, observes, there are some things you can’t learn in school. For the Yakama elder, culture and identity are…

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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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