While the UN and its agencies are competent at documenting the plight of indigenous peoples in the world, the institution itself is often complicit in the harms caused by transnational…
Read moreIt’s never been easy surviving as an indigenous person in Brazil, but in the era of human rights and multiculturalism, it’s shocking to witness hit men hired by ranchers for…
Read moreInternational Indigenous Peoples’ Forum on Climate Change December 2, 2011 – AWG-KP Intervention – COP17/Durban Read by Nanta Mpaayei Thank you, Mr. Chair. I am honoured to present today on…
Read moreThe International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change presented its statement to the Adhoc Working Group on the Kyoto Protocols yesterday in Durban, South Africa at the Climate Change Treaty…
Read moreBack in May, Winona LaDuke discussed the mutual healing process of apology and redemption and sacred relationships with food and the land.
Read moreNo REDD, an 85 page booklet published by indigenous and environmental organizations, highlights how this climate change fraud, perpetrated by the UN and transnational corporations, is destroying indigenous societies and…
Read moreThe United Nations 26 November began debate on a draft resolution declaring 2013 as the International Year of Quinua. The resolution notes that the peoples of the Andean region have…
Read moreA few years back, CWIS fellow and Yakama Nation elder Russell Jim told of his youth and his rescue by his aunt from government run Indian boarding schools in the…
Read moreThe recent loss of the Schaghticoke Nation’s community pavilion to arson is tragic enough, but the fact that tribal leaders believe it is the consequence of actions by the State…
Read moreGarden of Truth: The Prostitution and Trafficking of Native Women in Minnesota, published by Minnesota Indian Women's Sexual Assault Coalition in collaboration with Prostitution Research and Education, has been released….
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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