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** The Truths of the “COP of Truth”: Perspectives from Indigenous Youth
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From November 10 to 21, 2025, the most important international climate conference took place. Read more. ([link removed]) En español. ([link removed])
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** The End of COP30 in Brazil: Indigenous Peoples and Multilateralism
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Indigenous Peoples represent one of the most significant multilateral and democratic contributions to climate and land issues, as they are the frontliners of the climate crisis, leaders in ecosystem protection, legal land tenure, and sustainable development. However, at the COP, they struggled to be heard. Read more. ([link removed])
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** Despite Record Indigenous Presence at Brazil COP30 Climate Summit Sparks Frustration Over Exclusion
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This year’s major global climate meeting, the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), was held in Belém, Brazil, the gateway to the Amazon. Read more. ([link removed]) En español. ([link removed] pesar de la presencia Indígena récord, la COP30 genera frustración por la exclusión | Cultural Survival)
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** Vale Nickel Mining Threatens the Existence of the Xikrin Peoples in the COP30 Region
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The Xikrin Peoples face severe humanitarian and environmental crises as Vale’s nickel and other metal mining contaminates their rivers, harms their health, and destroys their ancestral territory, endangering their cultural survival and the environmental integrity of the region. Read more. ([link removed])
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** Moving Past Land Acknowledgment Into Lasting Impact: Honoring Native American Heritage Month
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Native American Heritage Month invites us to do more than celebrate history: we are called to engage in reflection, responsibility, and renewal. Read more. ([link removed])
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** Native Chefs to Follow
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Food is a living expression of culture, memory, and identity. Across Native American nations, it remains a powerful act of resistance and reclamation. Read more. ([link removed])
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** Indigenous Knowledge for Climate Change Mitigation
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When I think about climate disasters—the floods, the storms, the fires—I don’t just see headlines. Read more. ([link removed])
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** Impunity and Indigeneity: Renewed Violence and Denial in Bangladesh’s Hill Tracts
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The Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) in southeastern Bangladesh, home to 13 Indigenous communities, has long carried the weight of unhealed wounds. Read more. ([link removed])
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** Funding Stories: How Cultural Survival Helped Empower Indigenous Youth Voices
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In October 2024, 20 Indigenous youth from mining-affected communities across the Philippines gathered in Quezon City for a life-changing experience: the Empowering Indigenous Voices: ATM Youth Network Journalism Camp. Read more. ([link removed])
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** Indigenous Weaving and the Women Who Keep Culture Alive
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In the quiet courtyards across the hills of southeastern Bangladesh, the soft clack of the loom can still be heard. Read more. ([link removed])
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** Finding Home Among the Nama: A Journey of Ancestral Reconnections in Gibeon and Pella
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In the early hours on a Friday morning, our bus rolled quietly into the small town of Gibeon, Namibia. The air was heavy and warm, nearly 30º Celsius (86º F) even before sunrise. Read more. ([link removed])
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** U’ywe’sx Çxhaçxha Yaakxsaa: Nasa Women Resisting the Violence of Disappearance in Colombia
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In a rural area of ​​Colombia’s central mountain range, Carmen Rosa Piamba (Nasa) prepares to leave her home in Caldono, a town surrounded by mountains and coffee plantations in the department of Cauca. Read more. ([link removed]) En español. ([link removed])
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** Karamoja's Path to Peace: From Cattle Raids to Regenerative Agriculture in Uganda
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“We were raised as warriors. It’s part of our culture, but there has been too much bloodshed. Now, we fight for peace,” says Simonpeter, a young ex-combatant from the Jie ethnic group, known as Karachuna in the local language. Read more. ([link removed])
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Join Us As We Welcome Our New Board Member, Dr. Lyla June Johnston ([link removed])

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Cultural Survival News Bulletin November 2025 ([link removed])

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Unearthing Injustice - Repatriating The Bones Of Our Ancestors ([link removed])

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** Indigenous Youth Fellow Spotlight:
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** Indigenous Youth Heal the Land, Defend Life, and Weave the Future from Their Roots
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In the living hearts of the Ecuadorian Amazon, the Andean mountains of Jujuy, and the arid landscapes of Colombia’s Upper Guajira, three seeds of hope and dignity sprouted in 2024 — nurtured with courage by Indigenous youth who chose to tell their own stories, protect their ancestral memory, and defend the life that inhabits their territories. Read more. ([link removed]) En español. ([link removed])
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** Indigenous Community Media Fund Grant Partner Spotlight:
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** Maasai Women Gain Voice and Rights Through Community Radio Project
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A recent initiative by Orkonerei FM Radio has empowered Maasai women in Tanzania to fight for their rights, challenge gender inequality, and take control of their economic futures. Read more. ([link removed])
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** Cultural Survival Member Spotlight Series: Ava Berinstein
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Cultural Survival's community includes people from all walks of life, with beautiful stories about why they decided to become advocates for Indigenous Peoples' rights. Read more. ([link removed])

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** Cultural Survival Quarterly Magazine
49-3: Brazil Is Indigenous Land ([link removed])
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As the world turns its attention to Belém do Pará, Brazil, the host site for the 30th Conference of the Parties on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC COP30), this issue of the Cultural Survival Quarterly brings our focus back to Brazil and the voices of Indigenous leaders working to make Indigenous rights a reality.

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