Rudolph C. Ryser, a member of the Capella University faculty in the School of Public Service Leadership (Minneapolis, MN) and Chairman of the Center for World Indigenous Studies (Olympia, WA)…
Read moreThe UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples issued its "Final report of the study on indigenous peoples and the right to participate in decision-making". The Report, which…
Read moreA short while ago, Duane Champagne wrote about the intent of Canada and the United States to use the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as a tool…
Read moreThe 1969 occupation of Alcatraz Island was a singular moment in galvanizing the American Indian Movement. Indian activists from the fishing rights battles in the Pacific Northwest recognized it as…
Read moreDiscussion in the New York Times over uranium mining in New Mexico reveals a lot about the industry. While the market for uranium has dropped as China, Germany, and Japan…
Read moreThe National Congress of American Indians adds its voice to that of the Assembly of First Nations in opposition to the pumping of Canadian Alberta Tar Sands oil across the…
Read moreIn the interactive online lesson plans titled American Indian Responses to Environmental Challenges, the National Museum of the American Indian examines how four tribes are recreating their future.
Read moreI’ve often remarked that indigenous connections with landscape reflect a continuity of both location and observance recorded in aboriginal memory systems. Reading Sahara: A Natural History by Marq de Villiers…
Read moreAffiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians and federal agencies meet in Seattle September 15-16 for the workshop Exploring Traditional Ecological Knowledge's Role in Responding and Adapting to Climate Change and Variability.
Read moreFor all peoples, social theories and cultural vision are pathways to the future. In Identity and Theory, Duane Champagne discusses moral order, spiritual balance, and the continuity of community from…
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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