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** In Memoriam: 28 Indigenous Rights Defenders Murdered in Latin America in 2019
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As we enter 2020, Cultural Survival remembers 28 courageous Indigenous human rights and environmental defenders who were murdered in 2019 in the Latin American countries where we do our work. Read more. ([link removed])
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** K’iche Human Rights Defender Daniel Pascual Facing Criminal Charges in Guatemala
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Indigenous and campesino organizations across Guatemala are on high alert as a case which has the potential to alter the course of freedom of expression in Guatemala begin hearings at Guatemala’s highest appellate court. Read more. ([link removed]) En español. ([link removed])
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** Urgent Call to Action in Support of the Wet’suwet’en First Nation
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On January 13, 2019, the Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs submitted a formal request to the United Nations to monitor RCMP, government and Coastal GasLink (CGL) actions on their traditional, unceded territory. Cultural Survival reiterates our support for the Wet’suwet’en and joins calls to Coastal GasLink and the RCMP to stand down. Read more. ([link removed])
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** Australia Must Listen to Traditional Custodians of the Land
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Indigenous leaders have called for changes to current land management practices to help limit the fire damage in future years, drawing on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander traditional practices. Read more. ([link removed])
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** Time to Act on Five Laws Advancing Indigenous Peoples Rights in Massachusetts
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Native American and human rights organizations around the Commonwealth are currently working to pass five bills before the current legislative session in Massachusetts. On February 5th, the state will decide the fate of key issues such as the removal of racist iconography in school mascots and state symbolism, changing Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day, the protection of Native artifacts and heritage, and the creation of a permanent commission on Indigenous education within the state. Your voice is needed, Take Action! ([link removed])
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** Protecting Sacred Shinnecock Hills
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On January 14, 2020, over 100 individuals, including members from other Indigenous Tribal Nations, stood with the Shinnecock Indian Nation in part of an ongoing protest against development on sacred burial grounds. Read more. ([link removed])


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Bushfires: Shannon Foster on Land Management Practices ([link removed])
Shannon Foster is a Sydney D'harawal Knowledge Keeper, educator, and artist. Drawing on traditional knowledge, Indigenous leaders have advocated for changes to current land management practices for decades to help limit future fire damage.
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Cultural Survival News Bulletin January 2020 ([link removed])
This edition includes: Aboriginal Australians on bushfires; !Xun and Khwe communities in South Africa raise concerns with government; Yuin people fear ruin of cultural sites; Indigenous Peoples across India protest against the Citizenship Amendment Bill; Mayan language to be taught at schools in Mexico.

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Indígenas LGBTI, Nuestras Realidades ([link removed])
Las siglas del movimiento LGBTI han ido evolucionando a lo largo de los años para englobar en ellas a las personas con identidades de género u orientaciones sexuales diferentes a la heterosexual. Lamentablemente el odio, repudio y ataques hacia la comunidad LGBTI en los últimos años ha ido en considerable aumento. Conozcamos lo que ha mostrado para algunos Indígenas ser parte de este grupo de personas.


** Send us your productions! ¡Envíennos sus producciones!
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We welcome your radio content on topics relating to Indigenous Peoples. Send us your files for posting on our website and email distribution. Please see guidelines here. ([link removed])
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Convocatoria de Proyectos de Subvenciones Radios Indígenas 2020 ([link removed])

We are hiring!
Director of Strategic Partnerships
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** Keepers of the Earth Grant Partner:
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** Lokiaka Community Development Centre - Ogoni (Nigeria)
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Through a KOEF grant to the Lokiaka Community Development Centre, volunteers at Lokiaka worked to replenish the land by conducting two intensive training sessions with Ogoni women on starting mangrove and fruit tree nurseries and making fuel-efficient stoves out of clay. Read more. ([link removed])


** Welcome to the Newest Member to Our Staff - Gabael Otzoy, IT Assistant
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Gabael (Maya Kaqchikel) was born in Chixot, an artistic town of Chimaltenango, Guatemala. He studied politics, community communication, Indigenous Peoples' rights, computer science, economic sciences and theology. He is director and co-founder of the radio program "Tzijonik", a space for analysis, information and debate. He is a writer and has worked as a columnist for Ajtz’ib’: Comalapa Writers, a regional digital media platform which integrates art and cultural management. Gabael is part of the Kaqchikel Moloj Collective which encourages the revitalization of the Kaqchikel language. He is a collaborator in the communication team of Consejo del Pueblo Maya (CPO).
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** Cultural Survival Quarterly Magazine
43-4 Indigenizing Love ([link removed])
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Get the latest issue focuses on the voices of Indigenous LGBTQIA+ persons. In many precolonial Indigenous cultures sexual diversity was widely accepted, if not celebrated. Read what Indigenous leaders have to say about returning to original teachings and stories to help decolonize and Indigenize spaces for the LGBTQIA+ community. Learn More. ([link removed])


** ¡Cultural Survival Quarterly ahora está disponible en español!
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