Mixtec Families Displaced by Violence in Atatlahuca, Mexico
According to reporting by the newspaper Proceso, in recent days various violent events have occurred causing the displacement of around 300 people in the municipality of San Esteban Atatlahuca, in the state of Oaxaca. Those displaced say that on October 23, 2021, a group of an estimated 200 people attacked three villages in the Atatlahuca municipality, the Mier and Terán, Ndoyonoyuji, and Guerrero Grande communities. The attackers, using drones and carrying heavy weapons, looted houses and then set them on fire. Read more. En español.
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Cultural Survival’s Indigenous Community Media Fund Announces 2021 Grant Partners for Transmitters
Cultural Survival’s Indigenous Community Media Fund announces six 2021 grants, totaling $24,000, awarded to Indigenous community radio stations for the acquisition of transmitters and/or complementary equipment in Chile, Mexico, Nepal, Colombia, and Haiti. Read more. En español.
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States Fail to Adequately Address Climate Change: An Indigenous Peoples’ Analysis of COP26 Decisions
As Cultural Survival reflects on the outcomes of COP26, we can’t help but feel that despite the tremendous efforts brought forth by Indigenous Peoples and our delegations from across the world, global leaders failed to act on the urgency of the climate crisis. Read more.
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For close to 50 years, Cultural Survival has been advocating for Indigenous Peoples' rights and supporting Indigenous communities’ self-determination, cultures, and political resilience. Indigenous rights ensure a sustainable world for us all. This #GivingTuesday, join the movement to protect and defend Indigenous rights.
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The Voice Of The Desert: First Rendille Vernacular FM Radio Station To Start In Marsabit, Kenya
A new community radio station is set to launch in Kenya with the help of a grant from Cultural Survival’s Indigenous Community Media Fund as well as funding from Cultural Survival’s partner WACC. The radio station will be broadcast in the Rendille language and will focus on preserving the community’s language and culture as well as keeping the local people in Laisamis Sub-County, which is home to five different Indigenous Tribes, well-informed about issues that affect them. Read more. En español.
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Happy Native American Heritage Month!
Join us in honoring and acknowledging truth in history, recognizing whose land we are on, and work towards true allyship. Check out this resource list (non-exhaustive) and explore the many ways to honor and celebrate Indigenous Peoples today, and every day. Read more.
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Cultural Survival's Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Koĩts-Sunuwar) hosted Remote Radio Week!
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Joênia Wapichana (Wapixana) is a woman of firsts. She was the first in her family to go to university, to study law, and in 1997, she became Brazil’s first Indigenous lawyer. In 2018, she became Brazil’s first Indigenous congresswoman. Cultural Survival's Avexnim Cojti (Maya K'iche') spoke to Joenia at COP26, in Glasgow, Scotland. |
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Joan Carling (Kankanaey), Co-convenor of the Indigenous Peoples’ Major Group for Sustainable Development (IPMG), is an Indigenous activist from the Cordillera in the Philippines. Her expertise includes areas like human rights, sustainable development, the environment, climate change, and also the implementation of Free, Prior and Informed Consent. Joan Carling attended COP26 in Glasgow in November 2021.
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Cultural Survival's Director of Strategic Partnerships and Communications Daisee Francour (Oneida) attended COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, and spoke to Ozawa Bineshi Albert (Yuchi and Anishinaabe), Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN) Movement Building Coordinator.
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La violencia Obstetrica constituye una violación a los derechos reproductivos y sexuales de las mujeres, pero aún es un tipo de violencia muy poco visibilizada, y por medio de este programa especial producido en marco al Día Internacional de la Eliminación de la Violencia Contra la Mujer. Además reflexionamos sobre la importancia de que las mujeres Indígenas cuenten no sólo con atención médica si no también con el servicio en sus propios idiomas.
La Tribu Yaqui, conformada por ocho Pueblos ubicados en el actual estado de Sonora, en México, ha resistido múltiples intentos de desaparición y hoy es conocida como una de las naciones Indígenas más combativas, siempre en defensa de sus derechos, su territorio y cultura.
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Keepers of the Earth Grant Partner Spotlight:
The Yuku Savi Collective, Mexico
Founded in 2017 and based in the Santa María Cuquila community of Oaxaca, Mexico, The Yuku Savi Collective is committed to reducing the migration number of young Mixtec people through the generation of self-employment and the revitalization of culture and traditions as a defense of Indigenous Peoples. Read more. En español
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Indigenous Community Media Partner Spotlight:
Radio Kimi, Mexico
Radio Kimi, locally known as “La Voz del Pueblo Grande,” is a community radio station located in the Yucuquimi de Ocampo community, Oaxaca, Mexico, a Ñuu Savi town. The station aims to revitalize and maintain the community’s Indigenous language, cultural knowledge, and care for natural resources. Read more. En español.
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Indigenous Community Media Youth Fellow Spotlight:
Andrea Katerine Yate Erazo (Pijao) from Colombia
Andrea Katerine Yate Erazo (Pijao) is from Cabildo Ambiká, Bogotá, Colombia. She is part of the Abole Guipas y Guambitos Youth Council of her community. Currently, she is studying Economics at the National University of Colombia, and is part of UN-Gen, a student group that seeks to strengthen and recognize gender diversity in all its expressions at the National University of Colombia in Bogotá, as well as a member of the Women's Word Circle-MLK. Read more.
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Cultural Survival Bazaar Artist Spotlight:
Eliseo Ramirez and Khadi Oaxaca, Mexico
Eliseo Ramirez (Zapotec) was 23 years old when he decided he needed to make a concerted effort to help revitalize his Zapotec culture. As an artist and cooperative leader, he keeps his culture alive not only through his business, Khadi Oaxaca—a collective of over 450 local families and artisans weaving intricate designs and creating beautiful works of art but also through weaving workshops where cultural knowledge is passed down from generation to generation. 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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