Associate Scholars Program
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January 25, 2012
Demonizing in Canada
Psychological warfare waged by the Government of Canada and Canadian oil companies against indigenous activism. Interview with CWIS Associate Scholar Jay Taber. On air and online discussion by indigenous media editor John Schertow.
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December 05, 2011
COP17 IKS Communique AYSICCIKS
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November 12, 2011
New Book by Rudolph Ryser
To be published April 2012
INDIGENOUS NATIONS AND MODERN STATES
320 pages
Published by Routledge
In this volume Rudolph C. Ryser describes how indigenous peoples transformed themselves from anthropological curiosities into politically influential voices in domestic and international deliberations affecting everyone on the planet. He reveals in documentary detail how since the 1970s indigenous peoples politically formed governing authorities over peoples, territories and resources raising important questions and offering new solutions to profound challenges to human life. -
October 15, 2011
Prepared to Lead
With the recent announcements of a Fulbright scholarship for CWIS director Rudolph Ryser, and the doctorate in Traditional Medicine Policy for CWIS fellow Mirjam Hirch, it is time to usher in a new era of prestige and prosperity for the organization. For tribal colleges, universities worldwide, and the UN, CWIS is a trusted and recognized resource. As the premier indigenous think tank in the world, it is time for CWIS and its associates to come into their own through endowments that enable it to continue to serve and grow alongside the world indigenous peoples movement. Perhaps in the near future, we can hold more formal discussions on this topic. To point out the obvious, we are prepared to lead. -
October 13, 2011
Mirjam Hirch earns Doctorate - Traditional Medicine Policy
Mirjam Hirch, a former CWIS Intern, present Fellow and Associate Scholar was awarded her doctorate in Traditional Medicine Policy and geography in from the Universität zu Köln, Cologne, NRW, Germany. Dr. Mirjam Hirch is a resident of Darmstadt, Germany. She will be publishing an essay from her research with the Fourth World Journal in its Winter issue 2011. -
August 28, 2011
CWIS Chair Designated Fulbright-Robles Scholar
Rudolph C. Ryser, a member of the Capella University faculty in the School of Public Service Leadership (Minneapolis, MN) and Chairman of the Center for World Indigenous Studies (Olympia, WA) has been awarded a Fulbright - Garcia Robles Scholarship to conduct research in western México and deliver four lectures on globalization and non-profit organizations at the Universidad del Valle de Atemajac (UNIVA) in Puerto Vallarta, México during the 2011-2012 academic year, according to the United States Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. Fulbright-Garcia Robles Scholars are selected by the Council for International Exchange of Scholars (US) and the U.S.-Mexico Commission for Educational and Cultural Exchange (COMEXUS)
Fulbright Scholars are selected on the basis of their high academic and professional merit, their research proposal, the potential benefits to both countries, and the applicant's ambassadorial skills promoting mutual understanding. ... -
April 19, 2011
Anke Weisheit Forms New Institute
Associate Scholar Anke Weisheit has successfully gained acceptance of her plan for the establishment the Institute of Indigenous Knowledge (IIK) at Mbarara University of Science and Technology in Mbarara, Uganda. First organizing the Institute in 2006, Ms. Weisheit's Institute was approved in April 2011 by the University Council. She originally submitted her plans to the Vice Chancellor in a concept paper in 2006, began to establish the Institute and now it is a formal part of the University.
Ms. Weisheit is a noted leader in the study and use of medicinal plants in East Africa and has served as a project consultant for the Herbalist Association and the National Agricultural research Organization of Uganda. If you are registered with our website you may view more details about Anke Weisheit at http://cwis.org/profile/?member=50
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