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Assimilation Without Representation: Alaska’s Experiment in Native Social Engineering
By Jennifer Howk  |  April 17, 2014
“Disaster is like everyday life, but more so.” —Rebecca Solnit HELL AND HIGH WATER
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Hawai'i: An Occupied Country
By Noelani Goodyear-Kaʻōpua  |  April 16, 2014
  The lawful Government of Hawaii was overthrown without the drawing of a sword or the firing of a shot by a process which, it may be safely asserted, is directly traceable to and dependent for its success upon the agency of the United States acting through its diplomatic and naval representatives…By an act of war, committed with the participation of a diplomatic representative of the United States and without authority of Congress, the Government of a feeble but friendly and confiding people has been overthrown. A substantial wrong has thus been done which a due regard for our national character as well as the rights of the injured people requires we should endeavor to repair.
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Free, Prior, and Informed Consent: Empowering Communities for People-Focused Conservation
By Adrienne McKeehan, Theresa Buppert  |  April 16, 2014
Imagine subsistence hunters in Brazil, or farmers in the Andean highlands, or fishing communities in Cambodia. Each of these geographically disparate groups is among the indigenous peoples of the world whose livelihoods, cultures, and identities are intimately tied to the land on which they have lived for generations. However, they do not only share this tie to their traditional land. Indigenous peoples’ rights to their land, territories, and natural resources have often been historically ignored or neglected when large-scale development or conservation activities, such as hydropower dams or protected areas, were being planned and implemented.
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