Abolishing slavery is an easy position to take: pass some laws, and sent out the cops; any politician can do it. Abolishing poverty — the desperate condition that makes slavery…
read moreThe Traditional Knowledge Bulletin of United Nations University is a handy place to find out what international gatherings are taking place that impact indigenous peoples, often without their participation. UNU,…
read moreDivide and Conquer One of the facts about British Columbia you’re not likely to hear in the 2010 Winter Olympics promotion is that the land being developed for the games…
read moreSociopathic State Northern Irish Nobel Laureate Mairead Maguire spoke recently in Jerusalem about the need for the UN to suspend Israel from its memberships for non-compliance with the Geneva Conventions….
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Click “more” to view/download the PDF. Statement of the International Forum of Indigenous Peoples on Climate Change (IIPFCC) SBSTA December 1, 2008
read moreThe US Indian Health Services has compacts with scores of Indian nations and its services cost too much while its services miss the target of exploding chronic diseases. Diabetes, heart…
read moreWhile the Wall Street Journal encourages Obama to issue a blank check to Indonesia’s brutal military machine to continue prosecuting one of the world’s most violent anti-democratic campaigns, ETAN’s John…
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Journalists from indigenous communities in Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru, Guatemala and Bolivia came together in La Paz to take the first step towards creating a network to work together and…
read moreThe four modes of social organization — tribes, institutions, markets, and networks — all intentionally utilize words to communicate their unique perspectives and preferences. Words are chosen for their effect…
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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