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Read more about Cultural Survival Announces Keepers of the Earth Fund for Indigenous Peoples

Today, Cultural Survival, an Indigenous Peoples’ rights advocacy organization based in Cambridge, MA, publicly announced its administration of the Keepers of the Earth Fund, a small grants fund designed to support Indigenous Peoples’ advocacy and community development projects. This much needed resource fund was established in 2005 by nonprofit First Peoples Worldwide, which is closing its doors with the retirement of its president and founder, Rebecca Adamson in June 2017.

Read more about Indigenous Rights Radio at the 2017 UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Indigenous individuals from around the world are arriving

Read more about Indigenous Voices, Indigenous Rights: The Role of Community Media

On April 27, 2017, Cultural Survival's Suzanne Benally, Avexnim Cojti, Dev Kumar Sunuwar, and Shaldon Ferris participated in DPI/ NGO Briefing, “Indigenous Voices, Indigenous Rights: The Role of Community Media.”

Watch the panel here.

Read more about Statement to the 16th session on the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Peoples by the Indigenous Media and Communication Caucus

Statement to the 16th session on the
UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Peoples
by the Indigenous Media and Communication Caucus
April 2017

Read more about RISING VOICES: COLLABORATIVE SCIENCE WITH INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE FOR CLIMATE SOLUTION

On April 13-15, 2017, Rising Voices 5 brought together Indigenous and western sciences in addressing climate change adaptation and mitigation. Over 140 participants from around the globe convened for dialogue and strategies for action.

Read more about Proud to Be Indigenous Weeks start Monday, April 24

Proud to Be Indigenous Weeks start Monday, April 24

Read more about Indigenous Women Take on CSW61

On March 13-24, 2017, the 61st Commission on the Status of Women (CSW61) convened at the UN Headquarters in New York City to discuss three major issues: women’s economic empowerment in the changing world of work, challenges and achievements in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals for women and girls, and the empowerment of Indigenous women. 2017 also marks the 10th anniversary of the UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous People and an opportunity for Indigenous women to vocalize their needs and concerns.

Read more about RISING VOICES 5: PATHWAYS FROM SCIENCE TO ACTION

Rising Voices 5 brings together Indigenous science and western science in addressing climate change adaptation and mitigation. Over 130 Indigenous climate experts will convene for dialogue and strategies for action.

Read more about Amplifying Indigenous Voices (Brown Bag Lunch Series) 4/24 & 4/26

Indigenous Community Radio and Grantmaking in Nepal

Read more about 7 Things You Can Do on Int'l Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Today is International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

"Racism has been a banner to justify the enterprises of expansion, conquest, colonization and domination and has walked hand in hand with intolerance, injustice and violence." -- Rigoberta Menchu Tum, Guatemalan Indigenous Leader and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.

Read more about Cultural Survival Celebrates World Radio Day

On February 13, 2017, Minga Peru's Executive Director Eliana Elias and Cultural Survival's Deputy Executive Director Mark Camp together lead a discussion at Cultural Survival’s headquarters in Cambridge, MA to celebrate World Radio Day. Despite it having snowed 12 inches that morning, the conference room held an intimate group of old and new faces.

Read more about The Declaration of Tecpán: 3rd International Indigenous Peoples Corn Conference

3rd International Indigenous Peoples Corn Conference, March 7 - 9, 2017. “Protecting our ancestral origins in order to guarantee the Food Sovereignty of our future generations.”

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