Interviewed by European media recently, Indigenous Environmental Network’s Tom Goldtooth remarked that the UN plans for dealing with climate change through market mechanisms is an evil concept. Selling the air…
Read moreReading Harper’s account of the economic chaos in the US yesterday, I was reminded of comments made recently by the Hopi cultural preservation officer, that turmoil and disharmony is inevitable…
Read moreSpirit of Learning The World Indigenous Peoples’ Conference on Education held last month in Melbourne was a big success. The 2011 conference will be hosted by the Quechua Nation of…
Read morePrice of Autonomy As part of the vast Indonesian colonial archipelago, West Papua and East Timor have suffered horrendous abuse at the hands of the Indonesian military–a military supported by…
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An international human rights declaration geared specifically toward meeting the legal needs of the indigenous peoples of the Americas took a step forward last month when the Organization of American…
Read moreEqual protection under the law is generally considered to fall under the realm of civil rights: protection might vary greatly from country to country, but within each state everybody gets…
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This past december 3,000 people, the descendants of hundreds of Indigenous nations, travelled from 23 countries to congregate at Melbourne
Read moreA Country Under Lockdown In Fire Inside, Marilyn Krisyl writes about Tamil refugees in Sri Lanka. The Guernica article recounts Krysl’s experience as a volunteer bodyguard for Peace Brigade International…
Read moreIf indigenous peoples have the right to exist as equal partners with the rest of humanity, then they have the right to seek resolution of their grievances in international courts…
Read moreThe 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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