Rainforest and Sacred Site in Guatemala at Risk of Privatization by U.S. Archaeologist
On June 28, members of the Maya group Tujaal, 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.
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Afro-Indigenous Garifuna Youth Leader Abducted in Honduras along with 3 others
Members of the Garífuna community are still awaiting answers concerning the four Garífuna men abducted from their homes on Sunday July 19, 2020. Read more.
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As DAPL Ends, Indigenous Sovereignty Must Follow
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.
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Cultural Survival Launches Global Mapping Project Documenting COVID-19 in Indigenous Communities
Cultural Survival is producing this map to collect and disseminate information to show the situations Indigenous communities are facing as a result of COVID-19. Read more. En Español
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In Celebration of the Retirement of Racist Washington Football Mascot
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.
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COVID-19 Prevention Manual for Community Radio Stations Available in 50 Indigenous Languages
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. En español.
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Why Are There So Many Isolated Indigenous Peoples Infected by COVID-19?
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.
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Standing Up for The Sacred Black Hills and Native Sovereignty
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.
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Watch it here!
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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
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:
Asentamiento Ancentral Cofan de Sinangoe, Ecuador
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.
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Community Media Grant Partners:
In Memoriam: Santiago Ajcalón Julajuj
Santiago Ajcalón Julajuj (Kakchiquel), a founder of community radio station Radio Juventud in Sololá, Guatemala, passed away on July 16, 2020. Read more. En español.
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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.
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¡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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