November 1 is the start of Native American Heritage Month and it is an excellent time to celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ brilliance, resilience, and cultural and language diversity!
November 1 is the start of Native American Heritage Month and it is an excellent time to celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ brilliance, resilience, and cultural and language diversity!
By Monica Coc Magnusson (Q'eqchi Maya, CS Staff)
Por Jess Cherofsky (equipo CS) y Bia’ni Madsa’ Juárez López (Ayuuk ja’ay y Binnizá, equipo CS)
"Queremos, desde nuestros territorios, mejorar la vida y mantener el equilibrio ecológico protegiendo a las comunidades indígenas recreando el compromiso de todos por la madre tierra y la vida del planeta." - Propuesta del Sub Consejo Tsimane’ del Sector Yacuma (Pueblo Tsimane', Bolivia)
By Bia’ni Madsa’ Juárez López (Ayuuk ja’ay and Binnizá, CS Staff) and Jess Cherofsky (CS Staff)
Eliseo Ramirez (Zapotec) was 23 years old when he decided he needed to make a concerted effort to help revitalize his Zapotec culture. As an artist and cooperative leader, he keeps his culture alive not only through his business, Khadi Oaxaca—a collective of over 450 local families and artisans weaving intricate designs and creating beautiful works of art but also through weaving workshops where cultural knowledge is passed down from generation to generation.
By: Radio Tosepan Limakxtum
The sixth episode of our Hecho a Mano (Handmade) podcast is out! This month, we had the opportunity to interview Zenú artists Reinel Mendoza Montalvo and Ana Mariana Flores Mendoza, two very talented Colombian weavers who make art crafts with caña flecha (arrow cane).
El Fondo Guardianes de la Tierra (KOEF por sus siglas en inglés) es un fondo liderado por Indígenas, diseñado para apoyar los proyectos de promoción y desarrollo comunitario de los Pueblos Indígenas. Desde 2017, KOEF ha apoyado 177 proyectos en 35 países por un total de $764,317.
By Amalia Pérez (Tzeltal)
Catalina has been a midwife since she was 15 years old, helping hundreds of women give birth. She is originally from the community of Samaria, in the municipality of Ocosingo, Chiapas. She was born on September 16, 1951. For Catalina, the midwife's work is to help and contribute to improving other people's lives.
By Bety Piche (Zapoteca)
Oaxaca is "the land where God never dies.” Its inhabitants know it by its great cultural and linguistic diversity. It is also a place where the complete closure of downtown businesses due to Covid-19 affected the economy of traditional handicraft artisans in the capital’s historic center.
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.