For Immediate Release
Indigenous-led Summit Examines Impacts of the Energy Transition and Centers Indigenous Peoples’ Priorities and Solutions
For Immediate Release
Indigenous-led Summit Examines Impacts of the Energy Transition and Centers Indigenous Peoples’ Priorities and Solutions
On April 15-26, 2024, the 23rd 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 "Enhancing Indigenous Peoples’ right to self-determination in the context of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: emphasizing the voices of Indigenous youth.”
By Carlos Mamani Condori (Aymara)
By CS Staff
On April 4 and 5, 2024, in the Indigenous community of Ita Guasu, Amambay, Paraguay, the leaders and representatives of various communities of the Guaraní Paĩ Tavyterã People held a preparatory session for their participation at the 23rd Session of the Permanent Forum of the United Nations on Indigenous Issues, which will take place from April 15 to 26 at its headquarters in New York, United States.
By Phoebe Farris (Powhatan-Pamunkey)
By Galina Angarova (Buryat)
By Reynaldo A. Morales
In Peru and Latin America, Indigeneity remains troubled by radical politics of recognition that complicate the already untenable relations with Indigenous Nations and displaced societies that existed prior to the new Nation-States’ independences some 200 years ago. Urgent reform of constitutional frameworks that affect the lives of millions of citizens with unique and distinctive political and social identities is necessary to decolonize and establish a legitimate representational democracy.
Statement by Securing Indigenous Rights in the Green Economy Coalition
March 15 marked the EU Council's adoption of the long-awaited Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) that aims to protect the environment and human rights across supply chains.
Through Cultural Survival's Indigenous Youth Fellowship Program, we support the leadership of Indigenous youth in advocating and striving for new ways of safeguarding their lands, cultures, and languages. Here, we uplift three youth fellowship projects related to the revitalization of languages and cultures.
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.