By Edson Krenak (Krenak, CS Staff) in collaboration with APIB

Indigenous Peoples have long participated in international gatherings, often bearing witness to how the lack of leadership, vision, and decisive action perpetuates injustices and exacerbates the multiple crises facing the world. The G20 Summit is no exception.

While climate change will center around carbon markets and technological and investment solutions, the CBD COP16 made clear emphasis on the central role of Indigenous Peoples and local communities in the implementation of the Kunming Montreal Biodiversity Framework. 

By Reynaldo A. Morales, PhD

Comunicado de Prensa del Foro Internacional Indígena sobre Biodiversidad (FIIB)

Por Felix Diaz

By Xiting Tong (CS intern)

By Tia-Alexi Roberts (Narragansett, CS Staff)

Cultural Survival joined representatives of more than 275 Tribes, villages, and Indigenous communities at the National Tribal and Indigenous Climate Conference, held September 9-12, 2024, in Anchorage, Alaska. Over the course of four days, the conference attracted some 800 attendees both in-person and virtually. The event was organized by the Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals.

Nixon Piaguaje Yaiguaje, profesión periodista, comunicador indígena de la Amazonía colombiana, director audiovisual, líder indígena y político del pueblo siona, pueblo en vías de extinción, actualmente coordinador de comunicaciones ozip y director de la emisora radio Waira 104.7 fm que representa a 11 pueblos indígenas del putumayo filiales a la organización Zonal IndígenaDel Putumayo. Nixon Piaguaje Yaiguaje es parte de la delegación de Cultural Survival a la COP16 de la Convención sobre Diversidad Biológica en Cali, Colombia.

Por Norberto Farekatde Maribba, miembro de Confederación Indígena del Alto Amazonas COIDAM

By Danny Beaton (Turtle Clan Mohawk)

In Memory of Alicja Rozanska 

On October 14-15, 2024, Mni Ki Wakan (Water is Sacred) (“MKW”) Co-conveners, Cultural Survival, Indigenous Peoples’ Rights International, Black Hills Clean Water Alliance, UMN-Twin Cities-American Indian Studies Department, and partners are convening the Mni Ki Wakan Summit, themed, “Confluence of Rising Currents: Indigenous Water Justice, Co-Governance, & Indigenous Youth Leadership.” The MKW Summit will take place in the ancestral and traditional territory of the Dakota people, Mniśota Makoce, The Land of Misty & Foggy Waters.