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

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Spotlight on: Manipur

Spotlight on: Manipur

May 24, 2007

Manipur has been a nation state since 33 AD. The Independent Manipur was forcefully taken by the government of India on 15 October 1949 with military power. from that day…

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Official position and proposal by Udalbiltza as a result of the decision by the government and the Spanish courts to place obstacles to Democratic Municipal elections in Euskal Herria and the political process

Official position and proposal by Udalbiltza as a result of the decision by the government and the Spanish courts to place obstacles to Democratic Municipal elections in Euskal Herria and the political process

May 21, 2007

The situation derived from the antidemocratic decision by the Spanish courts is so grave that Udalbiltza, in its character as the national institution in Euskal Herria, calls upon all forces…

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Stormont ceremony marks end of Northern conflict

Stormont ceremony marks end of Northern conflict

May 8, 2007

The Rev Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness today mark the end of almost four decades of bitter and bloody conflict in Northern Ireland when they are formally appointed first minister…

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UN Meets to Debate Rights of Indigenous Peoples

UN Meets to Debate Rights of Indigenous Peoples

May 8, 2007

A U. N. body committed to defending the rights of the world’s over 370 million indigenous peoples meets later this month (May 14-25) in New York. Among the topics of…

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More than a mine, a metaphor

More than a mine, a metaphor

May 7, 2007

After a group of Mohawks from the Tyendinaga reserve blockaded the railway between Kingston and Toronto two weeks ago, a near unanimous cry rose up from the editorial pages of…

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Canadian settlement enters crucial phase

Canadian settlement enters crucial phase

April 27, 2007

Canada’s attempt to atone for wrongs inflicted on its Native schoolchildren has entered the crucial phase of approval by the victims. Survivors of the government’s compulsory boarding schools, many of…

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Positive Effect on Freeport Strike - West Papua.

Positive Effect on Freeport Strike – West Papua.

April 23, 2007

Papuans have entered a new era in their struggle to be heard by the world community. A four day strike led by Tonggoi Papua, a union of indigenous employees working…

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UN Body Holds Canada Responsible for Corporations

UN Body Holds Canada Responsible for Corporations

April 19, 2007

In a groundbreaking decision, the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) has told Canada that it must rein in Canadian corporations operating on Indian land in…

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Copyrighting culture: Tulalips assert rights to stories

Copyrighting culture: Tulalips assert rights to stories

April 15, 2007

Herald article on Indian stories, songs, legends & myths.

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Press release from the Biafran Foundation

Press release from the Biafran Foundation

April 14, 2007

The people of Biafra hereby state unequivocally that they are not participating in the so-called elections currently being organized by the Federal Government of Nigeria. Read more on this and…

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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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