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

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Multiculturalism

May 24, 2011

Toronto’s model schools promote multiculturalism by including aboriginal curricula and Ojibwe language classes.

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The Sacred Fire

May 23, 2011

As noted in Upside Down World, Zapatismo is alive and well in the caracols of Chiapas, but self-rule in these autonomous indigenous communities is anything but easy. Community cohesion, the…

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A Criminal Act

May 22, 2011

In the war between biodiversity and privatization, the battle in the Andes over protecting the genetic diversity of indigenous potatoes from an invasion of genetically modified seeds from the United…

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Against Humanity

May 21, 2011

Poverty is widely recognized as a symptom of structured socioeconomic violence. Privatization is thus the linchpin to what author Michel Chossudovsky called The Globalisation of Poverty. As an act of…

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Poetics of Creation

May 20, 2011

When we strip away the superficial banter blaring from media noise machines, three essential questions emerge. Who are your people? Where did they come from? What is their story? In…

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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

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

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

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

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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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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