COP28 Organization Sign-On Letter: Ensure Indigenous Peoples' Rights Are Secured in the "Green" Transition

We, Indigenous leaders and allies from diverse cultures, traditions, and regions across the globe, are united in calling for COP28 to be a platform to discuss Indigenous Peoples’ rights in the context of the increasing demand for minerals mined for energy storage, electrified transportation batteries, and other green energy technologies. Sign on.  En español. 

Cultural Survival Is at COP28!

Indigenous representation is essential in moving world leaders to take immediate action on climate change, and that is why our team is attending to join the Indigenous Peoples' Caucus and other Indigenous and allied leaders in pushing policymakers for urgent and holistic responses to climate chaos. Read more and check out our events. 

Report Honors Lives Lost of 13 Indigenous Defenders and Highlights Emerging Regions of Risk in Brazil

In November 2023, the University of California Network for Human Rights and Digital Fact-finding of the University of California, in partnership with Cultural Survival, published a Story Map on Indigenous land defenders who have been killed in Brazil. Read more. 

Love of Place Over Lithium: Learning, Connecting, and Valuing Noongar Country

Before arriving in Australia’s southwestern region, I had taken the time to familiarize myself with photographs of the Cornwall Pit, a key site—now turned tourism attraction—at one of the world’s largest lithium mines. Read more. 

Sámiid Riikkasearvi/Swedish Sámi Association and the SIRGE Coalition Joint Statement on CRMA

As the EU moves toward a consensus on the Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA), we stand together as Indigenous Leaders to call for the guarantee of Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) as outlined in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Read more.

Exchange in South Africa Explores Free, Prior and Informed Consent as the First Line of Defense for Indigenous Communities 

In September, overlooking Hoerikwaggoa (Table Mountain) in Cape Town, South Africa, Indigenous people from Africa and abroad gathered to exchange experiences about implementing the right to FPIC in the context of mineral extraction.  Read more. 

The Quest for Green Energy Filled My Community with Violence

The Tehuantepec Isthmus in Oaxaca, Mexico, is a territory shared among the Binnizá, Ikoots, Angpøn, and Ayuuk Peoples that produces 76.8 percent of the country's wind energy. As of January 2020, 1,600 wind turbines had been installed here. Read more. En español. 

Maya Peoples’ Territorial Governance and Vulnerability in Climate Change Policy and Action

Alternative Report to CERD Highlights Indigenous Rights Violations as a Result of Mining in  Bolivia

In October, Cultural Survival and our partner organization Qhana Pukara Kurmi submitted a joint alternative stakeholder report on the situation of Indigenous rights in Bolivia for the 111th session of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD).  Read more. En español. 

Indigenous-Led Community Television: Amplifying Voices and Strengthening Languages

Representation matters. Indigenous-led television stations are becoming more popular as cultural and linguistic platforms, making space for Indigenous voices to thrive in a world where mainstream media narratives predominate television networks. Read more. 

11 Books by Native American Authors to Add to Your Reading List

Storytelling is an Indigenous way of knowing. Stories are vehicles for passing down knowledge that contains history, wisdom, lessons, moral guides, and more. Read more. 

What does a Liberal, Libertarian and Anarcho-capitalist President mean for Indigenous Peoples in Argentina?

On November 19, in a context of high inflation and growing political violence, Javier Milei, a 55-year-old liberal economist, won the second round of Argentina’s elections. Read more.  En español. 

Learning Together to Defend Mother Earth and Life

From October 24-27, 2023, in Trinidad, Beni, Bolivia, Cultural Survival organized an exchange for Indigenous women defenders of the Amazon Basin. Read more.  En español. 

Indigenous Youth Fellow Spotlight:

Indigenous Youth Fellows Are Having an Impact in Their Communities

Check out what Martha (Piapoco), Estefanía (Kichwa), Julieth (Guna), and Dewi (Dayak Simpakng) are up to.  Read more.  En español.

Indigenous Community Media Fund Grant Partner Spotlight:

Kuakumake Stéreo (Arhuaco), Colombia

The Indigenous women of the Sierra Nevada in Colombia, are participating in a radio empowerment project called “The Indigenous Truth” at Kuakumake Stéreo. Read more. En español.

Keepers of the Earth Fund Grant Partner Spotlight:

Living in Resistance to Gold Mining: Napo Community in Ecuador

In our province, Napo, we are experiencing one of the most serious environmental disasters in our history, caused by the complicity of mining companies, illegal mining operators, and the government, who have formed a network of corruption that is poisoning our water sources and bleeding the jungle, affecting our economy and putting our health at risk. Read more.  En español.

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