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

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African Young Scientists Initiative

African Young Scientists Initiative

May 20, 2011

An international student conference sponsored by African Young Scientists Initiative on Climate Change and Indigenous Knowledge will take place August 15-17 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Abstracts are due by May…

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Criminal World

Criminal World

May 19, 2011

In an increasingly criminal world, covenants, treaties, and conventions recognizing aboriginal title mean little if laws acknowledging indigenous rights aren’t enforced. In Michoacan, Mexico, where indigenous forests have been illegally…

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White Highlands

White Highlands

May 18, 2011

According to Jemima Pierre, the International Criminal Court has only indicted African leaders, lending to the impression that barbarity only descended on the continent after the departure of colonial powers….

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Navajo Versus Nuclear

Navajo Versus Nuclear

May 17, 2011

Already dealing with contamination from previous uranium mines, the Eastern Navajo Dine are challenging the Nuclear Regulatory Commission issuance of new licenses.  With cancer, heart disease and birth defects caused…

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Funding Feudalism

Funding Feudalism

May 16, 2011

Under the Reagan administration, protecting US-friendly feudalism in Central America went hand in hand with privatizing clandestine military operations. The crimes against humanity committed by foreign death squads, trained at…

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Preventing Disease

Preventing Disease

May 15, 2011

The Batwa of Uganda are thought to be the oldest tribal people on the planet, but their eviction from their homeland forests has caused many problems in their health and…

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Eyes on the Prize

Eyes on the Prize

May 14, 2011

Not all Nobel Peace Prize winners are warmongers like Henry Kissinger and Barack Obama. Some, like Rigoberta Menchu, actually earn the prize. Menchu, a noted Mayan activist, will run for…

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Clean Water Clean Air

Clean Water Clean Air

May 13, 2011

When I first encountered the Wise Use Movement — corporate funded vigilantism against environmentalists — it was just after CBS 60 Minutes aired its September 20, 1992 program Clean Water,…

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Indigenous Energy Summit

Indigenous Energy Summit

May 12, 2011

June 27-29 in Niagara Falls, Ontario, the Assembly of First Nations will host the International Indigenous Summit on Energy and Mining. Emphasizing the link between sustainability, sovereignty, and solidarity, AFN…

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Tearing Down the Wall

Tearing Down the Wall

May 11, 2011

As we head toward the likely recognition of a Palestinian state by the UN this fall, the imminent opening of Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt signals an end…

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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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