PeoSoc PeoSoc
affected Indigenous Peoples ensure Indigenous Peoples academic appointment Aboriginal Peoples Indigenous communities receive funding Humlo Indigenous Peoples

affected Indigenous Peoples


Indigenous Peoples’ Right to Truth and Dignity of Victims

Indigenous Peoples’ Right to Truth and Dignity of Victims

An example is the Commission for Historical Clarification, La Comisión para el Esclarecimiento Histórico, which was created in 1994 to clarify the past with “objectivity, justice and impartiality” in response to the thousands of atrocities and human rights violations committed during Guatemala's Сivil War (1960-1996).


Indigenous Communities Examine Risks and Impacts of Climate Change at First Annual Meeting in Colombia

Indigenous Communities Examine Risks and Impacts of Climate Change at First Annual Meeting in Colombia

The participants agreed that there must be a clear and precise definition of climate change and culturally relevant systems to understand the problem and find community solutions, such as ensuring continuity with agroecological practices, diversifying reforestation, strengthening of seed banks, and use and respect for Traditional Knowledge in the care of the territories.


CosmovisĂŁo/ CrĂ­tica/ Causa: The Art of Denilson Baniwa

CosmovisĂŁo/ CrĂ­tica/ Causa: The Art of Denilson Baniwa

Through a practice that comprises art making, media producing, exhibition curation, and archival research, he spotlights urgent conversations while leveraging accusations and clamoring for colonially-rooted societies and institutions to reckon with their complicitness in the marginalization of Indigenous Peoples.


The Crisis of Deforestation on Indigenous Lands and Territories

The Crisis of Deforestation on Indigenous Lands and Territories

They are brave men, women, elders and youth who are in the last line of defense for their forest communities against commercial or state-owned industrial companies that destroy everything in their path to economic gain and multimillion-dollar profits.


Strengthening Bonds to Resist Lithium Extraction: PankararĂş-PataxĂł People in Brazil

Strengthening Bonds to Resist Lithium Extraction: PankararĂş-PataxĂł People in Brazil

“We who have the spiritual strength and relied on our land as a source of life are now selling our wealth and allowing them to be devastated in the name of progress…So what kind of progress is this?” asked the resident of the Jequitinhonha Valley, questioning the false promise of lithium mining corporations.


Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Are Non-Negotiable: 22 Calls to Action for the Trump Administration on Presidents’ Day

Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Are Non-Negotiable: 22 Calls to Action for the Trump Administration on Presidents’ Day

Establishing a commission to reexamine treaties signed with Tribal Nations and find ways they can be honored and implemented in today’s circumstances by operationalizing the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including upholding Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) in all department consultation practices.


Indigenous Rights Radio Celebrates 10 Years of Amplifying Indigenous Voices

Indigenous Rights Radio Celebrates 10 Years of Amplifying Indigenous Voices

Radio provides the opportunity to continue developing the capacities of men and women, to make spots, podcasts, and special programs in our own languages with topics that affect us, and also to share good practices in the care of the land and the territory, mainly, traditional medicine, food security, among others.


Dr. Mayian Lekirimpoto: The Samburu Doctor Proving That Science Belongs to Indigenous Women, Too

Dr. Mayian Lekirimpoto: The Samburu Doctor Proving That Science Belongs to Indigenous Women, Too

The kind of knowledge that never makes it to medical journals the phases of the moon and their impact on childbirth, the way a Samburu woman’s body moves differently after she has carried water for years, the herbal remedies for fever that the colonizers never bothered to write down.


Uplift U.S. Indigenous Rights + Build Movement

Uplift U.S. Indigenous Rights + Build Movement

The UPR is a process conducted at the United Nations in Geneva that reviews each UN member state’s record with regard to its human rights obligations and commitments.


Genocide Continues Today

Genocide Continues Today

Forced assimilation is also a part of this process, which frequently includes the removal of children and separation of families, psychological violence, prevention of the ability to lead a traditional lifestyle, perverted notions of cultural values, and the imposition of moral principles by outsiders.


This Holiday Season, Shop Indigenous at the Cultural Survival Bazaar!

This Holiday Season, Shop Indigenous at the Cultural Survival Bazaar!

As you enter the Bazaar, you'll be welcomed into a space filled with joy and resilience, where the air is alive with music and the presence of Indigenous vendors and cooperatives sharing their culture and stories.


UNESCO Forum Amplifies Indigenous Voices, Calls for Action to Strengthen Indigenous Media

UNESCO Forum Amplifies Indigenous Voices, Calls for Action to Strengthen Indigenous Media

Sheryl Lightfoot (Anishinaabe), a member of the UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP), highlighted the study's potential to drive change by identifying gaps and challenges in implementing Article 16 and providing recommendations to governments and stakeholders.