Voces de Nuestra Tierra Community Radio Station (Nasa and Misak)

Voces de Nuestra Tierra Community Radio Station focuses on promoting the visibility and strengthening of the life plan of the territory of Jambaló Cauca in its cultural, educational, political, organizational, economic, and environmental aspects. The collective mobilizes and denounces policies that harm Indigenous Peoples through appropriate communication and technological tools, such as radio, audiovisual, digital media and design, and publications. This allows children and youth to take ownership of and carry out their own cultural processes in the territory.

La Minga, the Voice of the Mocondinos (Quillasinga)

La Minga, the Voice of the Mocondinos, is a means of expression of the social and cultural reality of the ancestral territory of Mocondino (a municipality of Pasto, Colombia), disseminated through the voices of its own citizens, especially young people and women. It contributes to the defense of territory and water, denouncing the threats facing the Mocondino from the uncontrolled advance of urbanization.

Bojaba Beaches Reserve (U'wa)

The purpose of the Bojaba Beaches Reserve collective is to strengthen the capacity of U’wa communities, territories, and people to strengthen and preserve their traditions through trainings and workshops, the  promotion of art and culture, and recreation and sports. The thematic areas of the environment, women, families, human rights, free expression, and traditional medicine are addressed collectively by young leaders, women, and Elders. 

Nixon Piaguaje Yaiguaje is an Indigenous leader, politician, and journalist from the Siona Peoples in the Colombian Amazon. The Siona People are under many threats to their existence. He is currently the Communication Coordinator for OZIP and director of Radio Waira 104.7 FM, which represents the 11 Indigenous Peoples of Putumayo who are members of the Indigenous Organization of the Putumayo Area. Nixon Piaguaje Yaiguaje is part of Cultural Survival's Convention on Biological Diversity COP16 delegation in Cali, Colombia.

By Community Radio Nasa Stereo


The Nasa community is located in the ancestral territory of Toribio, Cauca, Colombia, comprised of three Indigenous reservations Tacueyo, San Francisco, and Toribio. 96% of its population is from the Nasa Indigenous People and the remaining 4% is recognized as mestizo or as part of other Indigenous Peoples, mainly Guambianos. The Nasa Indigenous People carry out resistance actions articulated from communication for the defense of the territory, the care of life, and the strengthening of cultural identity.

By Kuakumake Stéreo (Arhuaco)

The Indigenous women of the Sierra Nevada in Colombia, are participating in a radio empowerment project called “The Indigenous Truth.” This initiative, organized by Kuakumake Stéreo, together with Cultura Survival, is essential to promoting the active participation of women and ensuring that their voices are heard in the public sphere.

By Carlos Madrigal (Mazahua/Jñatjo)

Luzbeidy Monterrosa (Wayuu) is a young Indigenous woman from La Guajira, a binational Wayuu town located between Venezuela and northern Colombia. She was born in Venezuela territorially and has both nationalities through her parents. For the past eight years, she has been making and directing films from the perspective of the Wayuu people and their territory. She is currently a film student at the Cinematographic Institute of Humanistic Research in Mexico.

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