36-2 40 years of Advocacy (June 2012)

Date: May 25, 2012

“Sustainable development is based on the principle that the right to development must be fulfilled so as to equitably meet developmental and environmental needs of present and future generations.” —1992 Rio Earth Summit

Date: May 21, 2012
Date: May 21, 2012

The title Cultural Survival: 40 Years of Advocacy from Brazil 1972 to Brazil 2012 symbolically marks four decades of Cultural Survival’s advocacy partnering with Indigenous Peoples in defending their land, languages, and cultur

Date: May 21, 2012

Arctic Village is one of the most remote Native villages in Alaska; far away from the noise and turmoil of mainstream society, the only large chaos it consistently registers is climate change.

Date: May 18, 2012

The Ngöbe-Buglé comarca (Indigenous administrative region), located in western Panama, is the largest of five Indigenous regions of this Central American country.

Date: May 18, 2012

On March 13, 2012, thousands of Indigenous people gathered in the chilly highland town of Totonicapan, Guatemala, milling into the town’s soccer stadium to await the arrival of the United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights,

Date: May 18, 2012

2012 is a significant year for the world’s Indigenous Peoples.  It marks the start of a new cycle in the Mayan calendar, Oxlajuj B’aqtun.  It marks the 40th anniversary of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra, Australia.

Date: May 18, 2012

David and Pia Maybury-Lewis developed the idea for Cultural Survival following their experience living among the Xavante Indians in Central Brazil during the late 1950s.

Date: May 17, 2012

In March, during their spring break, University of Wyoming law students Sabrina Sameshima and Matt J.

Date: May 14, 2012

It was late in the Cambodian afternoon as my Kuy colleagues, Mr. Pak and Mr. Vansakd, and I followed Mr.

Date: May 14, 2012

Aymara weaver Felicia Huarsaya Villasante comes from a small community in the Peruvian province of Azangaro about 15,815 feet above sea level near Lake Titicaca. In the 4,450 acre community, residents make their living in myriad ways.

Date: May 14, 2012

The town of Cajola lies in a valley surrounded by mountains in the highlands of Quetzaltenango, Guatemala.

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