By Camilla Lindschouw (CS Intern)
The experience of being Indigenous and Transgender brings about a variety of unique intersectional challenges. Growing up in Tana (Deanu), Sápmi land, Levi Sørum (Sámi) lived most of his life rooted in Sámi culture and language. He says he feels fortunate to have attended Sámi kindergarten and one year of Sámi elementary school, in light of Norway’s history of attempting to erase Sámi culture.
On November 26, 2006, more than 20 people met in Chuicaxtún, Canton Chivax, Totonicapán, Guatemala, to create the project of Community Radio La Niña 88.5 FM. Without any prior technical knowledge of radio broadcasting, production, programming, administration, or how to install a transmitter, we took our first steps in community communication.
Content Note: The following includes disturbing information on violence against Indigenous Peoples. We have strived to provide information on each individual, in celebration of their lives and work, without gratuitous detail on their deaths.
By Radio La Voz de Mi Gente
Since its inception in 2005, our community radio station has been amplifying the struggles and rights of Nahuat Pipiles communities in the municipality of Tacuba in the department of Ahuachapán, El Salvador.
Por Radio la Voz de mi Gente
Nuestra radio es un medio de comunicación comunitario que desde sus inicios en el año 2005, ha acompañado y visibilizado las luchas y reivindicación de los derechos de las comunidades Indígenas Nahuat Pipiles en el municipio de Tacuba, en el departamento de Ahuachapán en el occidente de El Salvador, Centroamérica.
By Olga Tene Cayambe (Puruwa)
At Cultural Survival, our staff and board have come together to agree and manifest what we believe are the core values of our organization, both internally as members of a team, and externally among our wider kin, partners, donors, and members, partner organizations, and stakeholders. Developing this list of values and principles has been a multi-stage process inclusive of Cultural Survival’s full staff, senior leadership, and board of directors over a period of months.
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.