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A Predatory Process
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,…
Read moreCo-opting Consciousness
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…
Read moreApplied Research
In this announcement from November 2010, the editor of Intercontinental Cry recounts how his indigenous news blog broke the story of police brutality against pastoralists in Kenya, prompting an investigation…
Read moreA More Holistic Tradition
In the beginning, it must have puzzled indigenous peoples why the Europeans were so aggressive and ungrateful. Later, having gotten to know more about Christianity and corporations, indigenous societies came…
Read moreAhniwanika
John Ahniwanika Schertow, editor of Intercontinental Cry and web manager at Oneidas for Democracy, is also an interesting journalist. Take a look at some of the articles he’s written about…
Read moreFor the Record
Ben Powless of the Indigenous Environmental Network addresses the Government of Canada.
Read moreTraditional Knowledge
Conservation International fellowships are available for research into contributions of traditional knowledge in adapting to climate change and maintaining biodiversity. Applications should be submitted by June 30.
Read moreQuinault Nation on UNDRIP – US Senate Hearing
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…
Read moreUNDRIP in the USA
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…
Read moreNineveh Plains
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…
Read moreChief 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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