The Canadian government’s piecemeal approach to consultation does not respect constitutional norms about the participatory and consultative dimensions of indigenous rights.
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If present demographic trends continue, West Papua (formerly Irian Jaya) will be majority Indonesian (mostly Javanese) Muslim by 2011, and the indigenous Melanesian predominantly Protestant Christian Papuans will be a…
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan 14 (IPS) – At least 76 indigenous people were murdered in Brazil in 2007, 58 percent more than in 2006. The killings increased the most in…
read moreUS Senator Barack Obama is a student of political science, international relations and American law. He is a leading candidate for the presidency of the United States of America and…
read moreWampum recounts how Israel began 61 years ago by bombing hotels—long before it advanced to bombing refugee camps and other civilian terrain.
read moreThe Financial Times, New York Times and BBC increasingly report stories about growing conflicts between Fourth World nations and powerful states like the United States, Britain and Russia. Reports that…
read moreI’m only half way through A Quiet Revolution by Mary Elizabeth King, but I can already say that her analysis of the first Palestinian intifada, as well as her detailed…
read moreVirtually every Fourth World nation has experienced a form of climate change since the beginning of global colonization in the 11th century. It was then that Skanians (sometimes called Vikings)…
read moreWhile we’re taking some time with family and friends, here are some unusual photos from daily life in Palestine.
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The European Parliament has passed a resolution that criticizes China for not addressing its human rights situation, especially in East Turkestan and Tibet, and urges the European Commission to take…
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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