Regenerative Agriculture and Permaculture Offer Narrow Solutions to the Climate Crisis

Regenerative agriculture (Regen Ag) and permaculture claim to be the solutions to our ecological crises. While they both borrow practices from Indigenous cultures, critically, they leave out our worldviews and continue the pattern of erasing our history and contributions to the modern world.

While the practices 'sustainable farming' promote are important, they do not encompass the deep cultural and relational changes needed to realize our collective healing.

On November 25, 2020, the Indigenous Media and Communication Caucus, a thematic group of Indigenous media practitioners, makers, and communicators at the United Nations will release a study titled “The State of Indigenous Community Radio Globally.” The study was jointly commissioned by the Indigenous Media and Communication Caucus, Cultur

Our Executive Director, Galina Angarova (Buryat) was recently part of Global Landscapes Forum's event on biodiversity. Listen to what Galina has to say about the importance of Indigenous people's stewardship in protecting biodiversity.

With Halloween, Day of the Dead, and Native American Heritage Month right around the corner, it’s a good time to talk about cultural appropriation. If you are unfamiliar with the concept or just want a refresher, here are some great resources.

1. Educate yourself! Read what Native writers have to say:

With Halloween and Day of the Dead around the corner, join us for a discussion on how Indigenous cultures and knowledge continue to be appropriated and exploited for profit. Topics covered will  exploitations of Indigenous arts and designs, spirituality, traditional medicine, food, and imagery.

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Cultural Survival held its first virtual Indigenous youth fellowship gathering October 17, 2020 for our Indigenous Community Media Youth Fellows. We believe that it is important to listen and respond effectively to the living stories, Indigenous knowledge systems, and human rights of Indigenous youth to generate an unprecedented level of coordination and collective innovation as a global community.

Cambridge, MA – October 22, 2020.   
Cultural Survival, an international nonprofit, which advocates for Indigenous Peoples' rights, is participating in a nationwide, nonpartisan effort to increase voter engagement for the upcoming 2020 election in the United States. 

With the pandemic still impacting large events, we will not be hosting our annual December Bazaars at the Prudential Center or Cambridge. Instead we are bringing the Indigenous art festivities and shopping online to keep you, our loyal customers, and family, connected to our special vendors.
 

By Ariel Iannone Román

It has been a full year since I joined Cultural Survival and just five months into my journey, the COVID-19 pandemic hit and affected our lives in more ways than one. 2020 has caused unprecedented health, political and economic crises across the globe and this pandemic has deeply affected many Indigenous communities, causing an immediate threat to our well-being and survival. Cultural Survival, without missing a beat pivoted to supporting our partner communities and their responses to the virus. 

By Wakinyan LaPointe