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

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No Silver Lining

No Silver Lining

October 9, 2008

An indigenous community of the northern Andes fights to prevent their communal oasis from becoming another open pit wasteland. Barrick Gold of Canada and the government of Chile team up…

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Native Community in Desert Oasis Threatened by Mines

Native Community in Desert Oasis Threatened by Mines

October 9, 2008

The Diaguita indigenous community in Huasco Alto, surrounded by rich gold, silver and copper deposits in the northern Chilean region of Atacama, are engaged in a struggle to prevent mining…

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United Irish

United Irish

October 8, 2008

History is often more complex than legend allows. Nowhere is that more true than in Northern Ireland. When my Grandmother’s Grandfather’s Grandfather’s parents and siblings emigrated from Northern Ireland to…

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Secession Campaigns

Secession Campaigns

October 8, 2008

The recent San Francisco Chronicle article on a new state for the Oregon California border region reminded me of what happened in Puget Sound fifteen years ago. Secession campaigns —…

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Royal Dutch Shell to go to Trial for Complicity in Torture and Murder of Nigerian Protesters

Royal Dutch Shell to go to Trial for Complicity in Torture and Murder of Nigerian Protesters

October 8, 2008

Yesterday, Judge Kimba Wood of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York set a trial date of February 9, 2009 for a human rights and racketeering…

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Sex Slavery in Malaysia

Sex Slavery in Malaysia

October 7, 2008

Inter Press Service looks at how tribal girls in Southeast Asia are forced into prostitution by human traffickers promising normal jobs in Malaysia for the poverty-stricken children and young women.

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Christian Fascism

Christian Fascism

October 7, 2008

Sarah Palin’s propulsion into politics was fueled by religious intolerance, organized through malicious harassment, and targeted at democracy. Her use of the power of the state to deny equal protection…

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Emerging Trend in Trafficking Tribal Women

Emerging Trend in Trafficking Tribal Women

October 7, 2008

An emerging trend in the trafficking of tribal people, mostly young girls, is raising concern among government officials, rights organisations, migration experts and human rights lawyers.

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Always a Good Day

Always a Good Day

October 6, 2008

My friend Darryl, a Sto:lo storyteller and retired seafarer living in Spain, once told me of growing up in a logging camp on the Olympic Peninsula where his grandmother was…

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Promoting Murder in America

Promoting Murder in America

October 5, 2008

Contrary to public opinion, promoting murder is not protected by the U.S. Constitution. Nor is it protected by tax exempt status, as in the case of charitable trusts and organized…

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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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