Our Ancestors Celebrated Thanksgiving 13 Times a Year: Demystifying Thanksgiving
Long before the arrival of the settlers, the land which we call Turtle Island was bountiful of rich foods, clean water, and a vast amount of biodiversity. Cornfields wrapped around the coastline for miles, schools of fish swam so thick, and trees were so healthy they produced many nuts and fruits. Our ancestors celebrated thanksgiving about 13 times a year. Read more.
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Despite Historic Participation, Indigenous Peoples Are Again Sidelined in Major Decisions at COP27
The two-week 27th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC COP27) held in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, came to a close on November 19, 2022. Cultural Survival’s Indigenous delegation of six was on the ground reporting directly on the most important issues concerning the climate negotiations and the implications for the rights and futures of Indigenous Peoples. Read more.
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Indigenous Television: A Voice for Marginalized Indigenous Peoples in Nepal
Seven years ago, a group of us working Indigenous journalists in Nepal realized a collective dream to give voice, access, and participation to a largely ignored, ethnically diverse sector of Indigenous Peoples. Our mandate was to inform, educate, and entertain Indigenous Peoples in their native languages, and in doing so, to enrich Nepali culture as a whole. Read more.
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Mixtec/Queer: Rebuilding the Past, Reimagining the Future
I am a Na Ñuu Savi (Person of the Place of Rain, Mixtec) born in Santa Maria, California, United States, to Nivi Ñuu Savi (People of the Place of Rain) who migrated there to work as farmers in the California agricultural economy. Read more.
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Guåhan Means “We Have”
I live in a village called Piti on an island called Guåhan (popularly, Guam). Guåhan is part of an archipelago of islands called the Mariånas, and her people are called CHamoru. In our language, Guåhan means “we have.” The CHamorus that settled the island named her that because she had everything needed to support life and growth. Read more.
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IIPWG Webinar: Indigenous Peoples, Biodiversity and Sustainable Finance
Indigenous Peoples’ traditional knowledge and stewardship contributes significantly to both conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity. In fact, Indigenous Peoples protect 80 percent of the Earth’s remaining biodiversity though only occupy an estimated 20 percent of the Earth's land mass. When Indigenous Peoples’ territories, communities, rights and wellbeing are at risk, so is global biodiversity. Ahead of the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP 15), experts working to advance biodiversity at the intersection of Indigenous Peoples’ rights and traditional ecological knowledge will equip financial sector participants with a better understanding of the priorities of Indigenous leaders in biodiversity protection and stewardship.
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The TehatiwʌnákhwaɁ Language Nest Immersion Program With Dr. Yekuhsiyo Rosa King
Dr. Yekuhsiyo Rosa King (Oneida) is a member of the Turtle clan. She has been learning her ancestral language for ten years and has been teaching for nine years. She is a licensed American Indian Language teacher by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI). Dr. King is currently a lead instructor in the TehatiwʌnákhwaɁ Language Nest Immersion Program that serves students 3-7 years old.
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Amenaza contra parteras y médicos tradicionales en México
En este programa de Radio de Derechos Indígenas de Cultural Survival platicamos sobre este tema con integrantes de la Red Autónoma Mexicana de Médicos y Parteras Tradicionales, quienes además reflexionan acerca de la importancia de la medicina tradicional para las comunidades Indígenas y acerca de la constante invalidación de los saberes de los pueblos originarios.
Trabajando por la preservación de la lengua Tutunakú
El Tutunakú es una de las lenguas Indígenas más habladas en México, durante las últimas décadas se ha ido perdiendo, al igual que ocurre con otras lenguas Indígenas del mundo. ¿En tu comunidad aún se habla una lengua originaria? ¿Qué estrategias se han emprendido para preservarla? ¿Por qué es importante preservar y revitalizar nuestras lenguas? Conoce sobre estos y otros temas en el siguiente programa.
Día Universal del Niño y de la Niña
El Día Universal del Niño se conmemora el 20 de noviembre de cada año con el fin de recordar la adopción, por parte de los Estados miembros de las Naciones Unidas, de la Declaración Universal de los Derechos del Niño y la aprobación de la Convención de los Derechos del Niño. En dicha Convención se establecen derechos fundamentales para los niños y las niñas, entre ellos el derecho a la vida, la salud, la educación, el derecho a jugar, a la protección frente a la violencia y discriminación, y a que se escuchen sus opiniones.
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Indigenous Community Media Partner Spotlight:
Kat News Channel, India
Kat News Channel is the first ever local cable TV station in Karbi Anglong, India. It was launched in 2016 to promote local cultures and highlight issues concerning the Karbi Peoples. During the pandemic, with the support of the Indigenous Community Media Fund, Kat News Channel produced and broadcasted content related to COVID-19 and food and nutrition traditions of Indigenous tribes.
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Youth Fellow Spotlight:
ANMIGA: Working to Eliminate Violence Against Indigenous Women in Brazil
Daniele Silva Rodrigues (Guajajara), 24, is from the Arariboia community in Maranhão, Brazil. She is part of the communications team at Articulación Nacional de Mujeres Indígenas Guerreras de la Ancestralidad (ANMIGA). Read more. En español.
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This issue of the Cultural Survival Quarterly is dedicated to Indigenous land stewardship, the struggles to secure Indigenous land rights, and our rights and responsibilities to our ancestral territories.
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¡Cultural Survival Quarterly ahora está disponible en español!
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Thank you for supporting our work on #GivingTuesday! Thanks to you, we unlocked our $5K match challenge!
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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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