Human Nature-Guernica Mag
On several occasions during my research, an interview would be brought to a dead stop after I included the word wild or wilderness in a question. The word simply didn’t exist in the dialect of the person I was interviewing. My interpreter would stare...

How the Indian Act made Indians act like Indian Act Indians
A few times recently I’ve encountered folks online trying to understand the band council system and why so many are against it. For them I started writing an article about it, but I just came across the following text which breaks it all down very...

Legal History Blog: Lawyers in Canadian History
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A MUST READ:Cliff Atleo, A Rising Political Star, and his cousin Shawn
One of Canada’s most important political campaigns is underway, though it’s going unnoticed by most Aboriginals. That’s because it’s not a federal or provincial election. Nor is it about running a band, casino, smoke shop, or friendship centre....

Day of reconciliation turns into confrontation over border dispute
The federal government must end a dispute that has shut down an Eastern Ontario border crossing before it gets out of hand, say aboriginal, union and federal opposition leaders.The dispute heated up Thursday when the chief of the Akwesasne Mohawk First...

A Response to the Conservative Party’s New Indian Policy
Chuck Strahl, minister of Indian Affairs, announced a policy shift which would see the Conservative government withhold band funding from First Nations who do not make partnership agreements with provincial governments for services and who do not agree...

The Simon Ortiz and Labriola Center Lecture on Indigenous Land, Culture, and Community | Department of English
The Simon Ortiz and Labriola Center Lecture on Indigenous Land, Culture, and Community at Arizona State University addresses topics and issues across disciplines in the arts, humanities, sciences, and politics. Underscoring Indigenous American...

Indigenous Resurgence of Traditional Ways of Being
On March 23, 2009, Kanienkeha (Mohawk) Educator, Author and Activist Gerald Taiaiake Alfred took part in the Simon Ortiz and Labriola Centre Lecture series on Indigenous Land, Culture and Community.Recorded at the Heard Museum in Phoenix, AZ, Taiaiake...

Freeport investors voice environmental fears over goldmine
They contest that the soot-colored acidic waste, comprising an acidic runoff, poses a serious threat to the biodiversity of this environmentally sensitive area. Its majority owners, the giant US Freeport-McMoRan mining company, say that the discharges...

Guatemala: The Murder of Father Rosebaugh in the Ixcán
One week after the murder of Rodrigo Rosemberg and the infamous video, as well as the subsequent protests dubbed the “white tsunami,” another violent murder took place in El Ixcál, Guatemala. Armed men intercepted the car carrying 5 missionaries on...

Police suspect OPM in Abepura attacks
“We suspect that the Free Papua Organization (OPM) is behind the series of attacks,” Abubakar told reporters Monday.A series of attacks rocked Papua on Thursday last week as legislative elections were being held nationwide. A bomb exploded on the...

Police aim to free Papua airstrip from OPM control
Police aim to free Papua airstrip from OPM control, OPM controls Kaisiepo Airport in Mamberamo

Some theories on WHY the war was started in Wamena: Analyses by the Meeting of The Penis Gourds People's Assembly Council
The first launching of Koteka Tribal Assembly, Dewan Musyawarah Masyarakat Adat Koteka, West Papua

The Papua Presidium Council (PDP): Between Theory and Its Practice of Management (1), by Sem Karoba
There is a lot of controversy, not on the leadership but on the management of the Papua Presidium Council (PDP). Most of the people in West Papua are standing behind the PDP. They are ready to sacrifice what they have, including their lives for the sake...

Aboriginal Perspectives
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What Should We Pay Attention To…?
A friend of mine, living in Mexico, sent me notice of a WebSite called THE PACHAMAMA ALLIANCE.For many people living in affluent countries who rarely think about the importance of every single member of our Human Family, this site would be one they just...

South Africa: Mandela's dream gives birth to democracy: 'We are at the end of an era. We are at the beginning of a new era', ANC president declares as South Africa's leaders sign constitution for equality after 45 years of apartheid - News - Independ
NELSON MANDELA, seeing the consummation of the cause for which he sacrificed 27 years of his life, joined F W de Klerk and 19 other South African leaders last night at a ceremony to ratify the country's first democratic constitution.Breaking with...

"Tar Sands is a national issue" - Alberta First Nations people
"Over the last 30 years, the Fort Chipewyan First Nation has seen a steady increase in cancers and auto-immune diseases, which are attributed to the many toxic chemicals allowed to be dumped in Athabasca River,"

Nadleh Whut’en protest Recognition Act process
Members of the Nadleh Whut’en Band First Nation interrupted discussion at today’s Recognition and Reconciliation Act regional session to protest the proposed legislation.Approximately 150 people proceeded into the discussion hall to criticize the...

New strategy behind separatism in Papua
On the basis of these considerations, we should seek, even at some cost, to find alternative approaches and in particular, examine the nonviolent solutions to the complex contemporary problems in Papua. The strategy of restraint and to continue to...

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