Together, we are making change happen!

Together, we are making change happen!
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Families harvesting wild blueberries in Nipmuc homelands of Western Massachusetts. Photo by Marcy Hendricks.


** Together, we are making change happen!
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Dear Friend,


November is Native American Heritage Month in the United States, and at CS, we recognize that our headquarters is on Native land. You may be aware that less than half of one percent of foundation dollars goes directly to Indigenous Peoples. The problem is nuanced and rooted in hundred years of colonialism, intergenerational trauma, our own sense of self-worth, and of course philanthropy itself, which was birthed by colonial structures. The abundance of financial wealth that exists in this world has direct historical roots to extractive land grabbing and its dispossession from Indigenous Peoples and the exploited free labor of Black people. Cultural Survival is committed to an equitable redistribution of resources to Indigenous communities — not just during Native American Heritage month, but everyday, and this is reflected in our grantmaking and support to Indigenous grassroots organizations.
I’d like to share with you how our Keepers of the Earth Fund ([link removed]) (KOEF) supports Indigenous-led efforts towards achieving remaitraition, sovereignty, and COVID-19 response efforts in Native American communities.

One of our U.S. partners, the Eastern Woodlands Rematriation ([link removed]) , is a network of Maliseet, Mi'kmaq, Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, Nipmuc, Wampanoag and Narragansett womxn working to restore the spiritual foundation of Indigenous livelihoods through sustainable food and economic systems. A KOEF grant expanded their Wabanaki Apothecary Apprenticeship Program, which focuses on herbalism and sharing Elders’ medicinal knowledge through a network of exchange. Our emergency COVID-19 grant supported their work to ensure food and traditional medicine for their communities in these times of crisis. More than 25 families in their network were supplied with food, traditional medicines and received materials to plant crops

Another U.S. partner of ours is Ekvn-Yefolecv, a Maskoke ecovillage and aquaculture project in Alabama, which aims to create opportunity for Maskoke kin to revitalize Maskoke language, traditions, and their worldview while committing to environmental sustainability. Our KOEF grant supported their aquaponics facility, working towards the reintroduction of a fish sacred to the Maskoke Peoples into the Coosa watershed.
These are just two of the many amazing Indigenous-led projects we are supporting. Since 2017, the KOEF has supported over 119 projects in 31 countries totaling $528,435 in small grants.

Change is happening thanks to you! We are so grateful for your ongoing financial support and ask that you join us once again in supporting Indigenous solutions and Indigenous rights by giving early for #GivingTuesday ([link removed]) . Even a $10 donation goes a long way in supporting Indigenous grassroots solutions, and with your help, we can make this world a better place for all of our relations.

In solidarity and gratitude,
Galina Angarova (Buryat)
Executive Director


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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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