January 2026 Enewsletter
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** UN Review Highlights Critical Gaps in the Protection of Indigenous Peoples’ Human Rights in Nepal
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Nepal’s human rights record was reviewed by the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the fourth time on January 21, 2026. Read more. ([link removed])
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** SIRGE Coalition Strongly Condemns the Wrongful Arrest of Indigenous and Human Rights Defender, Daria Egereva, in the Russian Federation
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According to Indigenous organizations in Russia, Indigenous leaders and UN-engaged human rights defenders are being arrested, searched, and interrogated on fabricated charges of "terrorism" and "extremism" for their peaceful human rights work and cooperation with UN mechanisms. Read more. ([link removed])
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** Sigma Lithium's Disclosures in Brazil: Gaps between Corporate Narratives and Field Evidence on Tailings Management
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After four years of frequent visits to Sigma Lithium's site in the Jequitinhonha Valley in Brazil, the situation at the tailings facility has become very concerning, prompting the Minas Gerais public prosecutor to file a public civil lawsuit against Sigma Lithium. Read more. ([link removed])
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** Fraudulent Consultations, Toxic Pollution: How SECL Coal Mines Devastate Tribal Lives in Central India
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During the monsoon, driving along the roads leading to Chaura village from the Surguja district headquarters town of Ambikapur, the view is breathtaking: lush green forests of saal, mahua, and tendu trees stand alongside green paddies, corn, and sugarcane fields. Read more. ([link removed])
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** Free Against All Odds: The “Hidden People” of Pakayaku Fight to Keep Extractives Out of Ecuador's Amazon
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Nestled along the banks of the Bobonaza River in Ecuador’s Pastaza province is the “hidden,” thriving Kichwa community of Pakayaku. Read more. ([link removed]) En español. ([link removed])
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** Indigenous Reindeer Herders in Sweden End Cooperation Agreement with LKAB, Leaving Mining Plans Hanging in the Air
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Swedish state-owned mining company Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara Aktiebolag (LKAB) aims to produce conflict minerals on Indigenous land without consent. Read more. ([link removed])
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** American Indian and Alaska Native Communities Face Deepening Crisis of Lethal Gun Violence
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A recent report from the Violence Policy Center (VPC), “American Indian/Alaska Native Victims of Lethal Firearm Violence in the United States,” published in December 2025, provides a stark assessment of the disproportionate impact of gun violence on Native American and Alaska Native communities. Read more. ([link removed])
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** Indigenous Women Driving Economic and Social Change in Bangladesh​
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Indigenous women in remote areas of Bangladesh uphold traditional values while contributing to their families and the nation's broader society in their own way. Read more. ([link removed])
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** How the Dayak Simpakng Are Reclaiming Language and Food Sovereignty in Indonesia
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In West Kalimantan, Indonesia, the Dayak Simpakng people rely heavily on the rainforests, not just for food and healing but also to remain rooted in their identity. Read more. ([link removed])
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** Resetting the Foundation: The Living Practice of Tumo’tol in Indonesia
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Minahasa is not originally the name of a single Indigenous community, but rather a term referring to a union of Tribes residing at the northernmost tip of Sulawesi, Indonesia. Read more. ([link removed])
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** Indigenous Leaders from Asia and Africa Unite in Kathmandu to Confront the Climate Change Crisis
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Indigenous leaders and rights activists from Asia and Africa gathered in Kathmandu for a three-day partners’ meeting from December 1-3, 2025, organized by Cultural Survival. Read more. ([link removed])


** New Handbook for Filing Complaints Against Harmful Business Practices
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Indigenous Peoples worldwide face increasing threats from large-scale resource extraction, agribusiness, and infrastructure projects carried out on their lands. Read more. ([link removed]) En español. ([link removed])

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** Hip-Hop’s Indigenous Ambassador: Def-I Reps Diplomacy with Love for His Land and A Mic in His Hand
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From street cyphers and Rez rap battles to cross-cultural community building on far-off continents, Christopher Mike-Bidtah (Diné)—aka Def-I—has built a career approaching his craft as a living cultural practice, shaped by place, language, and memory. Read more. ([link removed])
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** Bringing History to Life: Dr. Selene Phillips on Chautauqua Performance and Native American Storytelling
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Dr. Selene Phillips (Lac du Flambeau Ojibwe) works as an Assistant Professor of Communications at the University of Louisville, Kentucky. Read more. ([link removed])
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** Cultural Survival Staff in the News
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Edson Krenak ([link removed]) (Krenak), ([link removed]) Brazil Program Manager ([link removed]) , was a guest on OECD Podcast: A Better Tomorrow, to speak about the loss of forests, with approximately 10% of their forest cover disappearing between 2000 and 2020. This decline is driven by a combination of factors, including land conversion for agriculture, urban expansion, and the increasing demand for natural resources. Indigenous Knowledge
offers solution-based approaches to this issue.

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Alicia Moncada (Wayúu), Director of Advocacy and Communications, ([link removed]) was a guest on Native America Calling to speak about what the U.S. intervention in Venezuela could mean for the country’s Indigenous Peoples, after the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
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** Indigenous Youth Fellow Spotlight:
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** Indigenous Youth Innovation: Joshua Ichor Combats Water Contamination in Nigeria
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Ichor Joshua is a 23-year-old geologist, water expert, and climate innovator hailing from Nigeria. Read more. ([link removed]) En español. ([link removed])
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** Indigenous Community Media Fund Grant Partner Spotlight:
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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. Read more. ([link removed])
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** Cultural Survival Quarterly Magazine
49-4: Rekindling Indigenous Kinship and Foodways ([link removed])
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Indigenous foodways and kinship with plants, animals, and ecosystems are central to the resilience and regenerative lifeways of Indigenous Peoples and informed by cosmovisions, knowledge systems, and languages. Indigenous leaders are building strong movements to revitalize communities and foodways and rekindle kinship, knowledge, and trade routes that contribute to the web of life.


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