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Nation-states have a vested interest in educating their citizens to develop loyalties and commitments to the central government. Of all of the methods used to accomplish this, formal education is…

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On April 11, a new academic organization officially came into existence at what will one day be called (by future academics, of course) a ”historic” meeting held at the University…

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PBS, the Smithsonian, and Japan’s National Museum of Ethnology offer some interesting views of the Ainu of Hokkaido.

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Indigenous leaders confront World Bank’s carbon market fraud as corporate profiteering at their expense. Transnational corporations and institutions accused of colluding to steal remaining indigenous resources through market-driven climate change…

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International policymakers are facing fierce criticism from leaders of the world’s 370 million indigenous peoples over plans to use carbon markets as one of the tools to mitigate climate change.

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Scholars discuss Deloria’s legacy for indigenous people to reclaim responsibility in safeguarding sacred energy. Conference participants claim indigenous peoples’ ability to experience the holy in the land illustrates the incompatibility…

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Institutionally, Israel — like the United States — is a crime against humanity: nation-states founded on genocide, built on theft. Restitution is now the only humane agenda. But the psychology…

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Growing demand for biofuels by the world’s rich nations is propelling attacks on indigenous people and destroying their lands and forests, according to native leaders attending a three-week international meeting…

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The West Papuan student organization, Front Pepera, was reported to have organized a demonstration and was demanding that the Republic of Indonesian recognize West Papuan sovereignty back to the year…