Por Mariana Karina Patrón Hernández, Guadalupe Blanco Méndez y Melquiades Rosas Blanco

By Onambani Jules, Radio Director

In the lush, forested region of southern Cameroon, the Indigenous Bagyeli and Bakola communities, with a combined population of around 2,500, face growing threats to their ancestral lands and traditional way of life. Scattered across the Ocean department, these communities have long relied on the forest for their livelihoods and cultural identity. However, the encroachment of agribusiness, logging, and development projects has led to widespread deforestation and land grabbing, jeopardizing their existence.

By Verónica Aguilar (Ñuu Savi, CS Staff)

Calling Indigenous Artists to Join Us at the Summer Bazaars in Newburyport and Tiverton!

By Cristina Verán

By Lucas Kasosi (Maasai, CS Intern)

If cities had ghosts, Nairobi would be haunted by the whispers of those it displaced. Beneath its glass towers and frantic highways lies a past rarely acknowledged: a history of forced removals, treaties signed under duress, and land slipping through Maasai hands like water.

By Phoebe Farris (Powhatan-Pamunkey)

By Carmem Cazaubon (CS Intern)

“Indigenous Identities: Here, Now & Always,” on exhibition at Rutgers University’s Zimmerli Art Museum now through December 21, 2025, was curated by the late artist Jaune Quick-too-See Smith (January 15, 1940-January 24, 2025). Phoebe Farris interviewed Raven Manygoats (Diné), assistant curator of the exhibition.

“Indigenous Identities: Here, Now & Always,” on exhibition at Rutgers University’s Zimmerli Art Museum now through December 21, 2025, was curated by the late artist Jaune Quick-too-See Smith (January 15, 1940-January 24, 2025). Phoebe Farris interviewed artist Norman Akers (Osage Nation) in relation to the exhibit. 

“Indigenous Identities: Here, Now & Always,” on exhibition at Rutgers University’s Zimmerli Art Museum now through December 21, 2025, was curated by the late artist Jaune Quick-too-See Smith (January 15, 1940-January 24, 2025). Phoebe Farris interviewed artist Neal Ambrose-Smith (Descendant of Confederate Salish and Kootenai Nation of Montana) in relation to the exhibit.

“Indigenous Identities: Here, Now & Always,” on exhibition at Rutgers University’s Zimmerli Art Museum now through December 21, 2025, was curated by the late artist Jaune Quick-too-See Smith (January 15, 1940-January 24, 2025). Phoebe Farris interviewed artist John Hitchcock (Comanche, Kiowa, and Northern European ancestry) in relation to the exhibit.