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

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Canadian Government Urged to Rein in Mining Sector

Canadian Government Urged to Rein in Mining Sector

December 7, 2007

Canadian mining companies continue to come under scrutiny from civil society organisations for international human rights violations and environmental damage that critics say the Canadian government has done little to…

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New South Wales
 native title deal the largest

New South Wales native title deal the largest

December 5, 2007

The largest native title deal ever struck in NSW has given the Githabul people claim to more than 112,000 hectares of national parks and state forests in the state’s north.

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The stellar role of little bear

The stellar role of little bear

December 1, 2007

To many cultures Little Bear (Latin: Ursa Minor) was the Hole in which the earth’s axle found its bearing, the constellation most commonly associated with Polaris, the North Star. Most…

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Human Need and Nature’s Capacity to Restore

Human Need and Nature’s Capacity to Restore

November 29, 2007

In Canada and the United States about 5% of tribal economies are so-called “informal.” In Mexico about twenty percent of the indigenous community economy is considered by conventional economists as…

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Political Illiteracy

Political Illiteracy

November 24, 2007

In his December 1990 report Right Woos Left, Chip Berlet of Political Research Associates examined neo-fascist overtures to antiwar activists, and the need to confront rightist ideologies and bigotry by…

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Discovering Indigenous Europe

Discovering Indigenous Europe

November 23, 2007

Famous Roman myths and legends are considered true reality, historic facts in Europe. On the Palatine Hill, the centermost of the Seven Hills of Rome, Italy, archaeologists have discovered one…

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B.C. First Nations win historic land victory

B.C. First Nations win historic land victory

November 23, 2007

In a historic legal victory for First Nations in British Columbia, the B.C. Supreme Court has ruled aboriginal people have proven title to 2,000 square kilometres of land in the…

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Fourth World Journal 7.2 published!

Fourth World Journal 7.2 published!

November 23, 2007

Our latest issue of the Fourth World Journal is now available online at cwis.org! This issue is a collaboration of five authors presenting four articles and one book review.

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Writing and Fighting

Writing and Fighting

November 22, 2007

You can not be creative in a system that is very unjust, like the system we live in, unless you are a dissident. Because when you are creative you are…

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The Gathering - A Modern Thanksgiving Story

The Gathering – A Modern Thanksgiving Story

November 21, 2007

At Thanksgiving, as we in the United States gather to celebrate the first ceremonial sharing between Native Peoples and the arriving European Peoples, it might be a good time to…

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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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