Search 2022

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.

Donate

Saving Our Great Wild Transboundary Rivers in Alaska

Conservation Is at the Heart of Traditional Knowledge in Fiji

Promoting Coexistence through Indigenous Knowledge in Maasai Mara

The Radical Optimism of Youth: Working Towards Protecting Herring—and Renewal

Models of Indigenous-led Conservation— A Love Story

Land Stewardship and Environmental Activism by Shuar Peoples of Yamanunka: Raquel Tsahuanda

Youth Mitigating the Impacts of Climate Change in Arid Kola, Kenya

South Africa Exchange Explores Free, Prior and Informed Consent as the First Line of Defense for Indigenous Communities

From Oak Flat to Spiro: Enduring Indigenous Connections to Copper

We Are the Stewards of the Earth

The Earth Is in the Hands of the Fossil Fuel Industry: COP28 Fails to Deliver Urgent Action on Phasing Out Fossil Fuels

Living in Sacred Relationship with Our Ancestral Territory in the Sierra Nevada

International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change (IIPFCC)'s Closing Statement at COP28.

Advances + challenges for Indigenous Rights on the 75th anniversary of UDHR

Mother Earth Speaks

Media Landscape in the Global South: The Good, Bad and Fragmented

Direction East

Reporting on week one of COP28!

Letter to COP28 Delegates from Indigenous Leaders & Allies: Ensure Indigenous Peoples' Rights Are Secured in the "Green" Transition

COP28: Indigenous Leaders From Around the World Unite in Historical Call for Consent on Mining Projects During Energy Transition

Russia Receives Recommendations on Indigenous Peoples’ Rights made by Cultural Survival and Partners during its Universal Periodic Review

COP28 Opening Statement of the International Indigenous Peoples’ Forum on Climate Change

A Call to Champion Sustainable Use of Wildlife as an Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Issue

Learning Together to Defend Mother Earth and Life

What Does a Liberal, Libertarian and Anarcho-capitalist President Mean for Indigenous Peoples in Argentina?

Our Mission

Our Vision

Stay Informed