By Amelia Schafer, ICT + Rapid City Journal, reposted with permission
RAPID CITY, S.D. – What started as an idea from Dakota and Lakota elders has now entered its fifth year. The annual Mni Ki Wakan (MKW) Summit has grown to unite Indigenous water specialists from around the globe.
September 13, 2023, marks sixteen years since the United Nations General Assembly adopted the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).
Diesen Donnerstag, den 14. September 2023, wird in der Europäischen Union über ein Gesetz zu kritischen Rohstoffen abgestimmt! Deine Stimme ist jetzt gefragt!
Sende eine E-Mail (in Englisch) an die EU-Parlamentarier:innen, um sie wissen zu lassen, dass Indigene Gemeinschaften und ihre Rechte im Zentrum einer erfolgreichen grünen Wende in Europa stehen müssen.
What is the Critical Raw Materials Act and why did it emerge?
By Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Koĩts-Sunuwar, CS Staff)
By Hartman Deetz (Mashpee Wampanoag)
Cultural Survival interviewed Michel Forst, the first person to hold the mandate of UN Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders, which is the first international mechanism in the world dedicated to protecting environmental defenders. Rapporteur Forst’s term began in June 2022.
By Camilla Lindschouw (CS Intern)
Indigenous Women in Radio 2023, a three-day event organized by Cultural Survival for women from Indigenous community radio stations around the country, took place July 28-30 in Maní, Yucatán, Mexico. Twenty-eight Indigenous women between the ages of 18-59 participated in workshops on radio production and sound ambience.
Indigenous women have managed to break many barriers and access spaces historically reserved for white men. They have positioned themselves as agents of change, incorporating ancestral knowledge from their communities. From medicine, art, gastronomy, music, to linguistics, these young women are leading movementns of resistance and transformation. Their impact on shifting current paradigms should be uplifted on every occasion.
The Keepers of the Earth Fund (KOEF) is proud to announce that in 2023 we awarded over half a million dollars in small grants to support Indigenous projects on issues related to community empowerment for land defense and autonomy; the tra
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