Across Indigenous communities, women are the heart of traditional medicine. The Fourth World Journal invites submissions that honor their healing knowledge, resilience, and leadership. Share your research, reflections, or community-based experiences by August 1, 2025.
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Indigenous knowledge holders and community members have actively resisted global biopiracy through international diplomacy. After over 20 years of strategic, resilient, and effective political engagement, Indigenous peoples have achieved a monumental first step toward protecting their IP from biopiracy and bioprospecting: the GRATK (Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge) treaty, adopted by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in May of 2024.
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In 2010, 194 UN Member States set an aim to conserve at least 17% of land and 10% of marine areas by 2020 in a resolution known as Aichi Target…
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The United States executive branch under the Trump-Vance administration (tva) is attempting to obliterate not just the futures of Americans, but the entire world. Let me explain. I was to…
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Post-Colonial Violence, Indigenous Women, and Traditional Medicine The relationship between violence against Indigenous women and traditional medicine is deeply rooted in historical, cultural, and systemic forces. Across many Indigenous nations,…
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The Fourth World Journal invites submissions for a special edition on Indigenous women in traditional medicine. This issue will explore their critical role in health, resistance, and environmental sustainability. Scholars, practitioners, and activists are encouraged to contribute studies, narratives, and policy analyses highlighting Indigenous knowledge systems and decolonial healthcare approaches.
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) laud free trade as a doctrine of economic growth, prosperity, and development. Free trade agreements (FTAs), agreements between two…
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We’re excited to share the final blog in our Fourth World Journal: Volume 24, Winter Issue series! In this issue, Martha L. Schmidt, CWIS Board Member, reviews Elizabeth Esterling’s monograph…
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As we near the end of this series of blog posts about the latest issue of the Fourth World Journal, we are excited to present the article “Aillaquillen: The Island…
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Introducing another of our accomplished authors, we have Robert Hansell’s “Indigenous Food Sovereignty: A Thematic & Case Study Literature Review.” We are thrilled to publish a piece that resonates so…
Read moreThe 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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