The Keepers of the Earth Fund is an Indigenous Led Fund designed to support Indigenous Peoples’ community development and advocacy projects.
The Keepers of the Earth Fund is an Indigenous Led Fund designed to support Indigenous Peoples’ community development and advocacy projects.
El Fondo Guardianes de la Tierra (KOEF por sus siglas en inglés) es un fondo liderado por Indígenas, diseñado para apoyar los proyectos de promoción y desarrollo comunitario de los Pueblos Indígenas. Desde 2017, KOEF ha apoyado 177 proyectos en 35 países por un total de $764,317.
By Cesar Gomez (Maya Pocomam, CS Staff)
By Adriana Hernández (Maya K’iche’, CS Staff)
For Immediate Release
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By Socrates Vasquez (Ayuujk, CS Staff)
Por Sócrates Vásquez (Ayuujk, CS Staff)
By Edson Krenak (Krenak, CS STAFF)
In this text in which I make use of a third-person journalistic voice, of denunciation, of a witness, I also change to a first plural voice, because it is not only a people there in another country that is being attacked but my people, my, our relatives and partners in defending human rights, the rights of Indigenous Peoples and partners in protecting the forest.
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.