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Read more about Ten Community Media Grant Recipients Announced

Cultural Survival and Toronto-based WACC are pleased to announce the first round of grantees of our Community Media Grants Project partnership, an initiative strengthening international Indigenous community radio stations' broadcast infrastructure and systems. Ensuring that Indigenous communities have a viable and critical medium for dissemination of news, information, community events, historical documentation, education and entertainment, the project aims to enhance community efforts to establish and ensure sustainability of Indigenous community-controlled media.

Read more about LA RADIO VA SERVIR PARA DEFENDER NUESTROS DERECHOS: Inauguración de la Radio Xyaab’ Tzuultaq’a

Que quede en la historia, todos los hombres y mujeres que promovieron la radio, la radio va servir para defender nuestros derechos y defender nuestro idioma, como lo es el Q’eqchi’ manifestó la profesora Guadalupe Quinich de la Junta Cargadora del Consejo de Comunidades Indígenas del Estor, durante la inauguración de la Radio Comunitaria Xyaab’ Tzuultaq’a, el 05 de marzo de 2017 fecha que coincidía con el inicio del Año Nuevo Maya, Joob Tz’ikin.

Read more about Another Indigenous Radio Station is Born: The Inauguration of Radio Xyaab 'Tzuultaq'a

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"It will go down in history, all the men and women who promoted radio, the radio will be used to defend our rights and defend our language, as Q'eqchi' people," said teacher Guadalupe Quinich, during Radio Xyaab 'Tzuultaq'a’s inauguration on March 5, 2017, in El Estor, Guatemala. The inauguration coincided with the beginning of the Mayan New Year, Joob Tz'ikin.

Read more about UN Special Rapporteur Highlights Indigenous Peoples’ Human Rights Violations in the United States

UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Victoria Tauli-Corpuz met with Indigenous leaders, Tribal governments and members of the federal government as part of her official visit to the United States on February 22- March 3, 2017

Read more about The Future of Native News

On February 23, 2017, the Harvard University Native American Program (HUNAP) hosted a panel discussion entitled “The Future of Native News.

Guatemala: Save Indigenous Radio

Read more about Guatemala: Save Indigenous Radio

Community radio has been a vital presence in Indigenous communities in Guatemala since the 1960s. Indigenous Peoples in Guatemala rely on community radio to keep their cultures, languages, and traditions alive as well as to inform their communities about issues and events relevant to their lives. Community radio also serves the vital function of distributing content to listeners in their own language, reaching even the poorest areas where radio may be the only affordable form of communication.

Read more about Cape Minstrel Festival: A Cultural Explosion in Cape Town

The Southernmost part of Africa comes alive every year on the 2nd of January, and 2017 was certainly no exception.The Cape Minstrel Festival is an annual celebration that takes place in the mother city of South Africa, Cape Town.

Read more about On the Border of India and China, the Adi Face a Confluence of Issues

“It is never about resolving differences and working together. Never! It is always about India and China,” mourns an elder from Siskin village as he crosses a bridge close to the border of India and China. The Adi community collectively weaves these bamboo bridges every year across the pristine Siang River.

Read more about Organized by Indigenous Values: Radio Nimlajacoc

In October, I visited the the Q’eqchi’ community of Nimlajacoc to support them in their application for funds from Cultural Survival’s Community Media Grants Project, what I found was an organized community who are a model of Indigenous resilience.

Read more about Cultural Survival Announces New Strengthening Indigenous Women’s Leadership in Community Radio Initiative

Cultural Survival is pleased to announce the launch of our Strengthening Indigenous Women’s Leadership in Community Radio Initiative. The initiative will support a cohort of Indigenous women in Central America through a series of training and network-building workshops enabling participants to gain leadership and practical skills in investigative journalism, community radio production, and technical equipment operation.

Read more about 3ra Reelección de Daniel Ortega: Pueblos Indígenas en Nicaragua Exigen Ser Escuchados

A tan sólo unos días de que Daniel Ortega vuelva a coronarse Presidente de Nicaragua por tercera vez consecutiva, y esta vez acompañado nada más y nada menos que de su esposa, Rosario Murillo como vicepresidenta, y de quien se piensa y se dice es la que lleva las riendas del poder.

Read more about Ortega Re-elected for Third Term: Indigenous Peoples in Nicaragua Demand Respect for International Indigenous Rights

Daniel Ortega will continue in his third consecutive term as President of Nicaragua after being reelected on November 6, 2016, this time accompanied by his wife, Rosario Murillo, as his Vice-President.

Guatemala: Save Indigenous Radio

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