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

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Eco Echo

Eco Echo

August 2, 2011

Before the American oil boom in the Amazon that poisoned the land and rivers of indigenous peoples over the last half century, there was the rubber boom. As noted in…

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Unable to Cope

Unable to Cope

August 1, 2011

Electronic Intifada reports on the efforts of the UN and health care professionals in Gaza and the West Bank to treat post traumatic stress disorder in Palestinian children.

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Deloria Symposium

Deloria Symposium

August 1, 2011

The sixth annual Vine Deloria Junior symposium at Northwest Indian College was extra special.

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Literature Ceremony Law

Literature Ceremony Law

July 31, 2011

In this abstract, CWIS Associate Scholar Cristine Soliz discusses Native American literature, ceremony and law.

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Counting Coup on Consultation

Counting Coup on Consultation

July 30, 2011

Lakota activist Debra White Plume explains the Oglala paradigm to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

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Poisoning the Water

Poisoning the Water

July 27, 2011

Responding to the scientific evidence that the level of fish consumption by Indian tribes is unhealthy under existing water pollution standards, the state of Oregon this summer took dramatic steps…

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Subsidiarity

Subsidiarity

July 26, 2011

With electoral victories in the aftermath of the Sri Lanka civil war, the militarily defeated Tamils reject assimilation, and demand autonomy for their regions.

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Oiling Haida Gwaii

Oiling Haida Gwaii

July 25, 2011

August National Geographic looks at the Great Bear Rainforest and Canada’s bid to become a global player in the petroleum market. With Alberta’s oil sands second only to the oil…

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Disturbing Reality

Disturbing Reality

July 21, 2011

When California’s former governor Schwarzenegger said Indian tribes are ripping us off, I doubt his purpose was to incite violence against American Indians, but bolstering bigotry nevertheless plays into vigilante…

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Preparing for Climate Change

Preparing for Climate Change

July 21, 2011

The Nisqually Tribe and partners in restoration are looking to the next 100 years in their plans to protect Chinook salmon recovery.

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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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