Indigenous Peoples’ Leadership and Free, Prior and Informed Consent are Fundamental to 30x30 Initiative
The 30x30 initiative has the potential to serve as a powerful step in the journey to repair our relationship with Mother Earth, by ensuring Indigenous Peoples’ rights, sovereignty, and Free, Prior and Informed Consent is fundamental. Cultural Survival shares 12 recommendations that can enable Indigenous Peoples' participation and representation in this initiative as well as honor their rights and sovereignty. Read more.
|
|
Repression by the Police in Brazil, as Bill PL 490 Threatens Indigenous Rights
Since June 8, 2021, Indigenous Peoples and Indigenous organizations in Brazil have been in Brasilia, protesting against Bill PL 490, which aims to make the demarcation of Indigenous lands in the country unfeasible and to set the year of the Constitution of 1988 as an arbitrary cut-off date for recognizing Indigenous land rights. Read more.
|
|
New Revelations of Child Graves at Residential Schools Lays Bare a History of Genocide
Cultural Survival joins First Nations in Canada in mourning the deaths and abuse of generations of Indigenous children at residential schools. We join in calls for action — the implementation of all 94 recommendations from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and the operationalization of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Canada. Read more.
|
|
On the Move: Displaced Indigenous Peoples and Refugees from Central America Seek a Better Life
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a greater flow of individuals, children, and families is expected globally to seek refuge outside of their country of origin in pursuit of a life with basic needs met such as food, water, shelter, and a place to have hope of a future for themselves and their children. Read more. En español.
|
|
The New Form of Colonization of Indigenous Lands in Brazil: Drug Cartels and Militias
Yanomami and Munduruku Peoples in the north of Brazil experienced a terrifying attack in May 2021. Men linked to mining activities and armed with firearms shot at Yanomami and Munduruku houses, set fire to their villages, and tried to expel Indigenous Peoples from their lands using homemade bombs. Read more.
|
|
Choosing Words for Fusing and Confusions: An Interview with Amy Brown (Khoe)
Amy Brown (Khoe) is 29 years old and identifies as Queer. She considers herself a scribe, having been in love with words since she memorized Wordsworth's “Daffodils” as a child. Read more.
|
|
|
Missed "Indigenous Youth: Leaders Today, Elders Tomorrow"? Watch it here!
En español.
|
|
|
Taté Walker is a Lakota citizen of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of South Dakota. They are a Two Spirit feminist, Indigenous rights activist, and a published and award-winning storyteller.
Indigenous storytelling production company Wapanatahk Media has reached a television development deal with Anthony Jonson and Dr. James Makokis, a Two-Spirit Indigenous couple and winners of season 7 of The Amazing Race Canada.
Patrick Hunter (Ojibway) is a Two-Spirit artist from the community of Red Lake, in North Western Ontario, Canada. He paints in the Woodland style and has created his own company called Patrick Hunter Art & Design.
|
The state of Germany has agreed to compensate the state of Namibia, by means of a development fund of 1.4 billion Euros, over 30 years.
|
|
 |
|
Cada 20 de junio Naciones Unidas conmemora un suceso que ocurre de manera frecuente en el mundo. En este reportaje especial te explicamos la diferencia entre migrante y refugiado.
|
|
 |
|
Muchos sucesos y situaciones que involucran a los pueblos Indígenas están pasando alrededor del mundo ¿Sabe cuáles son?
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
Keepers of the Earth Grant Partner:
Malalhue-Chanko of Chile: Coexisting with Our Forests through Community
The Mapuche people face poor access to education in their homelands, forcing many families to migrate to larger cities. Since 2015, the Comunidad Mapuche Malalwe-Chanko has been creating sustainable livelihoods that are culturally appropriate and can generate a living wage. They have also worked to protect the natural resources of the Mapuche homelands by fighting problems such as deforestation. Read more. En español.
|
|
Indigenous Community Media Partners:
Red Mesoamericana de Radios Indigenas, Garifunas y Feministas
In Guatemala and Honduras, the Mesoamerican Network of Community, Indigenous, Garífuna, and Feminist Radio Stations is a strategic network of organic alliances, which brings together various community radios and organizations born to strengthen the struggles of social organizations and the Peoples to which they belong. Read more. En español
|
|
Convocatoria de propuestas para fondos dirigidos a la compra de transmisores de radios 2021.
La fecha límite: 2 de julio de 2021
|
|
|
Celebrating 45 years of promoting and amplifying Indigenous voices through our publications! This issue is dedicated to Indigenous youth. Indigenous youth are our future. They are shattering colonial norms and Indigenizing spaces. Learn More.
|
|
|
|
***Please note in a previous email we incorrectly noted that Sabantho Aderi (Lokono-Arawak) was from Suriname. Our deepest apologies, Sabantho Aderi is from Guyana. ***
|
|
¡Cultural Survival Quarterly ahora está disponible en español!
|
|
|
|
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.
|
|
|
|
