Sacred Water, Sacred Air, Sacred Land, Sacred Life
With October just around the corner, we need your help to change Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day in recognition that Indigenous Peoples are still here. Community organizers are coming together to get an Indigenous Peoples Day resolution passed in Boston to recognize the true history of the city and honor the continued resiliency of Indigenous communities in Boston today.
February 21, 2012 is International Mother Language Day, or Mother Tongue Day, first observed by the international community in 2000 expressly to promote linguistic diversity and multilingualism—this year’s theme is “Mother tongue instruction and inclusive education.”
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Cultural Survival's Endangered Languages Program invites you to explore American Indian language revitalization efforts nationwide in preparation for the November 17 national broadcast of the triumphant story of the reawakening and return home of the Wampanoag language. We Still Live Here - ?s Nutayune?n, starring the W?pan?ak Language Reclamation Project, airing nationally on PBS's Independent Lens series,
This year the Jennifer Easton Community Spirit Award was awarded to Cultural Survival board member, Ramona Peters (Mashpee Wampanoag) for her commitment to sustaining the cultural values of her people by the First Peoples Fund. Ramona works with clay and other natural materials making ceramic vessels.
The first year of the Trump administration’s second term has caused deep harm through policies and actions that erode the rights, dignity, safety, and security of Indigenous Peoples and Native Nations.
By The Tonawanda Seneca Nation
By Wakinyan LaPointe (Sicangu Lakota)
Por Cristina Verán
Desde los cyphers callejeros y las batallas de rap en la Rez (Reserva) hasta la construcción de comunidad intercultural en continentes lejanos, Christopher Mike-Bidtah (Diné) —también conocido como Def-I— ha forjado una carrera al abordar su oficio como una práctica cultural viva, moldeada por el lugar, la lengua y la memoria.
Reconocimiento de tierra
Reconocemos que nuestra sede está en la tierra de Massachusetts, en Cambridge, MA, y agradecemos a los administradores Indígenas pasados, actuales y futuros de este territorio.
