On January 24, 2018, at the premier of the new film 500 Years (2018) by the American director Pamela Yates, Cultural Survival interviewed Dr. Irma Alicia Velásquez Nimatuj, one of the film's main protagonists. Dr.
The Cherangany Multipurpose Development Programme (CHEMUDEP) in Nairobi, Kenya works for the land, culture, language, and natural resource rights of Indigenous Peoples through community empowerment, human rights advocacy, and general development. The organization was founded in 2003 by the Cherangany people and has been working to develop and implement its community protocol for obtaining the Cherangany community's Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC).
Por la tarde de ayer 17 de enero, 2018, la policía Guatemalteca detiene a la lideresa comunitaria Maya Q’eqchi’ María Cuc Choc, que ha acompañado la defensa del territorio y la Madre Tierra del Pueblo Q'eqchi' de Izabal.
We are excited to announce that Cultural Survival’s Executive Director Suzanne Benally (Santa Clara Tewa/ Navajo) has joined the Board of Directors of International Funders for Indigenous Peoples (IFIP), the only global donor affinity group dedicated solely to Indigenous Peoples around the world. For the past seventeen years, IFIP has built momentum toward a new movement in philanthropy that recognizes Indigenous communities as high-impact investments. Throughout the years, IFIP has organized 14 major conferences, bringing thousands of donors and Indigenous leaders together.