Hydroelectric Development Violates Human Rights on Nepal’s Likhu River

Near the Likhu River in eastern Nepal, Indigenous and local communities are adversely affected by hydroelectric power projects by the Kathmandu-based company MV Dugar Group. The projects have a total investment of 21 billion rupees from 18 different private limited banks but the affected communities continue to await remedy and justice. According to the communities, the projects were illegally conducted without addressing their demands and giving adequate compensation for the damage resulting in their construction. Read more. 

Inter-American Court of Human Rights Affirms Indigenous Peoples’ Right to Freedom of Expression in Guatemala

On December 17, 2021, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights announced its decision in the case Indigenous Maya Kaqchikel Peoples of Sumpango vs. Guatemala, declaring the Republic of Guatemala “internationally responsible for the violation of the rights to freedom of expression, equality before the law and participation in cultural life” of Indigenous Peoples. Read more. En español.

In Memoriam: 33 Indigenous Rights Defenders Murdered in 2021 in Latin America

Violence against Indigenous environmental and human rights defenders is rampant worldwide. As a result of structural violence against Indigenous Peoples, many crimes against them are not highly publicized. In these profiles, we remember and mourn 33 Indigenous people who were killed in 2021. Read more. En español.

Cherokee Nation and Global Indigenous Languages Caucus Host International Decade of Indigenous Languages Launch Event

On January 5-7, 2022, the Launch Event for the International Decade of Indigenous Languages took place in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, hosted by the Cherokee Nation and the Global Indigenous Languages Caucus. The event focused on grassroots language revitalization efforts conducted by Indigenous communities across the globe. Read more.

Cultural Survival Outlines How Climate Change is Adversely Impacting Indigenous Peoples in Report to OHCHR

In November 2021, Cultural Survival submitted a Report on the Adverse Impact of Climate Change on the Full and Effective Enjoyment of Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples to the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).  Read more.

Strengthening Indigenous Community Communication in Southeastern Mexico 

In September 2021, thanks to the generous support of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Cultural Survival held two trainings focused on Indigenous community communications through a gender lens. These were the first two of a series of trainings designed for leaders from Indigenous organizations and radio stations in Southeastern Mexico. These trainings centered on the importance of radio as a powerful tool for defending and promoting land and human rights. Read more. En español

Keepers of the Earth Grant Partner Spotlight:

CONADIMCHH Addresses Water Scarcity in Maya Ch’orti Village in Honduras

Through their Guardian Youth Water Project, Honduras-based Indigenous organization Coordinadora Nacional Ancestral de Derechos Indígena Maya Ch’orti’ de Honduras (CONADIMCHH) sought to strengthen and empower Maya Ch’orti leaders through focusing on the spirituality of water. Maya Ch’orti communities have been greatly affected by the impacts of climate change due to droughts that cause water scarcity. Read more. En español

Indigenous Community Media Partner Spotlight:

Radio Cholollan, 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.

Indigenous Community Media Youth Fellow Spotlight:

What Are Cultural Survival Media Youth Fellows Up To?

Although the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact many Indigenous communities at different levels, Cultural Survival's Indigenous Community Media Youth Fellows are dedicated to making communication accessible for their communities, offering multilingual materials, facilitating workshops, and organizing trainings to continue to strengthen their cultures, traditions, languages, and stories while creating safe spaces for Indigenous youth and children’s leadership. Read more.  En español.

Cultural Survival Bazaar Artist Spotlight:

Elizabeth James-Perry (Aquinnah Wampanoag), USA

Elizabeth James-Perry (Aquinnah Wampanoag) is a multimedia artist who has dedicated her life to reviving and honoring Northeastern Woodlands Native Peoples and cultures. James-Perry's work celebrates her Native roots as an enrolled member of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head, from Noepe (Martha’s Vineyard, MA), telling stories that honor the importance of relationship to place and to land. Read more. En español.

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