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Cultural Survival partners with indigenous communities to defend their lands, languages, and cultures. We help them get the knowledge, advocacy tools, and strategic partnerships they need to protect their rights. When their governments don't respond, we partner with them to bring their cases to international commissions and courts, and we involve the public and policy makers in advocating for their rights. In addition, Cultural Survival offers the most comprehensive source of information on indigenous peoples  on the planet. Our award-winning magazine, the Cultural Survival Quarterly, has been published for more than 30 years.

Over the past 35 years, we have partnered with tribal peoples in Amazonian rainforests, Tibetan nomads, reindeer herders in Mongolia, pastoralists and hunter-gatherers in Africa, aboriginal peoples in Australia, Native Americans, and many others.

Cultural Survival has partnered with United Nations bodies and other intergovernmental organizations, and with indigenous and human rights organizations around the globe.

All of this work depends on the support of our members. Please become a member of Cultural Survival today.