An Open Letter to EU Institutions on the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive
Over 40 organizations are urging the European Union to include Indigenous Peoples' rights in the Corporate Due Diligence Directive. Read more. En español.
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New Guide Supports Indigenous Leaders to Develop FPIC Protocols and Secure Self-Determined Priorities of Communities
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.
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Miskitu Leader Brooklyn Rivera Arrested and Jailed by Ortega Regime
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. En español.
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The National Indigenous Media Commission in Colombia and the Rights to Media: A Model for the Global South
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.
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The Land Carries Our Ancestors: Contemporary Art by Native Americans
“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.
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Mixe Peoples Working to Regain Access to Traditional Lands in Oaxaca
“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.
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Keepers of the Earth Fund Grant Partner Spotlight:
Yvy Pyte Tekoha Guasu Indigenous Community, (Guarani paĩ tavyterã yvy pytey), Paraguay
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. En español.
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Indigenous Community Media Fund Grant Partner Spotlight:
Radio Udayapur, Nepal
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.
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Indigenous Youth Fellow Spotlight:
Naila, Nataly, Ana Maria, and Juan
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.
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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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