FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
Date: December 7, 2023
Press Contact: Leysha Caraballo, 980-255-0882, leysha@team-arc.com

On Day 1 of COP28, Pema Wangmo Lama Mugum, an Indigenous youth activist from the Mugum Indigenous Nations in Asia, from the National Indigenous Women's Federation - NIWF NEPAL read the International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change opening statement.

Diana Pastor (maya k’iche’), CS staff

A group of women dance and sing around the fire. The atmosphere is one of camaraderie and joy. In addition to singing and dancing, they play games, paint tattoos, and offer words of gratitude to the land and to themselves for having shared knowledge and experiences in recent days to continue to protect their territories. The feeling is one of bittersweetness, but also of satisfaction. 

In 2023, Cultural Survival received hundreds of applications from Indigenous youth who were interested in participating in our Indigenous Youth Fellowship Program. Our Fellowship Program supports young Indigenous leaders between the ages of 17-28, who are eager to learn about technology, program development, journalism, community radio, media, language revitalization, leadership development, and Indigenous Peoples’ rights advocacy. Since 2018, we have awarded 111 fellowships supporting 236 fellows.

11 Ways to Relearn Thanksgiving and to Honor Native Peoples

By Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Koĩts-Sunuwar, CS Staff)  

Cultural Survival's Capacity Building Program focuses on training activities aimed at Indigenous youth, especially women and people of marginalized genders, on topics such as leadership, human rights, and Indigenous community media.

By Polina Shulbaeva (Selkup), Bryan Bixcul (Maya Tz'utujil), Edson Krenak (Krenak), CS Staff

Cultural Survival’s Indigenous Community Media Fund provides funding opportunities, accompaniment, and training to Indigenous community media platforms to carry out their crucial informational, documentary, and cultural work within and outside their communities. Since 2017, the Indigenous Community Media Fund has awarded 298 grants, supporting community media projects in 29 countries across 3 continents, totaling $1,772,361.

UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, José Francisco Calí Tzay (Maya Kaqchikel), conducted a week-long visit to Nepal on September 10–17, 2023, to meet and learn more about Nepal’s Indigenous Peoples and the status of their human rights. Calí Tzay was invited to Nepal for academic purposes by the Central Department of Anthropology of Tribhuvan University, the oldest and biggest university in the country.