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Josephine Wildcat Bigler, one of four remaining native Yuchi speaking elders, has died at the age of 95. She was born on a Yuchi allotment in Oklahoma on May 24th, 1921. Yuchi was the primary language spoken in Josephine’s family, which included her parents, Maxey Wildcat and Lizzie Bighead Wildcat, and five siblings. Throughout her life, Josephine was active in Native American communities through her role as an educator and through her work with the United Methodist Church.

National Alliance to Save Native Languages and Chief Dull Knife College announce 2016 Stabilizing Indigenous Languages Symposium  June 6th and 7th in Billings, Montana.

 

In an announcement today on the Ft. Berthold Indian Reservation, the National Alliance to Save Native Languages invited Native language stakeholders and tribal leaders to attend the 23rd Annual Stabilizing Indigenous Language Symposium (SILS) in Billings, Montana June 6 and 7 at the Radisson Hotel Billings.

 

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Caso 12.717 Bocas del Toro Comunidades Ngäbe y otras contra el Estado de Panamá

Audiencia -157° período ordinario de sesionas ante la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos CIDH

 

Después de 11 años de conflicto socio ambiental entre el Pueblo Indígena Ngäbe y el Estado Panameño, los líderes de la comunidades Bocas del Toro, siguen exigiendo justicia en instancias internacionales.

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Among the 16 officially-recognized Indigenous tribes of Taiwan, the Bunun peoples are known for their strength, endurance and fierce nature. The people of the island’s 4th largest Indigenous group, centered in Taitung and Hualien Counties, are distinctly shorter and have a bronze complexion. They are known for the strength of their bodies and power in their voices, which suits them for surviving in the pristine, rugged mountains of southeast Taiwan.

 

The Central American Network of Indigenous Community Radios, which is made up of Indigenous community radio stations from each of the seven countries of Central America (Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama) on March 1, 2016 pronounced their support for Bill 4087, Community Media Law in Guatemala. In a powerful letter, they urge the Congress of the Republic of Guatemala to pass this law in order to fulfill their obligation as a democratic State.

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