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In Easter Island a silent genocide has been occurring since 1722. The survivors, after been banished and locked in a ghetto, struggle to recuperate their ancestral territories.

The exhibit, Sakahàn: International Indigenous Art, will be on display from May 17, 2013 until September 2, 2013 and claims to be the largest-ever global survey of contemporary Indigenous art. Sakahàn features over 150 pieces of art by more than 80 self-identified Indigenous artists hailing from 16 countries and 6 continents.

By First Peoples Worldwide

British company GCM Resources was dealt a serious blow today as the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) agreed to consider complaints regarding severe human rights violations associated with the company’s planned coal mine in Bangladesh. 

The Maasai community in Naivasha District of Nakuru County in the Rift Valley Province of Kenya has once again resorted to the courts to stop further evictions by the government to give room for a World Bank funded Geothermal Project.

Through our Global Response Program, Cultural Survival had the pleasure of inviting representatives from Mayan communities in Huehuetenango, Guatemala and Toledo, Belize to the United Nation Permanent Forum on Indigen

The Wixarika (Huichol) people of Mexico have submitted a third letter in their series of communications with the Mexican presidential branch urging the cancellation of mining concessions within their sacred territory known as Wi

To further advocate for the rights of indigenous peoples worldwide, Cultural Survival, an Indigenous Peoples' rights organization based in Cambridge, MA, is developing an innovative new radio series to spread the word about the right of Indigenous Peoples to Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC).