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

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Seeds of Hope

August 3, 2011

In hard times, it is community that sees us through. An essential but often neglected part of nurturing community, especially when things fall apart, is mentoring. In this inter-generational exchange…

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Beware

August 3, 2011

Betrayed by covert relationships between an oil company and an NGO offering to assist indigenous peoples, the Guarani learn a valuable lesson about intermediaries.

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Apartheid Report

August 3, 2011

A report on the status of Palestinian Bedouin by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs notes pervasive insecurity and instability due to administrative practices of Israeli authorities….

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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

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

August 1, 2011

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

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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

July 30, 2011

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

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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

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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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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