Today, July 15, 2026, at an official side event at the 19th session of the UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP), Xavante Warã Association, communities within Areões Indigenous Land, Mobilization of Cerrado Indigenous Peoples (MOPIC), Rede Cerrado, and Cultural Survival released the advocacy brief "Let the A'uwẽ-Xavante Keep Dreaming," combining litigation, international advocacy, and a global solidarity campaign amplifying the A’uwẽ Xavante's calls for the prot
A'uwẽ-Xavante leaders travel 9,000 kilometers from the Brazilian Cerrado to the United Nations in Geneva to ask the question behind the "green" energy boom: who pays for the world's clean transition?
GENEVA, Switzerland (July 9, 2026) — Among the A'uwẽ-Xavante people of Brazil, dreams are not metaphors. They are how knowledge travels: Elders receive songs, ceremonies, and guidance for their communities while they sleep. To dream, the Xavante say, they need their territory whole.
By Pablo Xol (Maya Q'eqchi', CS Staff)
By Angel Yraê Ferreira (Payayá, CS Intern)
By Angel Yraê Ferreira (Payayá, CS Intern)
By Angel Yraê Ferreira (Payayá, CS Intern)
By Edson Krenak (Krenak, CS Staff)
By Angel Yraê Ferreira (Payayá, CS Intern)
By Djalma Ramalho (Aranã Caboclo, CS Staff)
What kinds of knowledge do we need to tackle the climate crisis? We know that a science that merely measures destruction is not enough. We need knowledge that can engage with the Indigenous, Quilombola, and traditional wisdom of the peoples who have been caring for our planet for centuries.
By Maya Lazzaro (Quecha, CS Staff)
Land Acknowledgement
We acknowledge that we are headquartered on Massachusett land, in Cambridge, MA, and we thank the past, current, and future Indigenous stewards of this territory.