By Phoebe Farris (Powhatan-Pamunkey)
This year’s annual Indigenous Media Conference, which took place August 13-15 in Albuquerque, NM, featured a screening of Hulu's true crime documentary, "Blood & Myth,” followed by a Zoom panel that included Executive Producer/Writer James Dommek Jr. (Iñupiaq) and Producer Jonas Bell Pasht.
By Oliver Lopez
On a breezy morning in April 2025, after a long week of discussions at the 24th session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, 32 delegates, Indigenous leaders, and Elders from around the world were invited by Comunidad Integradora de Saberes Andinos (CISA) and New York City’s Riverside Park Conservancy to gather at the Riverside Park Bird Sanctuary.
By Tia-Alexi Roberts (Narragansett, CS staff)
Over the past several months, violence against immigrant families and allies has been escalating in the United States of America. President Trump's agenda to massively deport thousands of undocumented immigrants under the pretext of national security has become a witch hunt driven by racism and xenophobia, primarily against the Latino and, at times, Native communities.
By Tia-Alexi Roberts (Narragansett, CS Staff)
By David Detmold, Massachusetts Indigenous Legislative Agenda
On Monday, May 12, 2025, supporters of the five bills promoted by the Massachusetts Indigenous Legislative Agenda (MILA) converged on the State House in Boston to lobby senators and representatives to pass the entire slate of long-stalled Indigenous-backed legislation.
By Phoebe Farris (Powhatan-Pamunkey)
In April 2025, Cultural Survival submitted a stakeholder report to the Human Rights Council for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the United States. The report highlights instances where the U.S. has not complied with the rights of Indigenous Peoples.
May 5 is commemorated as National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls/ People/ Relatives. The day became recognized in 2017 when Montana Senators Steve Daines and Jon Tester responded to the murder of Hanna Harris on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation, as well as the cumulation of other murders and abductions of Native women and girls.
By Tia-Alexi Roberts (Narragansett, CS Staff)
May 5 is the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls/People/Relatives (MMIWG/MMIP/MMIR), a day dedicated to honoring the lives lost and demanding justice.
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.
