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February 2021 Enewsletter
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** #LandBack in South Africa: The Fight for Table Mountain
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Mountain 12 are a group of people from different Khoi and San Tribes who were arrested for trespassing by the South African police on January 1, 2021, while they were engaged in ceremonies at Table Mountain, a sacred site. Read more. ([link removed])
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** The Importance of Community Radio in the Digital Era
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Indigenous community radio stations around the globe serve an important role in delivering relevant information to communities in Indigenous languages that directly impacts their livelihoods. Read more. ([link removed]) En español ([link removed]) .
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** Hydropower Projects on Likhu River Fail to Obtain Consent from Indigenous Communities in Nepal
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Seven hydropower projects along the Likhu River in eastern Nepal have adversely impacted Indigenous and local communities who live in and near the project sites but have received little attention. Read more. ([link removed])
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** 15 Calls to Action that Honor Indigenous Rights: An Open Letter to the Biden-Harris Administration
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We believe we are in a moment of time where we must choose one of two paths: one that centers reciprocity, love, empathy, inclusion, equity and kinship, or, one that centers hate, division, discrimination, extraction, and profits over people. We hope that this administration will go down the right path to right the wrongs of history. Read more. ([link removed])
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** Community Organizing Leads to Success in Defending Land and Water in Puebla, Mexico
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Indigenous lands around the world are threatened by extractive projects that undermine Indigenous lifeways and organizing, and Mexico is no exception to such extractive development. Mining, hydroelectric and wind projects, among others, put Indigenous communities in a state of constant resistance. We share with you two experiences of resistance, both in Puebla, Mexico, where collective struggles have had important achievements in protecting Indigenous lands, territories, and natural resources. Read more. ([link removed]) En español ([link removed])
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Check out our Director of Strategic Partnerships and Communications' interview on Indigenizing Philanthropy to Restore Reciprocity and Relational Gifting on the Green Dreamer Podcast. ([link removed])


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The Military Coup in Myanmar and Its Impact on Indigenous Peoples ([link removed])
Cultural Survival's Dev Kumar Sunuwar explores how the recent military coup in Myanmar is affecting Indigenous Peoples, known in the country as "ethnic minorities," who make up more than 100 ethnic groups.
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Losing Your language Reduces Your Ability to Survive ([link removed])
In this program, we speak to Dr. Isack Hussein, who is currently involved in a program that facilitates the inter-generational transmission of Indigenous knowledge among the pastoralists of Northern Kenya.

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Understanding The Second Wave Of COVID - 19 ([link removed])
COVID-19 is still a grave reality. As we move into 2021, it continues to be crucial to maintain social distance, avoid large groups of people, wash or sanitize our hands and wear masks consistently to stop the spread of the virus.

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Comunicadores Indígenas ¿Cómo les Afecta y Cuál ha Sido su Rol Durante la Pandemia? ([link removed])
Esta crisis sanitaria afectado mayormente a los pueblos Indígenas. Los comunicadores comunitarios Indígenas han cumplido con un rol fundamental en cuanto a llevar información hasta sus comunidades en respuesta a la poca o nula información sobre prevención y cuidados por COVID-19.

420 Urgent Public Service Announcements on COVID-19 Are Now Available in 130+ Indigenous Languages ([link removed])
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** Keepers of the Earth Grant Partner:
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** Center for Indigenous Rights (CEDIAC), Mexico
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To address the COVID-19 pandemic, the Center for Indigenous Rights (CEDIAC) launched a project based on the participation and decision making of the communities of Chilón and Siala. With an emergency grant from Cultural Survival’s Keepers of the Earth Fund, CEDIAC trained community members as health promoters to protect their communities from the spread of the virus. Read more. ([link removed]) En español ([link removed]) .
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** Indigenous Community Media Fellowship:
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** Media Youth Fellows Share their Experiences about their Fellowships
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Since 2018, we have supported 33 Indigenous youth fellows in 10 countries. Through the Fellowship, youth have the opportunity to manage their own projects, enhancing their skills and education in new forms of community media. This experience deepens their cultural knowledge and builds on their sense of self as knowledgeable and powerful beings who create new media to promote their Indigenous identities. Storytelling has been a key medium in the transmission of Indigenous cosmologies through songs, stories, dance, and imagination. Read more. ([link removed])
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** ¡Convocatoria a jóvenes Indígenas comunicadores en diferentes medios y multiplataforma! ([link removed])

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** Convocatoria abierta para Conceptos de Proyectos: Guardianes de la Tierra ([link removed])
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** Cultural Survival Quarterly Magazine
44-4 Indigenomics: Harnessing the Power of Our Communities ([link removed])
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Indigenous communities are powerhouses of knowledge, abundance, resilience, and resources. In this issue, we share the stories of Indigenous entrepreneurs and leaders who are making an immense difference in uplifting their communities on their own terms, and according to Indigenous values and principles, from a place of abundance. Learn More. ([link removed])


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