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

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Above the Law

January 13, 2012

Aboriginal leaders in Canada are disturbed by the behavior of the Prime Minister and his cabinet in promoting oil pipelines through indigenous territories prior to environmental review. As if it…

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Indigenous World Conference

January 13, 2012

Indigenous representatives from around the world meet today and tomorrow in Copenhagen to discuss participation in the planning for the 2014 UN World Conference on Indigenous Peoples.

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Demolishing Democracy

January 11, 2012

When modern states like Chile and the United States abandon all pretense of being democratic political entities, the citizenry and indigenous nations of these states have only one option left:…

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Without a Second Thought

January 9, 2012

Canada’s Oil Tar Sands mining in northern Alberta is one of the world’s largest contributors to greenhouse gas emissions, and one of the dirtiest polluters of waterways on the planet….

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Children of the Sunrise

January 8, 2012

In 2007, four countries in the world opposed the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States. In 2008, the police and…

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A Search for Meaning

January 7, 2012

What was it that made Celts Celts as they migrated over centuries from the Caucasus Mountains across the northern Mediterranean and the Iberian Peninsula to the British Isles? According to…

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Crown First Nations Gathering

January 6, 2012

Reading the current issue of First Nations Strategic Bulletin (unfortunately not available online), I was reminded of the book The Science of Coercion. In the articles and commentary by leading…

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Concerned Citizens X South Sudan

January 6, 2012

The following press release comes from a colleague in Juba, South Sudan.  It serves as an example of what indigenous people in South Sudan are doing in order to reorganize…

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Living Autonomy

January 5, 2012

Sifting through the multitude of journals, articles, and blogs that emphasize the entanglement of challenges humans find themselves in with regards to the globalized food system can feel daunting:  a…

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Revival of Hawaiian Cultural Practice

January 4, 2012

Native Hawaiians held a cultural celebration in Nu’uanu in honor of Queen Emma 176th birthday on Jan. 2. A procession took place at the queen’s Summer Palace. Following traditional protocol…

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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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