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

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Skookum Article: The Terminator

Skookum Article: The Terminator

April 11, 2007

Discussion of the ongoing conflict involving energy rights-of-way in California in relation to the Indian population.

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Learning Center in San Francisco

Learning Center in San Francisco

April 4, 2007

Associate Jay Taber reports on the progress being done tword the Learning Center based in the Bay area and the Public Good Project website.

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YarAdua Medical Trip: One more indication of Healthcare Crisis in Nigeria

YarAdua Medical Trip: One more indication of Healthcare Crisis in Nigeria

March 13, 2007

Vice President Atiku Abubakar will be flown to a British hospital to repair a torn ligament he sustained while exercising on a treadmill machine in the gym on Sunday morning….

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Assistant Professor Launches Radio Program on Indigenous Politics

Assistant Professor Launches Radio Program on Indigenous Politics

March 5, 2007

A new WESU 88.1 FM radio program is gaining a nation-wide audience with its emphasis on indigenous politics. The show, titled ”Indigenous Politics: From Native New England and Beyond,” was…

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Aboriginal landowners win coastline title

Aboriginal landowners win coastline title

March 5, 2007

The Northern Land Council has moved to ease the concerns of the commercial fishing industry after Aboriginal landowners won a landmark court decision giving them the right to control access…

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Tribal Folks Demand Right to be Consulted over Mining Claims in the Philippines

Tribal Folks Demand Right to be Consulted over Mining Claims in the Philippines

March 5, 2007

Learning from past transgressions on their rights by government agencies and private corporations made tribal folks more aware of their rights. Indigenous peoples are pushing that they be consulted first…

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Indigenous Communities Hold Nationwide Strike in Nepal

Indigenous Communities Hold Nationwide Strike in Nepal

March 1, 2007

Indigenous communities held nationwide strike in Nepal on Wednesday, affecting public life all all major towns and district headquarters. Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities (NFIN), the organizer of the strike,…

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UN: Mexico discriminates against indigenous people

UN: Mexico discriminates against indigenous people

March 1, 2007

Mexico discriminates against its indigenous population both in practice and with its laws, said a United Nations envoy in Mexico on Wednesday, following the issuing of a UN report on…

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BURMA/THAILAND: Dams on Salween Threaten Indigenous Groups

BURMA/THAILAND: Dams on Salween Threaten Indigenous Groups

March 1, 2007

Being a village headman means little if you live in a community nestling in the hills close to Thailand’s northern border with Burma. More so, if officials have plans to…

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Solidarity with Indigenous Resistance, action at Canada House

Solidarity with Indigenous Resistance, action at Canada House

March 1, 2007

To celebrate exactly one year of land reclamation (Six Nations, Ontario, Canada) a delegation visited Canada House, Trafalgar Square, London today (28/02/07) to present demands and show support for the…

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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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