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

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Perspective Proportion Design

Perspective Proportion Design

June 23, 2011

In his article at Indian Country Today, Duane Champagne discusses academia’s propensity to pay lip service to Native American studies without allowing it to flourish from the perspective of Native…

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The Price of Petroleum

The Price of Petroleum

June 22, 2011

In this short video, Melina Laboucan-Massimo of the Lubicon Cree in Northern Alberta discusses the destruction of their way of life by the Government of Canada and the oil and…

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Brutal Reality

Brutal Reality

June 21, 2011

In Crisis in Sudan, Frederick Clarkson interviews Anglican Bishop Andudu about the imminent genocide in South Sudan. As UN peacekeepers stand idly by, Nuba Christians and others supporting secession from…

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Vast Values Divide

Vast Values Divide

June 20, 2011

When Crystal Willcuts says being respectful, truthful, and caring is un-American, she is observing the vast values divide between indigenous peoples and American culture, which she describes as immature, greedy,…

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Recreating Reality

Recreating Reality

June 19, 2011

When it comes to writing and storytelling, we’d all like to be the next N. Scott Momaday, Leslie Marmon Silko, Ray A. Youngbear, or Sherman Alexie. But the reality is…

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The Right to Say No

The Right to Say No

June 18, 2011

First Nations in British Columbia opposed to oil pipelines and supertankers assert their right to say no. As guardians of the north coast and the mountains, First Nations assert that…

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IWGIA

IWGIA

June 17, 2011

International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs this month highlights the concept of self-determination. Check out IWGIA links and resources on this and other human rights topics.

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Nile Blues

Nile Blues

June 17, 2011

As Africa's newest country plans to declare independence on July 9, Southern Sudan, awash in small arms as a result of nearly a half century of warfare, faces many challenges…

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A Predatory Process

A Predatory Process

June 16, 2011

In Steven Newcomb’s critique of a doctrine of reconciliation, he reviews the Christian domination paradigm, and the assimilation/reconciliation process. As a destructive legacy of church and state domination, says Newcomb,…

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Co-opting Consciousness

Co-opting Consciousness

June 15, 2011

In his June 2009 article Greenwashing Eden, Michael Barker examined the connections and motivations of BINGOs like Conservation International. Exploring the vast conflicts of interest inherent in wasteful corporations funding…

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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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