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By Alexandra Carraher-Kang

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June 1 is our founding day and also our annual giving day.

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Read more about Cultural Survival Releases COVID-19 Prevention Manual for Indigenous Community Radio Stations

Indigenous communities are mobilizing in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Through Cultural Survival’s experience and work with Indigenous Peoples around the world, we are hearing that the pandemic is revealing deep inequalities, poverty, and vulnerability in Indigenous communities.

Read more about Cultural Survival Publica un manual de prevención para radios comunitarias Indígenas durante COVID-19

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Read more about Indigenous Peoples Finding Solutions in Own Communities in Response to COVID-19

COVID-19 is impacting Indigenous communities across the world. As in other contexts, communities already politically and economically marginalized experience some of the most devastating impacts of the virus as it disrupts food systems, overwhelms health facilities, disrupts people’s means of working and earning a living, and of course causes illness and death. Yet Indigenous communities are resilient, and, empowered with ancestral knowledge, organized communities, Indigenous languages, and their own forms of communication and media, they are taking action. As the UN Department of Social and Economic Affairs points out, it is paramount that Indigenous Peoples have access to culturally appropriate resources and information in their own languages. Indigenous communities themselves are best equipped to develop self-determined solutions.

Read more about 9 Ways Indigenous Rights are at Risk During the COVID-19 Crisis

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted and exacerbated existing inequalities and human rights abuses that affect Indigenous Peoples around the world. At the same time, governments are taking advantage of the attention that is directed to virus response in order to proceed with projects and policies that further violate Indigenous rights. The following are brief examples of key ways the virus is threatening Indigenous human rights.

Read more about Reimagining the Post-Pandemic “Normal”: Learning from Indigenous Peoples about Reconciling Culture and Nature

By Dr. Gleb Raygorodetsky

Read more about DEFENDERS OF OUR SACRED MOTHER: Native Wisdom Keepers Speak Out

By Danny Beaton

In Memory of Alicja Rozanska

There are old ones who still communicate with stones, bones, skulls, feathers, plants, and know the songs to honour the natural world and spirits. Our ancestors worked with the spirits, water, fire, air, earth, the drum, prayers, and songs for harmony and fertility. They walked the Earth in harmony and respect for the Universe and Creation/Great Mystery.

Read more about Barenaked Ladies Compartirían las ganancias de su sencillo “Gotta Be Patient” con Cultural Survival

Cultural Survival recibió hoy la noticia del gesto inesperado y hermoso de Barenaked Ladies, quienes anunciaron en Twitter que compartirían las ganancias de su sencillo “Gotta Be Patient” (tengo que ser paciente) con Cultural Survival. “Gotta Be Patient” es una colaboración entre el cantante galardonado con el Grammy, Michael Bublé, Barenaked Ladies y la artista mexicana Warner-Latina, Sofía Reyes.

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