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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.
"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).
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.
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.
This group is composed of women who have worked on agroecology, backyard gardens, native seeds, medicinal plants, transformation of local products, and the strengthening of the Ayöök language as well as demanding a life free of violence.
At Cultural Survival, we are working around the world and around the clock to support the priorities of Indigenous Nations and communities that are protecting Mother Earth for generations to come and for the millions of people, plant, animal, and mineral relatives that share our homelands.
While UNEP’s Civil Society Unit offers a path for participation, the accreditation process is lengthy and bureaucratic, taking 90 days (about 3 months) and requiring extensive documentation to prove legal and non-profit status.
Chakka Bahadur Lama, a former member of parliament from Humla, explained that the Humlo Indigenous Peoples consist of five distinct groups: the Changba from Dozami village, the Ninwa from Warathpaleka, the Tukchyu Lungwa from Sathi Khole, the Yulcho Dun from Sat Thapale, and the Limba from Limel.