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.

Por Cliver Ccahuanihancco Arque  (Quechua) e Carlos Madrigal and Carlos Madrigal (Mazahua/Jñatjo)

A diversidade de expressões identitárias tem sido um tema recorrente nos últimos anos. Conceitos e percepções foram estabelecidos sob os recorrentes efeitos da globalização no contexto urbano; no entanto, estes nem sempre respondem, traduzem ou incluem toda a diversidade que existe no mundo.

Cultural Survival calls for solidarity with the Yvy Pyte community of the Paĩ Tavyterã Indigenous Peoples in the department of Amambay, Paraguay, who have been threatened and attacked by illegal invaders in their territories since 2021.

By Camilla Lindschouw (CS Intern)

The diversity of expressions and manifestations of identity has been a recurring theme over time. Concepts and perceptions have varied in different contexts from urbanization to globalization. However, these do not always respond to or include all the diversity that exists in the world.

We are seeds that germinate in the middle of the tropical jungle, in southwest Colombia, in the municipality of Barbacoas, department of Nariño. This area is historically known to the Awá Peoples as cuaiquer (kwaiker). We, Awá, also live throughout the territory that now includes Colombia and Ecuador.