United Through History and Experience: Wampanoag-Bermuda Connections
Indian John, a Wampanoag, was taken captive in Massachusetts in 1676 during King Philip’s War (June 20, 1675 – April 12, 1678) and sold into slavery in Bermuda. He resisted his slave masters, eventually attempting his escape and the murder of his captors. Read more.
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Decolonizing and Indigenizing Media to Uplift Indigenous Peoples’ Voices in Asia
Despite the abundance of media outlets, the coverage of Indigenous Peoples’ issues remains extremely limited. If Indigenous Peoples’ issues are covered at all, they are not always properly or positively portrayed. Thus, there is a need to decolonize and Indigenize the media, concluded the Asian Indigenous journalists who gathered recently in Chiangmai, Thailand. Read more.
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Mbororo Peoples’ Journey for Survival: Transhumance and Territoriality in Central Africa
Indigenous Mbororo Peoples, nomad pastoralists practicing transhumance from time immemorial, remain in a legal limbo, continually displaced under jurisdictional movement in the regions of West and Central Africa. With thousands of deaths related to farmer-herder skirmishes recorded in the past two decades, the realities of climate change and the resulting massive loss of biodiversity exacerbate major security and economic challenges on the ground. Read more.
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Cultural Survival Calls for Solidarity with Yvy Pyte Community of Paĩ Tavyterã Peoples
Cultural Survival calls for solidarity with the Yvy Pyte community of the Paĩ Tavyterã Indigenous Peoples in the department of Amambay, Paraguay, who have been threatened and attacked by illegal invaders in their territories since 2021. Read more. En español.
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Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Upholds the Onondaga Nation’s Right to Challenge Illegal Land Acquisition
Despite the existence of these treaties, New York State illegally claimed more than 2 million acres of land between 1788 and 1822 for the purpose of selling it for profit to non-Indigenous landowners. The illegally claimed land encompasses ancestral Onondaga territory from Syracuse and Onondaga Lake to the eastern shore of Lake Ontario, Binghamton to the south, and Watertown to the north.
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Wakati Ni Sasa: A Holistic Approach to Sustainable Community Tourism in Sagala and Rakhasi
Nestled in the majestic Sagala Hills, a community of mountain and plains dwellers graces the foothills and plains of the vast Tsavo East National Park, the largest of Kenya's national parks. Read more.
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On September 20-24, Cultural Survival gathered Indigenous leaders from across Southern Africa in conversation about Indigenous rights to Free, Prior and Informed Consent in the face of an exponential increase in demand in transition mineral mining. Listen to some voices from the event:
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Día Internacional de la Traducción
El Día Internacional de la Traducción se conmemora el 30 de septiembre de cada año con el fin de “rendir tributo a la labor de los profesionales lingüísticos y al importante papel que desempeñan en acercar a las naciones, facilitar el diálogo, el entendimiento y la cooperación, contribuir al desarrollo y reforzar la paz y la seguridad mundial”.
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¡Libertad a los presos políticos de Eloxochitlán de Flores Magón!
Jaime Betanzos, Herminio Monfil, Alfredo Bolaños, Fernando Gavito y Francisco Durán, presos políticos de origen mazateco, oriundos de la comunidad de Eloxochitlán de Flores Magón, en Oaxaca, México, se encuentran detenidos desde el 2014 sin haber recibido una sentencia.
 Radio, música y lengua ayuujk
A través del podcast “Radio, música y lengua ayuujk”, el productor independiente Floriberto Vásquez, originario de Santa María Tlahuitoltepec Mixe, en Oaxaca, México, busca “explorar las potencialidades de la radio y la música para la continuidad de la lengua ayuujk”. |
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Indigenous Community Media Fund Grant Partner Spotlight:
Radio Maranki 89 FM, Peru
Radio Maranki 89 FM is an initiative of the Marankiari Bajo Indigenous community. Our story began in 1992, with the desire to have our own bilingual media that allows Indigenous communities to share their stories, origins, and traditions. Read more. En español.
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Keepers of the Earth Fund Grant Partner Spotlight:
Association Zihuame Xotlametzin, Mexico
In 2021, Association Zihuame Xotlametzin received a grant from the Keepers of the Earth Fund to support Nahua women from Chilapa and Ahuacuotzingo, Guerrero who are using traditional plant medicines to treat illnesses. Read more.
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Youth Fellow Spotlight:
One Body: Connected to the Earth
Kuenan Tikuna (Tariano and Tikuna) from Brazil talks about her reality as a young Indigenous trans woman facing urbanization, and how gender and sexual diversity are often represented. Read more. En español.
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In this issue of the CSQ, we bring you the voices of people whose lives have been affected by conflict.
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¡Cultural Survival Quarterly ahora está disponible en español!
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Cultural Survival advocates for Indigenous Peoples' rights and supports Indigenous communities’ self-determination, cultures and political resilience since 1972. We envision a future that respects and honors Indigenous Peoples' inherent rights and dynamic cultures, deeply and richly interwoven in lands, languages, spiritual traditions, and artistic expression, rooted in self-determination and self-governance.
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