THE FOURTH WORLD DOCUMENTATION PROJECT

      I n d i g e n o u s   P e o p l e s   I n f o r m a t i o n
            f o r   t h e   O n l i n e   C o m m u n i t y

  Do you have a computer and modem?  Do you have an Internet Account?
       If so, you can access the wealth of information contained 
              in the Fourth World Documentation Project's 
                       online documents archive. 

     The Fourth World Documentation Project was organized by the 
     Center For World Indigenous Studies in 1992. Its mission is 
     to document and make available to tribal governments, 
     researchers and organizations, important documents relating 
     to the social, political, strategic, economic and human 
     rights situations being faced by Fourth World nations and 
     create an historical archive of the political struggles 
     waged by Indigenous Nations to assert their rights as 
     sovereign nations. 
     
     The FWDP gathers documents from nations and organizations 
     around the world and processes them into electronic text for 
     distribution on the Internet, Peace Net and other computer 
     networks. These documents form an electronic archive of 
     voices and ideas from the Fourth World. 
     
     The Fourth World Documentation Project Archives contain 
     over 400 full text documents from Indigenous Nations in 
     the Americas, Africa, Europe, Asia, Melanesia and the 
     Pacific, forming a vital resource for tribal officials and 
     researchers, activists or anyone interested in the state of 
     the world's Indigenous Nations.  Documents include: 
     
        *  Speeches, articles and essays by leading 
           Fourth World writers, political analysts and 
           leaders. 

        *  Compacts, treaties and agreements between 
           Indigenous Nations and States.

        *  Over 70 United Nations documents covering the 
           last 11 years of work by the Working Group on 
           Indigenous Populations -- including various 
           drafts of the UN Draft Declaration on the 
           Rights of Indigenous Peoples. 

        *  Position Papers and resolutions by tribal 
           governments and inter-tribal organizations, 
           including:  The World Council of Indigenous 
           Peoples, The National Congress of American 
           Indians, The Affiliated Tribes of Northwest 
           Indians, The Conference of Tribal Governments 
           and the Navajo Nation's Navajo-Hopi Land 
           Commission. 

        *  Background on the Center For World Indigenous 
           Studies including programs, publications, 
           contributors and philosophy.

     
                          HOW TO ACCESS 
         THE FOURTH WORLD DOCUMENTATION PROJECT ARCHIVES
     

                          WORLD WIDE WEB
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            URL:http://www.halcyon.com/FWDP/fwdp.html

                               FTP
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               URL:ftp://ftp.halcyon.com/pub/FWDP/

                              GOPHER
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       URL:gopher://locust.cic.net/11/Politics/Fourth.World

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              Questions and comments concerning the 
                Fourth World Documentation Project 
       may be directed to John Burrows, Executive Director, 
             Center For World Indigenous Studies at:

                       jburrows@halcyon.com

                               <or>

                Center For World Indigenous Studies
                        ATTN: John Burrows
                     1001 Cooper Point Road SW
                           Suite 140-214
                     Olympia, WA  98502 U.S.A.