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July 2020 Enewsletter
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** Rainforest and Sacred Site in Guatemala at Risk of Privatization by U.S. Archaeologist
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On June 28, members of the Maya group Tujaal ([link removed]) , a word in Maya K’iche’ meaning “tender maize,” released a statement opposing a proposed U.S.-based project seeking to privatize archaeological sites in the Maya Biosphere Reserve in Petén, Guatemala. Inside the protected bioreserve sits El Mirador, a 2,450 square mile basin and Maya cultural site, and a site of contention between Maya Indigenous communities and U.S.-based archaeologists. Read more. ([link removed])
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** Afro-Indigenous Garifuna Youth Leader Abducted in Honduras along with 3 others
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Members of the Garífuna community are still awaiting answers concerning the fourGarífuna men abducted ([link removed]) from their homes on Sunday July 19, 2020. Read more. ([link removed])
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** As DAPL Ends, Indigenous Sovereignty Must Follow
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On July 6, 2020, Federal Court Judge James Boasberg issued a ruling ordering the infamous Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) shut down and be completely emptied of oil within 30 days. Read more. ([link removed])
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** Cultural Survival Launches Global Mapping Project Documenting COVID-19 in Indigenous Communities
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Cultural Survival is producing this map ([link removed]) to collect and disseminate information to show the situations Indigenous communities are facing as a result of COVID-19. Read more. ([link removed]) En Español ([link removed])
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** In Celebration of the Retirement of Racist Washington Football Mascot
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Cultural Survival joins Indian Country in celebrating the long-overdue retirement of the racist team name and mascot as the Washington football team’s identity and branding. We are encouraged by progress being made on the national front and hope that other national sports teams such as the Atlanta Braves, Kansas City Chiefs, and Cleveland Indians take immediate steps in the same direction. Read more. ([link removed])
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** COVID-19 Prevention Manual for Community Radio Stations Available in 50 Indigenous Languages
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We have produced a prevention manual to support the essential activities of radio stations, including general guidelines for good communication going beyond prevention. Read more. ([link removed]) En español. ([link removed])
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** Why Are There So Many Isolated Indigenous Peoples Infected by COVID-19?
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In the last three months, while the COVID-19 pandemic was ruthlessly infecting people in Brazil, especially the most vulnerable populations, another battle was also being fought: that of access to information. As of July 8, 2020, official statistics say that more than 1.7 million Brazilians have contracted the coronavirus, and more than 64,000 have died as a result of COVID-19. Read more. ([link removed])
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** Standing Up for The Sacred Black Hills and Native Sovereignty
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On July 3, 2020, Indigenous land and treaty defenders held protests on the Black Hills near Mount Rushmore in response to a Trump rally hosted on the sacred Indigenous land without obtaining free, prior and informed consent of local Indigenous people. Read more. ([link removed])
** Missed the Virtual Cultural Survival Bazaar?
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"We are happy to be part of the Virtual Cultural Survival Bazaar, we made one sale yesterday but it feels like on top of the world as this is our first online sale after developing online presence this season." -- Akhtar Mir, AFRA Kashmir Weavers, Northern India, Kashmir
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Cathy Fournier On Indigenous Identity And Health ([link removed])
Because of colonization, many Indigenous Peoples face issues of discovering who they are, in terms of identity. Sometimes we question our own indigeneity, and perhaps, in some cases, there are reasons for this. Cultural Survival's Avexnim Cojti spoke to Cathy Fournier, from the University of Torronto, in Canada. Cathy, through her own battle with cancer, found part of her Indigenous identity and the reconnection to the ancient ways of looking at health holistically.
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** Keepers of the Earth Grant Partner:
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** Asentamiento Ancentral Cofan de Sinangoe, Ecuador
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Sinangoe is a small community formed by up to 200 A’l Cofan people, who live in the north of the Ecuadorian Amazon. In 2017, Asentamiento Ancestral Cofani Sinangoe decided to form the Community Guards, a group dedicated to monitoring 50,000 hectares of their ancestral territory and identifying outsiders mining gold, deforesting, killing animals, and poisoning rivers. Read more. ([link removed])
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** In Memoriam: Santiago Ajcalón Julajuj
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Santiago Ajcalón Julajuj (Kakchiquel), a founder of community radio station Radio Juventud in Sololá, Guatemala, passed away on July 16, 2020. Read more. ([link removed]) En español. ([link removed])
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** Cultural Survival Quarterly Magazine
44-2 The Future of Indigenous Health ([link removed])
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Get the latest issue focused on the Future of Indigenous Health. Colonization has done a lot of damage. Bringing back ceremonies repairs relationships to the land, as it heals trauma. Indigenous Peoples have time tested solutions to many health issues, it is time to return to traditional medicine. Learn More. ([link removed])
** ¡Cultural Survival Quarterly ahora está disponible en español!
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Cultural Survival advocates for Indigenous Peoples' rights and supports Indigenous communities’ self-determination, cultures and political resilience since 1972. We envision a future that respects and honors Indigenous Peoples' inherent rights and dynamic cultures, deeply and richly interwoven in lands, languages, spiritual traditions, and artistic expression, rooted in self-determination and self-governance.
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