On May 3, World Press Freedom Day, we are excited to announce Cultural Survival’s Indigenous Journalism Fellowship, supported by the Indigenous Community Media Fund. The Fellowship aims to support Indigenous journalists, communicators, and broadcasters to investigate and report on pressing environmental and social issues impacting their respective Indigenous communities. This initiative focuses on environmental justice, climate change, and the impacts of transition mineral mining.
On April 21-May 2, 2025, the 24th session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) took place.
By Mariana Campos Rivera (CS intern)
“Blessed is the water
that makes the flowers of this threatened land grow
because in the face of death it grants beauty.”
-Fredy Chicangana (Quechua), Poet
Item 5 (g) Thematic dialogue on the financing of Indigenous Peoples’ work and participation across the multilateral and regional system
Intervention by SIRGE Coalition, Cultural Survival, Tallgrass Institute, Batani Foundation, Earthworks and Society for Threatened Peoples
On April 21-May 5, 2025, the 24th session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) will take place at the UN Headquarters in New York. The annual session is the third-largest meeting at the UN Headquarters in New York. It brings more than 2,000 Indigenous Peoples’ representatives, Member States, UN agencies, and other stakeholders together every year to discuss and cover Indigenous issues.
On April 21-May 5, 2025, the 24th session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) will take place at the UN Headquarters in New York. This year’s session theme will focus on "Implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples within United Nations Member States and the United Nations system, including identifying good practices and addressing challenges.”
By CS Staff Rosy Sul González (Maya Kaqchikel), Verónica Aguilar (Mixtec), and Cesar Gomez (Maya Pocomam)
Climate change is accelerating worldwide, and Indigenous communities are experiencing the impacts and risks most acutely due in large part to their close relationship with Mother Earth and their status as stewards and protectors of the land.
Each year, on March 24, the International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims is observed.
By Carmem Cazaubon (CS Intern)
By Polina Shulbaeva (Selkup, CS Consultant)
By Nati Garcia (Maya Mam, CS Staff)
I remember growing up and climbing trees as a child; they were my haven when I needed space. The trees were a place where I felt closest to myself. I always felt a strong connection to them from a young age, without understanding why. I also recall my mother telling me about her childhood in the jungles of Guatemala, where she would swing on the branches of the trees and the jungle was her playground. I deeply resonated with her childhood joy and connection with the trees.
Land Acknowledgement
We acknowledge that we are headquartered on Massachusett land, in Cambridge, MA, and we thank the past, current, and future Indigenous stewards of this territory.
