All Eyes on Bolivia: Indigenous Resistance in the Country's Mining Wasteland
 

Thailand Enacts Historic Bill to Protect Indigenous Peoples’ Rights, Ending Decades of Exclusion and Marginalization

On August 6, 2025, after years of campaigns, agitation, and advocacy undertaken jointly by Indigenous leaders, anthropologists, journalists, civil society groups, politicians, and others under a coalition, Thailand’s parliament finally endorsed the Ethnic Groups Protection and Promotion Bill. Read more.

Between the Sacrifice Zone and the Right to Exist: The Aranã Caboclo Indigenous Peoples’ Struggles in Brazil 

The Jequitinhonha Valley, ancestral territory of the Aranã Caboclo Peoples, stretches between the Brazilian states of Minas Gerais and Bahia, in a transitional zone where the cerrado, caatinga, and Atlantic forest converge. Read more. 

Beyond Chasing Lithium and Energy: Recognizing and Respecting the Abundant Life at the Salton Sea

In most people’s minds, the words “southern California” usually conjure a number of stereotypical images—palm trees, sunshine, Hollywood, Beverly Hills, and Baywatch beachside scenes are just a few. Read more.  En español.

The Soy Moratorium and the Amazon's Fight Against Agribusiness Giants

As of August 19, 2025, Brazil's Administrative Council for Economic Defense ordered the suspension of the "Soy Moratorium" agreement. Read more.

Top Wins for Indigenous Peoples in 2024-2025

In celebration of the 18th anniversary of the adoption of UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Cultural Survival is taking a look back at the top wins for Indigenous Peoples over the past year. Read more. En español.

Seque Jahuira Rises Up against Mining: A Struggle for Life and Territory

The Seque Jahuira community, part of the Aymara Nation in Bolivia and located in the municipality of Viacha, began a determined struggle in 2024 against 23 mining plants installed on their territory.  Read more. En español.

“Memanyayu Meleeno”: Indigenous-Led Research as a Path to Self-Determination

Among the Maasai, wisdom often arrives in the form of proverbs; concise truths distilled from generations of living close to the land. Read more.

Bridging Indigenous and Western knowledge with science and radio

Aimee Roberson, executive director of Cultural Survival, joins Mongabay’s podcast to discuss how Cultural Survival helps Indigenous communities maintain their traditions, languages, and knowledge while living among increasingly Westernized societies. Read more. 

Bridging Western and Native Cultures, Advocating for Peace and Healing: A Conversation with Dr. Lyla June Johnston

Cultural Survival welcomes the newest member of our Board of Directors, Dr. Lyla June Johnston. Lyla June is an Indigenous musician, author, and community organizer of Diné (Navajo), Tsétsêhéstâhese (Cheyenne), and European lineages. Read more.

James Dommek Jr. and Kahlil Hudson on the Making of “Blood & Myth”

In rural Alaska, where six months of darkness shape daily life and traditional stories lean toward horror, Indigenous filmmakers are reclaiming narrative power. Read more.

Tourism and Sustainable Transformation: Centering Indigenous Voices in Tourism Development

On September 27, the world celebrates World Tourism Day, an occasion established by the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) to reflect on tourism’s impact on society, culture, politics, and the economy. Read more.

Indigenous Youth Fellow Spotlight: 

Indigenous Communities: Guardians of Nature

The Kamëntšá Indigenous community in the municipality of San Francisco, in southern Colombia, in the department of Putumayo, stands out as a pillar in the defense and promotion of nature and territory—understood as the home and sacred place of their ancestors and every living being that inhabits it. Read more.

Indigenous Community Media Fund Grant Partner Spotlight:

Meet Our 2025 Indigenous Community Media Fund Grant Partners

Indigenous community media are essential pillars for disseminating the voices, stories, and struggles of Indigenous Peoples.  Read more. En español.

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