Por Angel Ferreira (Payayá, Pasante de CS)
En Volta Grande do Xingu, Brasil, dos comunidades indígenas, los Arara da Volta Grande y los Yudjá, continúan defendiendo sus territorios ancestrales contra crecientes presiones externas. Para los Yudjá, su nombre tiene un significado profundo: afirma su soberanía y su relación duradera con el río Xingú, un vínculo que da forma a su identidad, cultura y modo de vida.
By Phoebe Farris (Powhatan-Pamunkey)
Faisu Mukunana (Tsou) is an acclaimed Indigenous woman writer from Taiwan. Born in the community of Lalauya in 1942, Mukunana has lived through two regimes: the Japanese occupation and the Republic of China. She speaks three languages, including her native Tsou, and is the recipient of several literary awards.
Por Angel Ferreira (Payayá, Pasante de CS)
Entre el 10 y el 12 de julio, el Territorio Payayá, ubicado en el municipio de Utinga, puerta de entrada a la Chapada Diamantina, se convirtió en el epicentro de la comunicación ancestral y de la resistencia de los pueblos originarios. El 1º Encuentro de Jóvenes Comunicadores Indígenas de Bahía reunió a líderes, ancianos, jóvenes de diversas etnias y organizaciones aliadas con un objetivo claro: fortalecer la defensa de los territorios a través de la comunicación.
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
By Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Koĩts-Sunuwar, CS Staff)
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 Anonymous Journalism Fellow from Indonesia
On May 28 and 29, 2026, in commemoration of Indonesia’s Anti-Mining Day, a coalition of local residents and environmental activists staged silent demonstrations across several strategic locations in Weda Bay, North Maluku. The protesters called for an immediate halt to the rapid and aggressive expansion of the nickel industry in the region.
By Damaris Lenantare (Rendille, CS Journalism Fellow)
In Marsabit’s vast Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASAL), a land of great beauty, a quiet crisis is unfolding in Kenya. Repeated failed rainy seasons are pushing Indigenous pastoralist communities to the limits of their resilience.
By Angel Yraê Ferreira (Payayá, Pasante de CS)
By Angel Yraê Ferreira (Payayá, Pasante de CS)
Por Angel Yraê Ferreira (Payayá, Pasante de CS)
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.
