Guatemala Declares State of Siege in El Estor, Radio Xyaab' Tzuultaq’a Raided
On October 24, 2021, Guatemala's President Alejandro Giammattei declared a state of siege (martial law) in the town of El Estor, Izabal in response to clashes between Indigenous Q'eqchi land defenders and the State police. For 21 days prior, Q’eqchi community members had been protesting to demand that the Fénix Nickel Mine, currently owned by Swiss company Solway Group and operated by its Guatemalan subsidiary Compania Guatemalteco de Niquel, pause work until a consultation has taken place. Read more. En español.
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Indigenous Authorities in Guatemala Call Out Government for Lack of Access to Education, Justice, and Health
Indigenous Ancestral Authorities, civil society organizations, and a large portion of the general public have been expressing their dissatisfaction with the President of Guatemala, Alejandro Giammatei, and the head of the Public Ministry, Consuelo Porras. Read more. En español.
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Urge COP26 Climate Negotiators to Make a Binding Commitment to Source Transition Minerals Responsibly
We are looking for organizational support for a joint declaration, linked here, which calls on climate negotiators at COP26 to make a binding commitment to source transition minerals responsibly, and urges climate justice allies and clean energy advocates to join us in ensuring a clean, just and equitable energy transition. Read more. En Español.
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Missed "Decolonize: Returning to Our Ways of Being and Knowing"? Watch it here. Full English translation. En español.
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Hydropower Projects on Likhu River Fail to Obtain Consent from Indigenous Communities in Nepal. 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.
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Celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day: Moving Beyond Performative Activism to Shifting Paradigms
Each year Indigenous Peoples Day comes and goes, and so does the spotlight and national attention on Indigenous Peoples. While there is a growing movement to rename this federal holiday from Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day, more efforts beyond a name change are necessary to acknowledge the First Peoples of this land and to right the wrongs of a painful history of genocide and land theft. Read more.
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Sam Nangiria on Indigenous Peoples and Development
In this podcast, we find out how Indigenous Peoples define development. How are Indigenous communities developing compared to the rest of the world, and how is technology helping them with communication in general, and with the dissemination of information. We speak to Sam Nangiria (Maasai) from Tanzania. |
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Preserving Indigenous Languages - Riverside FM
Riverside FM and Cultural Survival's Indigenous Rights Radio are embarking on a project supporting the last fluent speaker of the N/uuki language of the San Peoples to record an audio dictionary. Produced by Riverside FM in South Africa.
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La Dignidad de la Tierra: Mujer Indígena, Crisis Climática y Extractivismo en América Latina
La realidad que nos cuentan estas lideresas de distintas partes de América Latina repiten la misma historia de saqueo, crímenes e impunidad de las corporaciones transnacionales y de la complicidad de los Estados y los representantes gubernamentales. Em português.
Cultural Survival, 50 años Acompañando la Resistencia Indígena
Cada 12 de octubre, en muchos países de Abya Yala aún se sigue celebrando la invasión de sus territorios. Estas celebraciones, denominadas “el descubrimiento de América”, “el día de Colón”, “el encuentro entre dos mundos”, y un sinnúmero de expresiones, no representan lo que realmente pasó en 1942: despojo, muerte y destrucción.
Noticiero regional sobre Pueblos Indígenas, octubre 2021
Como parte del derecho a la información, Cultural Survival les presenta este noticiero con notas relevantes de Norte, Centro y Sur América, África y Asia, el cual puede escuchar, descargar y compartir de forma gratuita.
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Keepers of the Earth Grant Partner Spotlight:
Coletivo Mura, Brazil
Members of a Mura Itaparana village in the state of Amazonas in Brazil, during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, applied for a Keepers of the Earth Fund grant to build a community house to ensure the basic protection of a safe home for community members during the pandemic. Read more.
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Indigenous Community Media Partner Spotlight:
Radio Tosepan Limakxtum, Mexico
Radio Tosepan Limakxtum is a community radio station that broadcasts from the Northeastern Sierra and North of Puebla, Mexico. During the nine years of its existence, it has promoted the revitalization of the Nahuat and Totonac languages, creating different and inclusive communication spaces. Read more. En español.
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Indigenous Community Media Youth Fellow Spotlight:
What Are Our Fellows Up To?
As part of the Indigenous Community Media Youth Fellowship, fellows have opportunities to enhance, strengthen, and build on their skills and creativity in regenerating, recovering, and revitalizing their cultural identities, traditions, languages, and knowledge systems to safeguard the kinship of their ancestors with Mother Earth. Check out what Ishey from India; Andrea (Pijao), Mayra (Embera), Daniela (Pastos), and Paola (Inga) from Colombia; Angy (Embera Dovida) and Jhon (Embera Katio) from Colombia; and Juan (Maya Yucatan) from Mexico are up to! Read more.
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Cultural Survival Bazaar Artist Spotlight:
Khadi Oaxaca, Mexico
The seventh episode of our Hecho a Mano (Handmade) podcast is out! This month, we had the opportunity to interview artist Eliseo Ramirez (Zapoteca) from San Sebastián Río Hondo, Oaxaca, Mexico. Eliseo leads the Khadi Oaxaca cooperative, an Indigenous-led company that creates unique and beautiful fabrics through traditional spinning and weaving methods. Read more. En español.
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Celebrating 45 years of promoting and amplifying Indigenous voices through our publications! This issue is dedicated to the incredible work Indigenous communities are doing to re-Indigenize and decolonize by returning to their traditional ways of being and knowing. 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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