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

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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

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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Indigenous Women Seek Place in Constituent Assembly

February 26, 2007

Women from indigenous communities on Sunday said that there should be proportional representation of ethnic women in the constituent assembly on the basis of their population. Speaking at an interaction…

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Ecuadorian Native movements turn up the heat

February 22, 2007

On Jan. 15, Native leaders handed the ceremonial ”staff of power” to Ecuador’s new president, Rafael Correa. Now indigenous movements in Ecuador are putting the pressure on the Ecuadorian government…

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Indonesia: Free Political Prisoners in Papua

February 22, 2007

At least 18 Papuans are serving sentences in Indonesian jails simply for peaceful acts of freedom of expression and opinion, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today….

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UN Rep Says Killings Hurting Arroyo

February 12, 2007

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Indigenous Peoples warns that the Arroyo government

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Peruvian Government to Exclude Isolated Indigenous Peoples Reserves From Amazon Oil Concessions, Amazon Watch Says

February 6, 2007

The Peruvian government’s announcement that it is revising three rainforest oil concessions to exclude official reserves intended to protect some of the last native Amazonian populations still living in isolation…

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‘Taking a New Path instead of changing course’ – Issue #19 FWEYE

February 6, 2007

Five and one-half years since the names Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda became part of the language of fear in many parts of the world the global rein of…

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Nigeria: Corruption and Misuse Robs Nigerians of Rights

February 5, 2007

Local government officials in Nigeria

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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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