Droupadi Murmu Sworn in as India’s First Indigenous President 

Droupadi Murmu (Santhal) made history on Monday, July 25, 2022, for being sworn in as India's first Indigenous woman president. Read more.

Nairobi Convention on Biodiversity Meeting Succeeds in Establishing a New Target on Gender and Inclusive Biodiversity

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.

Indigenous Delegates Face Obstacles to Participation at UNFCCC Bonn Climate Change Conference

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.

UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Resumes In-person Session 

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. 

Report to UN Human Rights Council Highlights Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Violations in Japan

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.

Report to UN Human Rights Council Highlights Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Violations in Guatemala

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. En español

Cultural Survival Calls on Mexico to Respect the Rights of Mixtec Peoples in Abasolo del Valle, Veracruz

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. En español

Fluid Intersections: Gender, Sexuality, and Indigenous Identities Across Borders

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.

Meet the Women Who Are Defending Life and Land in the Amazon Basin

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. En español.

We The Peoples Before: 25 Years of Knowing, Honoring, and Sharing Indigenous America

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.

Keepers of the Earth Grant Partner Spotlight:

Articulação dos Povos Indígenas do Nordeste, Minas Gerais e Espírito Santo (APOINME)

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. En Español. Em Português

Indigenous Community Media Partner Spotlight:

Confederación Nacional Agraria 

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. En español.

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