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Concrete culture: Indigenous hip-hop as movement

Posted on August 24, 2010August 24, 2010 by Rick Harp

Since launching our weekly segment on THE WORD on STREETZ-FM, North America’s first and only urban Aboriginal radio station, I’ve been keeping my eye out for related content on the Web. And if you’re new to hip-hop Indigenous-style, or want a greater sense of how the music is part of a broader cultural movement, a […]

Spectrum Sovereignty? Maori Treaty Rights to 4G Debated in New Zealand

Posted on June 21, 2010June 22, 2010 by Rick Harp

Here’s a debate that opens all sorts of canned worms about what might be rightly considered the sovereign territory of Indigenous peoples. As we see in this report from TVNZ’s Te Karere, some Maori have put forth arguments claiming Indigenous title to the so-called 4G (fourth generation) wireless broadband spectrum in New Zealand. So far, […]