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** Solidarity with Célia Xakriabá
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Cultural Survival expresses our solidarity and support to the Indigenous leader of the Xakriabá Peoples, Célia Xakriabá, who, while serving as a congresswoman in Brazil, was racially attacked by other representatives in the Brazilian Congress, without a proper response from the Speaker. Read more. ([link removed])
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** Brazilian Congress Weakens Climate Governance and Indigenous Advocacy through Devastating Bill 2159/21
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Several political sectors from the center and right—primarily aligned with agribusiness, and mining interests—pushed through the approval of Bill 2.159/2021 in the Brazilian Federal Congress during the early hours of Thursday, July 17, 2025 Read more. ([link removed])
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** Brazil Has a Historic Opportunity to Deliver a Just Transition Work Program That Upholds Indigenous Peoples’ Rights and Safeguard Ecosystems
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As SB62 concluded in Bonn, the world now turns to Brazil, the incoming COP30 presidency, with cautious optimism. Read more. ([link removed])
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** “We Belong to This Land:” The Anywaa Peoples’ Fight for Survival, Dignity, and Recognition in Ethiopia
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In Africa, an estimated 50 million Indigenous people live primarily in ecologically fragile zones, often excluded from decision-making, stripped of land rights, and subjected to violence, invisibility, and cultural suppression. Ethiopia is no exception. With more than 80 distinct ethnic groups, the country is often lauded for its ethnic federalism model. Read more. ([link removed])
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** Nickel Waste Floods Homes in Indonesia, Sparking Protests
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From June 10 to 13, 2025, heavy rainfall hit Obi Island in Indonesia. As a result, muddy floods submerged three villages in the Island where one of largest nickel mining companies in Indonesia, Harita Group, has been operating. Read more. ([link removed])
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** Indigenous Self-Determination in Practice: How BIDO and the Batwa Are Reclaiming Land, Rights, and Voice in Uganda
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In Batwa cosmology, land is not property; it is memory, spirit, and survival. When that land was lost, it was not only territory that vanished, but identity. Read more. ([link removed])
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** Songs for the Return Home: A Filmmaker's Celebration of Buffalo Survivance
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The work of award-winning filmmaker and scholar Tasha Hubbard (Cree/ Peepeekisis First Nation) has explored both deeply personal as well as broader, more systemic narratives—from the trauma of forced family separation and police brutality to more optimistic and buoyant themes like the endurance of cultural memory and its importance to Indigenous survivance. Read more. ([link removed])

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July 2025 Cultural Survival Global News Bulletin

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In May, the Ford Foundation hosted our Executive Director, Aimee Roberson (Choctaw and Chickasaw), alongside Tristan Ahtone (Kiowa), Editor at Large at Grist, for an evening with Charles Blow, Ideas at Ford: Centering Indigenous Voices in the Climate Movement. It was a wonderful event that sparked thoughtful conversation and connections! Watch it here.

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Noticiero regional sobre Pueblos Indígenas, julio 2025 ([link removed])

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Tech & Tranquility - The Digital Lives of Tibetan Monks ([link removed])

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Elizabeth Durazno: Creatividad y resistencia a través del arte indígena ([link removed])

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** Indigenous Youth Fellow Spotlight:
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** Youth Fellows Use Communication Tools to Safeguard Culture and Advocate for Social and Environmental Justice
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From Uganda to Bolivia, passing through the Democratic Republic of Congo, young Indigenous leaders harness the power of communication to advocate for their rights, preserve their cultures, and mobilize their communities for lasting change. Read more. ([link removed])
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** Indigenous Community Media Fund Grant Partner Spotlight:
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** Nigerian Initiatives Empower Indigenous Communities Through Media
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In a concerted effort to amplify the voices of Nigeria's Indigenous communities and safeguard their rich cultural heritage, the Centre for Indigenous Knowledge and Development Studies (CIKDAS) held workshops in Ikere-Ekiti, Ekiti State and Ijede, Lagos State focused on empowering community members, especially youth and Elders, to effectively utilize media platforms for cultural preservation and advocacy. Read more. ([link removed])
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** Cultural Survival Quarterly Magazine
49-2: Rematriation - Bringing Home our Past, Present, and Future ([link removed])
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This issue of Cultural Survival Quarterly (Vol. 49, No. 2) centers on rematriation, the reclaiming and restoration of Indigenous cultural knowledge and matrilineal practices to empower Indigenous communities in healing and renewing their past, present, and future.


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