Vol. 23 No. 1 (2023)

Published April 29, 2025
Fourth World Journal

In this issue of the Fourth World Journal, we are pleased to share the insights and analysis of seven authors revealing in considerable detail the challenges and accomplishments of Fourth World nations as they face often systematic state government efforts to eliminate them. Yet there are some nations driven initiatives to turn aside culturcide and other violence in favor of constructive measures for social, economic, and political self-determination.

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From Reconciliation to ReconciliAction
Nancy Dyson, Dan Rubenstein (Author); Aline Castañeda Cadena (Translator)
64-72, 74-82
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Responsibilities Into Rights : The Settler-Colonial Translation of Native Social Systems into Western Law
Eric Cheyfitz (Author); Aline Castañeda Cadena (Translator)
1-13, 17-31
This article examines how settler colonialism translated Indigenous social systems—rooted in communal responsibilities and kinship with both humans and "more-than-human" beings—into Western ... more
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Fourth World Nations vs. The States’ “Nation-Destroying” Projects From 1946 to 2020: Post-WWII Wars, Armed Conflicts, and Indigenous Military Resistance
Hiroshi Fukurai (Author)
33-48
The objective of this paper is to provide empirical analyses of the global armed conflicts between the nation and the state in the post-WWII era from 1946 to 2020. The empirical data comes from ... more
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Genocide Today: The Guarani-Kaiowa Struggle for Land and Life
Antonio Augusto Rossotto Loris (Author)
64-72
Although genocide is commonly used today to describe the dramatic challenges indigenous peoples face worldwide, the significance of the Guarani-Kaiowa genocidal experience is not casual and ... more
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Reclaiming Indigenous Voice and Knowledge in the Era of (Re) colonization: Insights from a Rural Indigenous Santal Community
Dr. Mrinal Debnath Ed. D. (Author)
84-108
This paper analyzes how various of contested sites of the internationally recognized state encapsulated in the ethos of the West perpetuate colonial legacy, marginalize indigenous wisdom, and ... more
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Coming Together: Sharing 50 Tribes’ Vision for the Future of Pacific Northwest Salmon
Kieren Daley Laursen (Author)
110-122
Salmon are central to the culture of Indigenous people in the Pacific Northwest. Research indicates that a diet that includes fresh salmon  protects from health problems such as diabetes and ... more
A Critical Review of the United States Government’s Guidance for Federal Departments and Agencies on Indigenous Knowledge: The Department of Education in Perspective
Chika Ezeanya Esiobu, Opal Almerica, Sakura Arai, Franny DePhillips, Michael Dickson, Ge Xiyang, Angelina Goodhue, Sarah Johnson, Hiromi Kawai, Zama Kunene (Author)
124-132
Perhaps the most significant milestone in the United States Government’s advancement of indigenous knowledge in the 21st century was the recently released White House First-of-a-Kind Indigenous ... more
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