The objective of the community radio station Minga Stereo 91.1FM is to facilitate communication throughout the Túquerres Indigenous reserve and the four neighboring reserves of Yascual, Mallama, Guachavez, and Sande, encompassing all of the people of the Pastos. The station's daily programming strengthens the education, culture, music, identity, and recovery of the Pastos’ mother tongue while also transmitting news and events of collective interest.
The Asho'ojushi Collective creates a space of, and for, the Wayuu People to promote the memory and ancestral practices of tattooing with cactus spines and charcoal ink. Its main objective is to generate in-person gatherings and productions in different media that promote knowledge and practices for the revitalization of Wayuu tattooing. Their project will generate radio content and podcasts to serve as an oral memory of two meetings of Wayuu tattoo artists held in the territory.
Voces de Nuestra Tierra Community Radio Station focuses on promoting the visibility and strengthening of the life plan of the territory of Jambaló Cauca in its cultural, educational, political, organizational, economic, and environmental aspects. The collective mobilizes and denounces policies that harm Indigenous Peoples through appropriate communication and technological tools, such as radio, audiovisual, digital media and design, and publications. This allows children and youth to take ownership of and carry out their own cultural processes in the territory.
La Minga, the Voice of the Mocondinos, is a means of expression of the social and cultural reality of the ancestral territory of Mocondino (a municipality of Pasto, Colombia), disseminated through the voices of its own citizens, especially young people and women. It contributes to the defense of territory and water, denouncing the threats facing the Mocondino from the uncontrolled advance of urbanization.
The purpose of the Bojaba Beaches Reserve collective is to strengthen the capacity of U’wa communities, territories, and people to strengthen and preserve their traditions through trainings and workshops, the promotion of art and culture, and recreation and sports. The thematic areas of the environment, women, families, human rights, free expression, and traditional medicine are addressed collectively by young leaders, women, and Elders.
The Namuy Wam (Communications Spiral) is an integral part of the Misak Peoples’ life plan, which aims to preserve their territory as well as their social and political autonomy. Their project focuses on the defense of life, territory, and the environment as it contributes to the strengthening of the Misak life plan, which strives for the cultural permanence of this community.
Nixon Piaguaje Yaiguaje is an Indigenous leader, politician, and journalist from the Siona Peoples in the Colombian Amazon. The Siona People are under many threats to their existence. He is currently the Communication Coordinator for OZIP and director of Radio Waira 104.7 FM, which represents the 11 Indigenous Peoples of Putumayo who are members of the Indigenous Organization of the Putumayo Area. Nixon Piaguaje Yaiguaje is part of Cultural Survival's Convention on Biological Diversity COP16 delegation in Cali, Colombia.
By Norberto Farekatde Maribba (Muruy Muyna)- Confederación Indígena del Alto Amazonas COIDAM
By Community Radio Nasa Stereo
The Nasa community is located in the ancestral territory of Toribio, Cauca, Colombia, comprised of three Indigenous reservations Tacueyo, San Francisco, and Toribio. 96% of its population is from the Nasa Indigenous People and the remaining 4% is recognized as mestizo or as part of other Indigenous Peoples, mainly Guambianos. The Nasa Indigenous People carry out resistance actions articulated from communication for the defense of the territory, the care of life, and the strengthening of cultural identity.
Indigenous Peoples in Colombia represent a rich cultural and ancestral diversity that has existed in the territory of Abya Yala long before the arrival of European colonizers. The people here have inhabited these lands for millennia, preserving their traditions, languages, ancestral knowledge, and systems of social organization.
Land Acknowledgement
We acknowledge that we are headquartered on Massachusett land, in Cambridge, MA, and we thank the past, current, and future Indigenous stewards of this territory.
