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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.
By Maya Lazzaro (Quecha, CS Staff)
Por Verónica Aguilar (Mixteca, Equipo de CS)
Cultural Survival, en su compromiso con los Pueblos Indígenas en la defensa y conservación de sus conocimientos, culturas y formas de ver el mundo, trabaja desde diferentes enfoques para apoyar a las comunidades Indígenas en el fortalecimiento lingüístico. En ese marco, se organizó el tercer "Encuentro de proyectos lingüísticos", en Cieneguilla, Perú, los días 28 de febrero, 1 de marzo y 2 de marzo de 2026.
By Cristina Verán
During the most recent edition of Greenland’s annual Suialaa Arts Festival, the city of Nuuk was host to the "Sámi Embassy" (Lávvustallan), a work representing, at once, contemporary public installation art, scaled-up traditional craftsmanship, and Indigenous diplomacy in action. Through this piece, the vision of Beaska Niillas (Sámi) illustrates how ancestral foundations can forge new tools and alliances among nations.
Por Byron Tenesaca Guaman (Kañari Kichwa, Equipo de CS)
April 22, 2026 – NEW YORK, NY — Cultural Survival and the “Nihizhi” Podcast are joining forces to amplify Indigenous voices through a new podcast.
Por Sandra Peláez (Pasante de CS)
La Asociación Indígena Camentsa Shnan Wabuatmeng es una organización conformada por miembros del pueblo kamëntsá, principalmente parteras, sobanderas, sabedoras de la medicina, médicos tradicionales y aprendices, mujeres y hombres. Los kamëntsá, quienes se autodenominan “Kamuentsa Ÿentsá, Kamëntšá Biÿá” (persona de aquí, con pensamiento y lengua propia) son un Pueblo Indígena ubicado en el Valle de Sibundoy, Colombia.
By Preeti Vasudevan
“Well, they put Jesus on the Cross as he was so handsome because they were jealous of their wives [falling for him]...”
With peals of laughter, Margo Real Bird (Crow) told us this story of how her father introduced Jesus to her as a young, innocent girl. She was 82 then, rocking back and forth in a chair at the Big Horn County Historical Museum in Hardin, Montana, when we were filming her memories. None of us could stop laughing that afternoon.
By Candyce Testa (Pequot, CS Bazaar Program Manager)
By Phoebe Farris (Powhatan-Pamunkey)
By Kelaia Acevedo (CS Intern)
Before modern medicine imposed its standards for defining health, well-being, and healing, Indigenous Peoples already developed sophisticated forms of care that identified, treated, and alleviated illnesses. Developed over generations of intentional listening, communities maintained relationships through their traditional practices, grounded in deep ecological knowledge and the prioritization of communal ceremonies.
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.
