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2024 September


Our Culture Is Our Identity: Revitalizing Mayan Language Through Education

Our Culture Is Our Identity: Revitalizing Mayan Language Through Education

With the support of Cultural Survival’s Indigenous Youth Fellowship, Dzib created a digital repository of bilingual virtual resources tailored for elementary school children incorporating the experiences of teachers, students, and parents.


Report Warns Santacruz Silver of Serious Human Rights Violations at Bolivia Mine ahead of AGM

Report Warns Santacruz Silver of Serious Human Rights Violations at Bolivia Mine ahead of AGM

Last week, Indigenous leaders from the Ayllu Acre Antequera in Bolivia, together with the organizations Qhana Pukara Kurmi, Cultural Survival, and Earthworks, submitted a report to the Canadian mining company Santacruz Silver (SCS) ahead of its Annual General Meeting today in Vancouver.


New data reveals rates of family violence among those who died by suicide

New data reveals rates of family violence among those who died by suicide

They remind us of what many working in this space already instinctively knew: the horrifically high count of lives lost to the national crisis of men’s violence against women is likely far higher than official numbers suggest.


Indigenous Education: Safeguarding Our Knowledge for Future Generations

Indigenous Education: Safeguarding Our Knowledge for Future Generations

This includes both traditional and modern methodologies such as immersive language programs and internships, cultural events and gatherings, youth camps and excursions, in-person and online classes, publishing books, and developing software and apps.


Awakening through the Kichwa Language

Awakening through the Kichwa Language

“I didn’t know my grand-parents and I always felt a lack of them in my life, so seeing these elderly people on the street and not being able to help them touched me because I couldn’t speak our language.” Although Anrango’s parents dressed her in traditional clothing from the time she was born, as a child they only communicated with her in Spanish, something she would later come to question.


The Siren Song – UN Panel on Critical Energy Transition Minerals Report Sings About Advancing Indigenous Peoples’ Rights, but the Panel Retains Colonial Aspects Regarding Indigenous Lands

The Siren Song – UN Panel on Critical Energy Transition Minerals Report Sings About Advancing Indigenous Peoples’ Rights, but the Panel Retains Colonial Aspects Regarding Indigenous Lands

The call for a global traceability framework and a High-Level Expert Advisory Group indicated by the report is essential, but the lack of binding mechanisms means these remain voluntary, and their effectiveness depends on the willingness of states and corporations to act.


The Secretary-General’s Panel’s New Set of Recommendations on CETMs: An Opportunity to Ensure the Respect of Indigenous Peoples’ Rights and Avoid Repeating the Mistakes of the Past

The Secretary-General’s Panel’s New Set of Recommendations on CETMs: An Opportunity to Ensure the Respect of Indigenous Peoples’ Rights and Avoid Repeating the Mistakes of the Past

Furthermore, we welcome the panel’s recognition that “specific measures should be implemented to ensure that Indigenous Peoples are recognized as equal partners and benefit equitably from these opportunities, with benefit-sharing schemes aligned with their right to self-determination” (Principle 4, Para 38).


Top Wins for Indigenous Peoples in 2023-2024

Top Wins for Indigenous Peoples in 2023-2024

Following centuries of violence, racism, and conquest by colonial missions, rubber companies, and State governments, the court's acknowledgment of the Siekopai as the rightful owners of Pë’këya is a crucial step toward their legal battle of restoring justice, ensuring collective survival, and preserving cultural heritage.


New study links low incomes, stressed parents and child behaviour – better support would bring lifelong benefits

New study links low incomes, stressed parents and child behaviour – better support would bring lifelong benefits

This is important, as children’s behavioural (or social and emotional) development sets the foundation for longer term positive mental health and academic success.


17 Years of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

17 Years of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

"Governments around the world must honor their responsibilities to move from Declaration endorsement to adoption and align their domestic laws and policies with the rights, self-governance, and self-determination of Indigenous Peoples," says Cultural Survival Executive Director Aimee Roberson (Choctaw and Chickasaw).


Meet Our KOEF 2024 Grant Partners Strengthening Livelihoods around Lands and Climate Change

Meet Our KOEF 2024 Grant Partners Strengthening Livelihoods around Lands and Climate Change

Concerned about the deterioration of the land and the poor quality of food produced in monoculture with agrochemicals, they planned this project for the conservation and sustainable management of the soil in shade coffee plantations with agroecological practices, such as the use of organic fertilizers and natural insecticides.


Minahasa’s Cry: Indigenous Voices Rise Against Mining Onslaught in Indonesia

Minahasa’s Cry: Indigenous Voices Rise Against Mining Onslaught in Indonesia

Unmasking the Truth Over a six-month period, Kelung's dedicated team embarked on an ambitious reporting initiative, traveling across Minahasa to gather firsthand accounts of the impact of mining.