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

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The Certainty of Tyranny

The Certainty of Tyranny

June 18, 2008

Taoiseach Cowen says Ireland faces uncertainty due to its rejection of corporate colonialism; earlier in the week, Ireland’s prime minister remarked that he couldn’t get his mind around this mentality….

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Divide and Conquer

Divide and Conquer

June 16, 2008

The governments of Canada and British Columbia know from experience how to divide and conquer First Nations. It’s long been a standard procedure of their state bureaucracies to manipulate the…

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Treaty Troubles

Treaty Troubles

June 16, 2008

Vancouver Island’s first aboriginal treaty in more than 150 years is facing stiff opposition. Not from governments, or the many small towns and cities that border proposed settlement lands, but…

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Unity

Unity

June 14, 2008

Corporate colonialism faces only one obstacle—unity. Unity among Native Americans has the US Department of Interior on the ropes for its century of swindling in cahoots with US corporations. Unity…

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Treaty Trounced

Treaty Trounced

June 13, 2008

The Irish people say NO to the corporate agenda in Europe. The neoliberal treaty forced on the EU by megacorporations has been roundly rejected in Ireland. Routed by the fierce…

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Wonder of the World

Wonder of the World

June 13, 2008

On June 13, 1940, ten thousand Native Americans gathered on the Columbia River at Kettle Falls for a three-day Ceremony of Tears to mark the end of their way of…

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NCAI Cancels Maine Meeting In Solidarity With Wabanaki Tribes

NCAI Cancels Maine Meeting In Solidarity With Wabanaki Tribes

June 13, 2008

The National Conference of American Indians has dropped out of a scheduled joint meeting in Maine with the National Conference of State Legislatures in solidarity with Wabanaki tribal leaders, and…

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Eye of the Beholder

Eye of the Beholder

June 12, 2008

History, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. Sometimes, though, the mind’s eye distorts our historical “vision” and memory to suit other purposes. Three summers ago, Juli Meanwhile…

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Coming Together

Coming Together

June 11, 2008

Making amends takes many forms. In California, a state with no indigenous colleges, tribes like the Miwok — who previously inhabited Yosemite Valley and San Francisco Bay — also have…

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RIGHTS-CHILE: Growing Outcry Over Filmmaker

RIGHTS-CHILE: Growing Outcry Over Filmmaker

June 11, 2008

There is growing international alarm over the arrest of Chilean filmmaker Elena Varela, who was taken into custody by police a month ago while working on an investigative documentary on…

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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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