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

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Tool of Liberation

Tool of Liberation

August 20, 2012

As David P. Ball reports for the Tyee, indigenous residential school survivors left out of an agreement with the Government of Canada have filed a class action lawsuit for the…

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Taking a Powder

Taking a Powder

August 16, 2012

The Powder River Basin of northern Wyoming and southern Montana is bounded by the Big Horn Mountains to the west, the Black Hills to the east, and the Yellowstone River…

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Mobilizing Resentment

Mobilizing Resentment

August 13, 2012

In the early 1990s, national Anti-Indian organizations joined the Washington Association of Realtors and the Building Industry Association in Washington state to create property rights groups with sufficient funding and…

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First Nation Jurisdiction

First Nation Jurisdiction

August 10, 2012

With the backing of the Assembly of First Nations, Aroland Nation of Northern Ontario has declared a moratorium on mining exploration and development, and issued eviction notices to 20 mining…

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IRS Sues Sioux

IRS Sues Sioux

August 9, 2012

The Government of the United States has a long history of trying to destroy the Sioux Indians, and the Sioux have a long history of resistance. As Oglala Sioux Tribe…

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Kabylia

Kabylia

August 7, 2012

As reported by Karlos Zurutuzi at IPS, the Movement for the Autonomy of Kabylia — an indigenous resistance to colonization in Algeria — has a history extending back to the…

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Torching Africa

Torching Africa

August 4, 2012

Speaking at the December 2009 UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, G-77 Chief Climate Negotiator, Lumumba Stanislaus-Kaw Di-Aping of Southern Sudan, addressed civil society participants asking for their help. As…

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Right to Demilitarize

Right to Demilitarize

July 31, 2012

With the mobilization of the Indigenous Guard and community action against military violence in their territory, the Nasa councils of Colombia  are asserting their right of self-governance under international law.

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Nimiipuu

Nimiipuu

July 27, 2012

Creation and collaboration came to Lapwai in the form of chorale, narrative and symphony to honor Nimiipuu.

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Autonomy or Secession

Autonomy or Secession

July 26, 2012

Catalonia seeks fiscal autonomy from Spain, threatening the prospect of secession if Madrid denies the Catalan parliament proposal for full autonomy on taxation.

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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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