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July 2022 Enewsletter
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** Droupadi Murmu Sworn in as India’s First Indigenous President
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Droupadi Murmu (Santhal) made history on Monday, July 25, 2022, for being sworn in as India's first Indigenous woman president. Read more. ([link removed])
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** Nairobi Convention on Biodiversity Meeting Succeeds in Establishing a New Target on Gender and Inclusive Biodiversity
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The negotiations to develop the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) in preparation for the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP15) continued within the framework of the 4th session of the Open-Ended Working Group to resolve unfinished issues of the Open-Ended Working Group-3. The six-day meeting was held in Nairobi, Kenya from June 21-27, 2022. Read more. ([link removed])
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** Indigenous Delegates Face Obstacles to Participation at UNFCCC Bonn Climate Change Conference
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After a three-year pause due to the Covid-19 pandemic, on June 6-16, 2022, the 56-session of Subsidiary Body of Implementation (SBI) and Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) were held at the World Convention Center in Bonn, Germany. These are two permanent subsidiary bodies to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) established by the Conference of Parties (COP). Read more. ([link removed])
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** UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Resumes In-person Session
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After a two-year hiatus from physical meetings, the UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP) held its 15^th session from July 4-8, 2022 in a hybrid format. Participation of Indigenous delegates ranged from in-person to virtual from remote places as countries variously adjusted and eased COVID-19 travel restrictions. Read more. ([link removed])
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** Report to UN Human Rights Council Highlights Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Violations in Japan
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Cultural Survival, along with our colleague organizations Association of Comprehensive Studies for Independence of the Lew Chewan Peoples, All Okinawa Council for Human Rights, and Nirai Kanai nu Kai (Indigenous Peoples’ Organization for the Repatriation and Aerial Reburial of Ryukyuan Human Remains into original Ryukyuan Graves), recently submitted a report to the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on the violation of Indigenous Peoples’ rights in Japan. Read more. ([link removed])
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** Report to UN Human Rights Council Highlights Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Violations in Guatemala
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In July 2022, Cultural Survival and the Association Sobreviencia Cultural submitted a report for the 42nd Session of the Universal Periodic Review of the United Nations Human Rights Council. The report, entitled "Observations on the State of Indigenous Rights in Guatemala" evaluates the progress of the State of Guatemala in its international commitments to uphold the rights of Indigenous Peoples, in addition to providing recommendations to the State. Read more ([link removed]) . ([link removed]) En español ([link removed])
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** Cultural Survival Calls on Mexico to Respect the Rights of Mixtec Peoples in Abasolo del Valle, Veracruz
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Cultural Survival joins members of the Abasolo del Valle Indigenous community in denouncing violations of their rights related to work carried out by Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) on their territories. The Mexican state-owned oil company began operating in 2011 in Abasolo del Valle, southern Veracruz, Mexico but has not paid the owners of the land or fulfilled the promised compensation. Read more. ([link removed]) En español ([link removed])
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** Fluid Intersections: Gender, Sexuality, and Indigenous Identities Across Borders
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Shania Sontariakon/Sandoval-Cross, 26, is Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawk) from Kahnawà:ke, Canada, and Afro-Maya from Axaja, Guatemala. They were born and raised in unceded xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and Sel̓íl̓witulh territory by strong Mohawk matriarchs and political refugees with predominantly Latin American and diasporic Asian communities shaping their relation to food, community, and cultural norms. Read more. ([link removed])
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** Meet the Women Who Are Defending Life and Land in the Amazon Basin
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Cultural Survival is pleased to introduce our community of 14 women defenders of life and land in the Amazon Basin. They are part of the group attending virtual workshops during summer 2022, organized by Cultural Survival’s Capacity Building Program. Read more. ([link removed]) En español. ([link removed])
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** We The Peoples Before: 25 Years of Knowing, Honoring, and Sharing Indigenous America
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As journalists, we are asked to write about the “five w’s:” who, what, when, where, and why. Sometimes it is hard to adequately report when there are so many “whos.” And that is the case for the three days and nights at the Kennedy Center’s program, First Peoples Fund’s “We The Peoples Before,” which was held June 30-July 2, 2022, in Washington, D.C. Read more. ([link removed])


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Indigenous, Young, and Creative ([link removed])
Mariia Savvina (Sakha) is an independent artist, fashion designer, and creator of the fashion brand o5o who is originally from Yakutsk, Sakha Republic.

