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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.

Our Mission

Cultural Survival advocates for Indigenous Peoples' rights and supports Indigenous communities’ self-determination, cultures and political resilience, since 1972.

Our Vision

Cultural Survival envisions a future that respects and honors Indigenous Peoples' inherent rights and dynamic cultures, deeply and richly interwoven in lands, languages, spiritual traditions, and artistic expression, rooted in self-determination and self-governance.

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Amplifying Indigenous Voices from the 25th Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Indigenous Journalism: A Right in Peril

UN Hearing Highlights Systemic Criminalization of Indigenous Rights Defenders

Asur Adivasi Mobile Radio Becomes a Lifeline Defending Land, Language, and AsurIndigenous Peoples' Rights in Jharkhand

Remarks on the Rights of Disabled Indigenous People for the 25th Session of the UNPFII

UNPFII Intervention by Samuel Stanley

Cultural Survival Calls for Action to Protect Indigenous Defenders in New “Defending the Land, Paying with Life” Report

Indigenous Rights and Environmental Defense: Senchhen Hangma Limbu's Fight for Mukumlung

UNPFII Intervention on Behalf of the Chimpu Warmi Network in Bolivia

Cultural Survival and “Nihizhi” Podcast Partner to Launch “Mother Earth Medicine” on Earth Day

UNPFII Intervention by Consejo Wuxhtaj and Consejo del Pueblo Maya

At the UN, Over 100 Organizations Call for the Immediate Release of Indigenous Rights Activists from Russian Jail

Defending Glaciers Means Defending Life: Environmental Regression Following the Reform of Argentina’s Glacier Law

Indigenous Peoples in Brazil Demand German Automaker Respect Indigenous Rights

The 25th Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Starts April 20!

MOTHER EARTH MEDICINE PODCAST

From Dispossession to Rebirth: The Nama’s Post-Apartheid Journey in South Africa

Flawed FPIC in Brazil`s FICO Railway Project Raises Alarms

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Youth for Climate- Sociobiodiversity

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Name of Second Russian Defendant Detained in the Aborigen Forum Case, along with Daria Egereva, Is Revealed

Reciprocity and Collective Well being: The Mingas of the Camentsa Shnan Wabuatmeng Indigenous Association

Indigenous Media Zone at UNPFII Takes Place April 20-24, 2026

Cultural Survival Member Spotlight: Martha Rogers

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