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Cultural Survival's Endangered Languages Program invites you to explore American Indian language revitalization efforts nationwide in preparation for the November 17 national broadcast of the triumphant story of the reawakening and return home of the Wampanoag language. We Still Live Here - ?s Nutayune?n, starring the W?pan?ak Language Reclamation Project, airing nationally on PBS's Independent Lens series,
This year the Jennifer Easton Community Spirit Award was awarded to Cultural Survival board member, Ramona Peters (Mashpee Wampanoag) for her commitment to sustaining the cultural values of her people by the First Peoples Fund. Ramona works with clay and other natural materials making ceramic vessels.
Meet Indigenous artists from around the world through music, art, food, storytelling, and hands-on experiences
By Emily Pahuamba (CS Intern)
By Phoebe Farris (Powhatan-Pamunkey)
Faisu Mukunana (Tsou) is an acclaimed Indigenous woman writer from Taiwan. Born in the community of Lalauya in 1942, Mukunana has lived through two regimes: the Japanese occupation and the Republic of China. She speaks three languages, including her native Tsou, and is the recipient of several literary awards.
Meet Indigenous artists from around the world through music, art, food, storytelling and hands on experiences
The Cultural Survival Bazaars are an Indigenous Art Market and Festival that have been a local tradition for over 50 years, supporting Indigenous livelihoods, cultural sustainability, and personal connections that transverse culture and country. These markets offer a unique opportunity for the public to meet Indigenous artists from around the world and to learn about different ways of seeing and being in this world.
By Emilse Siares (Kolla, CS Staff)
Por Pablo Xol (Maya Q'eqchi', equipe de CS)
Narrativas artísticas convencionais frequentemente se restringem a galerias imaculadas e centros urbanos, relegando as profundas criações dos territórios indígenas a meros "artesanato". É nesse contexto de preconceito e apropriação cultural que Bepbere Pat-i Kayapó (Mẽbêngôkre Kayapó), artista do Território Indígena do Sul do Pará, Brasil, trilhou um caminho resiliente.
By Emily Pahuamba (CS Intern)
By David Favreau (CS STAFF)
From the remote mountain villages of Afghanistan to the Tribal crafting studios of North America, the global trade war is systematically unwinding the delicate financial threads that keep ancestral artistry alive.
By Sandra Peláez (CS Intern)
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.
