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From: jburrows@coho.halcyon.com (Center For World Indigenous Studies)
Subject: Indigenous Peoples Information Online
Date: 26 May 1994 03:11:54 GMT
Organization: Center For World Indigenous Studies
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                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 make available to tribal governments, researchers and 
     organizations with an interest in the Fourth World, many of 
     the Center's documents and resources.  The FWDP gathers 
     documents from nations around the world and processes them 
     into electronic text for distribution on the Internet and 
     other computer networks.  These documents form an electronic 
     archive of voices from the Fourth World. 

     This project has been undertaken by CWIS at its own expense 
     for the express purpose of disseminating the works of Fourth 
     World authors, researchers and governments as widely as 
     possible.  The FWDP also archives State governments' and 
     international bodies' positions taken in regards to Fourth 
     World nations and peoples. 

     The FWDP may be accessed either through the Internet or 
     through the Center's computer bulletin board, The Quarto 
     Mundista BBS, at 206-786-9629, 300-28.8 baud 8N1, Fido Net 
     1:352/333.  To access the FWDP archives through the 
     Internet, FTP to ftp.halcyon.com and enter into the 
     /pub/FWDP directory or you can read the documents online 
     with Gopher at fir.cic.net in the /Politics/Fourth.World 
     directory. 

     The FWDP archives contain information on Fourth World 
     nations in the Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe, Melanesia and 
     the Pacific.  The documents include essays, position papers, 
     resolutions, organizational information, treaties, UN 
     documents, speeches and declarations.  The FWDP archives 
     form a vital resource for tribal officials, researchers, 
     activists or anyone interested in Indigenous Peoples and our 
     past/present struggles to regain our land and freedom. 
     
                Center For World Indigenous Studies
                           P.O. Box 2574
                        Olympia, Washington
                            98507-2574
                        jburrows@halcyon.com

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  Fourth World Documentation Project            The Quarto Mundista BBS
  Finger for more info on CWIS & FWDP       Fido Net 1:352/333 206/786-9629