On June 3-5, 2019, in Kathmandu, Nepal, in order to help Indigenous community radio stationed working at the grassroots level to sort out technical problems occurring in radio systems, the Indigenous Community Radio Network (ICRN) a partner organization of Cultural Survival conducted a three-day workshop on basic skills on maintenance and repairing radio equipment for technicians.

Cultural Survival's 2019 Indigenous Youth Community Media Fellows are hard at work. The Fellowship Project aims to support young Indigenous leaders between the ages of 16-26, who are committed and eager to learn about technology, program development, journalism, community radio, media, and Indigenous Peoples’ rights advocacy.

When most people envision Northern California, images of winding coastal roads, sheer cliffs, and mountainous, crashing waves appear in their minds-- redwood trees as tall as skyscrapers, and rocky beaches that span for hundreds of miles. What is typically not attached to the California postcard scenery, however, is knowledge of the American Indian Tribes that have been living in this region for countless generations, cultivating a deep spiritual and physical connection with both the ocean and the surrounding landmass.

Este 5 de junio es el Día Mundial del Medio Ambiente dedicado a la lucha en con

Entre febrero y mayo de 2019, Cultural Survival ha otorgado pequeñas subvenciones para apoyar a comunidades Indígenas a que inicien, continúen o finalicen los trámites para la consecución de una concesión para usar una frecuencia radioeléctrica en la banda FM o AM en México.

Cultural Survival es una organización Indígena sin fines de lucro que apoya iniciativas de radios comunitarias Indígenas en diferentes partes del mundo con subvenciones que puedan fortalecer las capacidades de éstas importantes plataformas de comunicación y que sirvan como medios de información, opinión, educación, cultura e idiomas de los Pueblos Indígenas desde sus propias filosofías, historia, derechos y anhelos.

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by John Ahni Schertow, reposted with permission from Intercontinental Cry
 

This month, the Yurok Tribal Council voted unanimously in favor of a resolution establishing the rights of the Klamath River.

Nestled amongst the beauty of Boston’s historic coastline lies an intensifying disagreement over Long Island, one of the 34 islands comprising Boston Harbor Islands National and State Park, part of the U.S. National Register of Historic Places, and, less well known, the site of a former concentration camp and Native burial ground.

By Emilee Martichenko

Towering above the landscape of the island of Hawai'i is the breathtaking Mauna Kea. With a perpetual blanket of snow crowning its peak this mountain rises 13,796 ft (4,205 m) above sea level achieving the title of tallest mountain in the Pacific.

Below the surface of the ocean, however, Mauna Kea stretches downward for another 19,700 ft making its total height approximately 35,000 ft (10,210 m) and earning it the honor of being the world’s tallest mountain (even defeating Mount Everest).

By John McPhaul

Fear still reigns in Indigenous country after the murder of Bribri Indigenous leader Sergio Rojas, who was shot and killed on March 18, 2019, while he slept in the small village of Yeri in the Salitre Indigenous Territory, in southwestern Costa Rica.