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** The Road to COP28: The World Is Not on Track to Achieve the Goals of the Paris Agreement
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In 2022, at the United Nations Framework on Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP27) in Egypt, we saw the creation of the new Loss and Damage Fund, which is arguably one of the most consequential decisions coming out of the COPs since the Paris Agreement, though many serious questions remain about how effective it will be. Read more. ([link removed])
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** Unpacking the Australian Indigenous Voice Referendum
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Les Malezer (Gubbi Gubbi and Butchulla) is a retired chairperson of the Foundation for Aboriginal and Islander Research Action (FAIRA) and a longtime advocate for Indigenous Peoples' rights. Shaldon Ferris (Khoisan), recently spoke with Malezer about the October 14, 2023 referendum in which Australians voted on whether to alter the Australian Constitution to recognize Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Peoples through the creation of an Indigenous advisory body. Read more. ([link removed])
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** How Long Does a Victory Last? What Happens After the Marco Temporal Ruling in Brazil?
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Indigenous Peoples in Brazil celebrated a significant legal victory on September 21, 2023, after years of arduous struggle and a pervasive sense of insecurity for our land rights. The highest court in Brazil ruled against the proposed Marco Temporal (temporal framework) thesis, marking a crucial milestone in Indigenous Peoples. Read more. ([link removed])
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** Embracing Indigenous Peoples Day in Massachusetts
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Advocacy efforts spanning decades have been dedicated to replacing Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day. Cultural Survival recently spoke with Pamela Anikaili Rosario Pérez (Taino/Yoruba, Missoko Bwiti), a Massachusetts resident involved in the movement. Read more. ([link removed])
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** Exploring the Transformative Power of Investments in Indigenous Communities
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Indigenous Peoples hold tenure to over 25 percent of the world's land surface, which is home to about 80 percent of the remaining global biodiversity, all while making up just a bit over 6 percent of the human population. Investing in Indigenous communities can promote cultural continuity, economic empowerment, environmental protection, and social justice, leading to a more sustainable and equitable world for all. Read more. ([link removed])
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** An Open Letter to EU Institutions on the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive
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Over 40 organizations are urging the European Union to include Indigenous Peoples' rights in the Corporate Due Diligence Directive. Read more. ([link removed]) En español. ([link removed])
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** New Guide Supports Indigenous Leaders to Develop FPIC Protocols and Secure Self-Determined Priorities of Communities
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Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) – Indigenous Peoples’ right to give or withhold consent on any activities that affect their lands, resources, and communities – flows from Indigenous Peoples’ right to self-determination. Read more. ([link removed])

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** Miskitu Leader Brooklyn Rivera Arrested and Jailed by Ortega Regime
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Indigenous Peoples’ rights advocate Brooklyn Rivera (Miskitu), the guiding force of the Nicaraguan Miskitu Peoples for more than 40 years, was arbitrarily and illegally detained at his home in Bilwi-Puerto Cabezas early on September 29, 2023, just five days after his 71st birthday. Ortega’s Sandinista police forces, sent from Managua, illegally seized his property. Read more. ([link removed]) En español. ([link removed])
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** The National Indigenous Media Commission in Colombia and the Rights to Media: A Model for the Global South
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We left Cali heading for Santander de Quilichao, a traditional Colombian town in the Cauca region, towards the Nasa Peoples’ territory. Our journey with Nasa Indigenous media producer Gustavo Ulcué Campo took us to the Resguardo Canoas, an autonomous collective territory where we visited his family and communal crops, as well as government offices, schools, and assembly spaces. Read more. ([link removed])
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** The Land Carries Our Ancestors: Contemporary Art by Native Americans
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“The Land Carries Our Ancestors: Contemporary Art by Native Americans,” is the name of the current exhibition curated by Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (Confederated Salish and Kootenai Nation) at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., now on display through January 15, 2024. Read more. ([link removed])
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** Mixe Peoples Working to Regain Access to Traditional Lands in Oaxaca
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“We need to recover the places in which we once used to pray.” This strong voice comes from a small community of San Pedro Jilotepec, located in Oaxaca province, Mexico, where the Mixe Peoples are trying to restore parts of their traditional territory. Read more. ([link removed]) ([link removed])
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More Media Coverage Needed on Indigenous Issues -Tristan Ahtone (Kiowa) ([link removed])

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International Day For The Eradication of Poverty 2023 ([link removed])

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The Impact of Religion on Maasai Traditions And Culture ([link removed])

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Día Internacional para la Erradicación de la Pobreza ([link removed])

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Nuestras raíces, voces ancestrales, en español ([link removed])

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** Keepers of the Earth Fund Grant Partner Spotlight:
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** Yvy Pyte Tekoha Guasu Indigenous Community, (Guarani paĩ tavyterã yvy pytey), Paraguay
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On Sunday night, October 22, 2023, Arnaldo Benítez Vargas, one of the spiritual leaders (tekoaruvicha) of Yvy Pyte, suffered an attack by people linked to the conflict of invasion of their ancestral territories and the advance of systematic genocide against the Paĩ Tavyterã Peoples in Paraguay. Read more. ([link removed]) En español. ([link removed])
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** Indigenous Community Media Fund Grant Partner Spotlight:
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** Radio Udayapur, Nepal
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Radio Udayapur was founded in 2009 with the objective of serving Danuwar and Tharu communities, located in the Udayapur District. The station has approximately 20,000 listeners (80 percent Indigenous), with women as its main demographic group. Read more. ([link removed])
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** Indigenous Youth Fellow Spotlight:
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** Naila, Nataly, Ana Maria, and Juan
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Cultural Survival supports fellows in sharing the traditional knowledge of their communities, reporting on human rights violations, creating climate change solutions, and protecting biodiversity while producing artistic, informative, and analytical materials from their perspectives, through the lenses of their cameras. Here, we share several projects from four fellows. Read more. ([link removed])
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** Cultural Survival Quarterly Magazine

47-3 In the Crossfire: Being Indigenous in Areas of Conflict ([link removed])
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In this issue of the CSQ, we bring you the voices of people whose lives have been affected by conflict.


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