Securing Indigenous Rights in the Green Economy

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Securing Indigenous Rights
in the Green Economy
Cultural Survival Quarterly 46-2 (June 2022)

Join us in celebrating 50 years of promoting and amplifying Indigenous voices! This issue of the Cultural Survival Quarterly is dedicated to uplifting the voices and struggles of Indigenous communities impacted by a new wave of extractivism for transition minerals such as copper, nickel, cobalt, and lithium, which are key in battery development for electric vehicles and other technologies. We hear from activists and community leaders about what a Just Transition to the green economy should look like and how Indigenous Peoples’ rights are central to shifting investment portfolios towards net zero.

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Features

Isolated and Impacted by Nickel Mining

Transitions Minerals Coalition
Indigenous communities impacted by nickel mining in Russia search for avenues of justice.

When Profit Trumps Rights: The Case of El Estor, Guatemala

CS STAFF
For years, Q'eqchi’ community members in El Estor have been battling the Fenix Nickel Mine.

Our Sacred Site: Are More Important than a Lithium Mine

Gary McKinney (Western Shoshone/Northern Paiute)
A proposed lithium mine in Thacker Pass, Nevada, threatens Indigenous burial sites, water resources, and
wildlife.

Defining a Just Transition
Daisee Francour (Oneida)

An interview with Thomas Joseph (Hupa/Karuk/Paiute), an Indigenous organizer, on what a Just Transition needs to look like.

The Hidden Costs of “Green” Wind Energy on the Sámi
Shaldon Ferris (Khoisan)

Maja Kristine Jåma (Sámi) talks about the impacts of wind farms in Norway on reindeer herders.

Indigenous Rights as a Central Value in Investing in Net Zero
Kate R. Finn (Osage)

Indigenous Peoples’ rights are a central aspect of shifting portfolios towards net zero and a Just Transition.

Defending the Sacred
Brandi Morin (Cree/Iroquois/French)

The Wet’suwet’en report surveillance and harassment by Royal Canadian Mounted Police and pipeline security for defending their territory.

Departments

Executive Director’s Message

Indigenous Arts

A Modern Declaration Woven into an Ancient Art

Indigenous Languages

Guided by Indigenous Voices: We Must Act Now to Keep our Languages Alive and Thriving

Women the World Must Hear

“Bring Her Home”: The Epidemic of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

Rights in Action

Returning to Circular Economies Rooted in Indigenous Values

Keepers of the Earth Fund Grant Partners

Sunuwar Welfare Society: Addressing Human Rights Violations by Hydroelectric Development on Nepal’s Likhu River

Staff Spotlight

Raquel Xiloj (Maya K'iche')

Bazaar Artists

Radical Grandma Collective

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Past sponsors have included The CS Fund, The Agroecology Fund, Native Conservancy, Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, among others. Email us at [email protected].

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Green Colonisation - An Interview With Maja Kristine Jåma

Recently, in the area where Sami people live which includes part of Sweden, construction of huge turbines has been underway. In this podcast, we speak to Maja Kristine Jåma (Sami), who tells us how these new sources of energy have been impacting her people.

Telling Our Own Stories - An Interview With Filmmaker Leya Hale

Leya Hale (Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota and Navajo) is a storyteller, documentary filmmaker, and producer with Twin Cities PBS (TPT). Her recent film, "Bring Her Home," addresses the epidemic of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women in the United States.

What Is Sacred To Us Means Nothing To Them

A proposed lithium mine at Peehee Mu’huh (Thacker Pass), Nevada, has attracted much attention. But those with the deepest ties to the land - descendants of those murdered at the Thacker Pass Massacre - have not been heard. In this podcast, we hear from Gary McKinney (Western Shoshone/ Northern Paiute) about the stuggles to protect sacred lands in the age of a lithium boom due to the transition to the "green" economy.

Are you interested in uplifting Indigenous journalists?

Sponsor our next CSQ focused on Indigenous Land Stewardship!

Past sponsors have included The CS Fund, The Agroecology Fund, Native Conservancy, and Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, among others. Email us at [email protected].

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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.