By Wakinyan LaPointe (Sicangu Lakota)
Le jeudi 14 septembre 2023, le Parlement Européen votera sur l'adoption de la loi sur les matières premières critiques ! Votre voix est nécessaire dès maintenant !
Qu'est-ce que la loi sur les matières premières critiques et pourquoi a-t-elle vu le jour ?
By Amelia Schafer, ICT + Rapid City Journal, reposted with permission
RAPID CITY, S.D. – What started as an idea from Dakota and Lakota elders has now entered its fifth year. The annual Mni Ki Wakan (MKW) Summit has grown to unite Indigenous water specialists from around the globe.
September 13, 2023, marks sixteen years since the United Nations General Assembly adopted the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).
What is the Critical Raw Materials Act and why did it emerge?
By Phoebe Farris (Powhatan-Pamunkey)
By Candela Palacios (CS Staff)
“Dad, tell me again, why did you have to go so far away?”
“We hoped that way the claim for our land would finally be heard, my son.”
“But is the land not already ours?”
“Yes, son. It always has been. But some people want this fact to be forgotten, as we ourselves have been.” *
By Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Koĩts-Sunuwar, CS Staff)
By Hartman Deetz (Mashpee Wampanoag)
Cultural Survival interviewed Michel Forst, the first person to hold the mandate of UN Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders, which is the first international mechanism in the world dedicated to protecting environmental defenders. Rapporteur Forst’s term began in June 2022.
Land Acknowledgement
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