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

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UNDRIP in the USA

June 12, 2011

The US Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on June 9 held a hearing on domestic policy implications of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Comments and testimony…

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Quinault Nation on UNDRIP – US Senate Hearing

June 12, 2011

Quinault President Fawn Sharp spoke before the US Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on 9 June calling for the United States to “adopt policies and enact legislation as necessary to…

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Nineveh Plains

June 10, 2011

In the fact-finding mission report The Last Generation?: The Situation of Assyrians in Northern Iraq, the Assyria Council of Europe examined prospects for provincial autonomy within the Nineveh Plains of…

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Aboriginal Media

June 9, 2011

In the current issue of the International Journal of Communication, Rebecca Porlier reviews The New Media Nation: Indigenous Peoples and Global Communication by Valerie Alia.

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Counter Surveillance

June 8, 2011

As peace and freedom activists across the world encounter growing surveillance by national security states, protecting digital security and privacy online is a priority in keeping friends and allies out…

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Social Identity

June 6, 2011

Social identity on the Internet is widely recognized as integral to today’s social movements. In this issue of First Monday, Sandy Schumann and Francois Luong introduce a framework of mechanisms…

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Act of Murder

June 5, 2011

Steve Newcomb at Indian Country Today details how the Bill of Rights would be terminated by the Global War bill before Congress. Of particular interest to readers here, Newcomb explains…

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False Promise

June 4, 2011

Emblematic of the false promise made by UN states to indigenous nations, Brazil’s industrialization of the Amazon illustrates why the international institution is incapable of upholding the human rights of…

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Governance and Accountability

June 4, 2011

Dr. Stephen Cornell addresses the Assembly of First Nations on reclaiming governance.

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Last Inca

June 3, 2011

Sacred Land Film Project reports from Cusco, where the last Inca are perhaps witnessing the end of Inca culture. As a shamanic people of the mountains, the Q’eros — having…

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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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