By Bryan Bixcul (Maya-Tz’utujil) and Nalori Chakma (Chakma)
Reposted from SIRGE Coalition

El 9 de agosto se conmemora el Día Internacional de los Pueblos Indígenas del Mundo. Cada día honramos la soberanía, la riqueza y la belleza de los pueblos, las lenguas y los modos de vida Indígenas.

Guatemala, 5 de agosto de 2026. Luis Pacheco y Héctor Chaclán (ambos de origen Maya K'iche'), expresidente y extesorero de la Junta Directiva de los 48 Cantones de Totonicapán, recuperaron su libertad este miércoles tras permanecer recluidos desde el 25 de abril de 2025 en la cárcel Mariscal Zavala. Un juez les otorgó medidas sustitutivas que les permitirán enfrentar el resto del proceso penal fuera de prisión.

By Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Koĩts-Sunuwar, CS Staff)

UPDATE:   A closed-door hearing for the women was held on August 5 in Moscow City Court. Supporters and representatives of diplomatic missions were allowed into the courtroom only to hear the decision read. The women will remain detained until at least September 15, when the next court date is scheduled.

For Immediate Release
August 1, 2026

By Kerstin Sabene

On July 2, 2026, I boarded a lancha, a small public boat from Panajachel to the Maya Tz'utujil village of Santiago on Lake Atitlan in Guatemala, which has been the site of heightened tensions since the beginning of the year. 

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)

For Immediate Release 

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.