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Indigenous Peoples Need to Be Consulted on Projects in Their Territories ([link removed])
A theatrical drama group and youth from Sandrift in the Richtersveld area of the Northern Cape, South Africa, staged a theatrical demonstration outside Alexander Bay on June 25, 2022 to show Indigenous opposition to a proposed Special Economic Zone for the Boegoebaai Green Hydrogen Project. Geralt Cloete from Nama Khoi Productions tells us more.

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Cultural Survival Global News Bulletin July 2022 ([link removed])
The Global News Bulletin for this month contains news from around the world on the topic of Indigenous rights. In this edition, we have news from Indonesia, Taiwan, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, and more...

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La lucha de los Pueblos Indígenas en Costa Rica: Sergio Rojas y el Consejo Ditsö Iriria Ajkönuk Wakpa ([link removed])
En este programa de Radio de Derechos Indígenas de Cultural Survival presentamos una entrevista con Doris Ríos y Adriana Fenández, mujeres Cabécar recuperadoras del territorio de China Kichá, lugar en el que se han realizado cinco recuperaciones, lo que significa el 70% de un total de 1100 hectáreas que conforman este territorio Indígena.

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La lucha de los Pueblos Indígenas en Costa Rica: el Frente Nacional de Pueblos Indígenas (FRENAPI) ([link removed])
En el municipio de Tehuacán, Puebla, en México, en el territorio del pueblo indígena náhuatl de Coapan y dentro de la de la reserva de la biosfera Tehuacán–Cuicatlán, fue creado en noviembre de 1993 un basurero a cielo abierto para recibir los residuos sólidos urbanos de los habitantes del municipio de Tehuacán, es decir, recibir toneladas y toneladas de basura.

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Comunidad, tradición e innovación por la salud. Capítulo 6: ¿Cómo los vamos a recuperar? ([link removed])
En esta cápsula producida por Tsilinkalli Radio en Morelos, México, una maestra y una madre de familia se preguntan: ¿cómo los vamos a recuperar?, en relación con la gran cantidad de niños, niñas y jóvenes que durante la pandemia se enfermaron, perdieron familiares, se vieron obligados a trabajar y no han regresado a la escuela.

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** Keepers of the Earth Grant Partner Spotlight:
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** Articulação dos Povos Indígenas do Nordeste, Minas Gerais e Espírito Santo (APOINME)
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Articulação dos Povos Indígenas do Nordeste, Minas Gerais e Espírito Santo (APOINME) was created in 1990 with the aim of supporting Indigenous leaders in the defense of Indigenous rights in Brazil. Read more. ([link removed]) En Español ([link removed]) . Em Português ([link removed])
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** Indigenous Community Media Partner Spotlight:
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** Confederación Nacional Agraria
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To address social and economic inequities, in 2020, the Confederación Nacional Agraria (CNA) formulated the project “Willanakuy llaqtakuna sut'ichanapaq” (Communication to make the Peoples visible). The Confederation is a representative union of campesino communities and Indigenous Peoples originating from Andean, Amazonian, and coastal areas of Peru. Read more ([link removed]) . En español. ([link removed])
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** Cultural Survival Quarterly Magazine
46-2 Securing Indigenous Rights in the Green Economy ([link removed])
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This issue of the Cultural Survival Quarterly is dedicated to uplifting the voices 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.


** ¡Cultural Survival Quarterly ahora está disponible en español!
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