Traditional knowledge is more and more in the focus of attention. Especially in the circumpolar North Indigenous knowledge it is acknowledged can be crucial to better understand the dynamics and…
Read moreSuicide remains an epidemic among Alaska Natives most of who have been affected by the tragedy of suicide in some way. To improve health and decrease rates of suicide and…
Read moreDespite opposition by the Spanish state, an international panel — including Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams — has backed the peaceful, democratic aspirations of Basque country. As one of Europe's…
Read moreAfter 42 years of rule by one indigenous nation (Gaddafi), personified in the dictatorship of Muammar Gaddafi, the state of Libya is as of 20 October 2011 in the hands…
Read moreIndigenous nations representatives and representatives of indigenous organizations met for two days in Oaxaca, México October 10-12, 2011 participating in the Second technical workshop of Indigenous Peoples and States –…
Read moreLast summer I reported on the decision by the Obama Administration to lift the ban on funding Indonesian death squads. Intercontinental Cry reports on the storming of the Papuan People’s…
Read moreThe International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) was founded in 1944 to rebuild Japan and Germany after World War II. Once successful the IBRD found a new mission: “To…
Read moreConcerns and recommendations of indigenous peoples on the Safeguard Policy review of the World Bank We, the undersigned Indigenous Peoples organizations and support NGOs, wish to express our dismay over…
Read moreShe was an intern at the Center for World Indigenous Studies in 2001 and then she took on the important responsibilities of a CWIS Fellow focusing on Traditional Medicine Policy. …
Read moreRotten to the Core might have been a catchier title for this post, but blaming poverty pimps like the Congress of Racial Equality for gaming the system of corporate philanthropy…
Read moreThe 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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