In this radio program, producer Alice Tipap talks about Maasai traditional knowledge, with emphasis on weather and food security.
Produced by Alice Tipap (Maasai)
Interviewees:
Nailejileji Tipap
Ezekiel Kereri
Michael Metui
Rikoyan Nairoti
Paulina Michael
Music "Endomononi" performed by Nongishu Naisiri Seki , used with permission.
"Burn your village to the ground", by The Halluci Nation, used with permission
In this radio program, producer Alice Tipap explores religion in Tanzania, and how it has had an impact on the culture of the Indigenous Maasai people.
Produced by Alice Tipap (Maasai)
Interviewees:
Michael Metui
Ezekiel Kereri
Lucas Laizer
Rikoyan Nairoti
Elizabeth Timotheo
Lekishon Koika
Music "Endomononi" performed by Nongishu Naisiri Seki , used with permission.
"LIBRES Y VIVAS " by MARE ADVETENCIA, used with permission.
"Burn your village to the ground", by The Halluci Nation, used with permission
In this radio program, producer Alice Tipap explores religion in Tanzania, and how it has had an impact on the culture of the Indigenous Maasai people.
Produced by Alice Tipap (Maasai)
Interviewees:
Michael Metui
Ezekiel Kereri
Lucas Laizer
Rikoyan Nairoti
Elizabeth Timotheo
Lekishon Koika
Music "Endomononi" performed by Nongishu Naisiri Seki , used with permission.
"LIBRES Y VIVAS " by MARE ADVETENCIA, used with permission.
"Burn your village to the ground", by The Halluci Nation, used with permission
In this Afrikaans language radio program, Catherine Wiese from Valley FM in Worcester, South Africa interviews Piet Berends (San) on a walk undertaken to get in touch with nature, and to celebrate the life of plants and animals.
Produced by Valley FM.
The Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues is underway in New York, in April 2023.
The first meeting of the Permanent Forum was held in May 2002, with yearly sessions thereafter. The Forum usually meets for 10 days each year, at the UN Headquarters in New York. According to the ECOSOC resolution E/2000/22, the Forum may also meet at the UN Office in Geneva or at such other place that it decides.
Cultural Survival attended the permanent forum in April 2023, and spoke to some of the delegates who attended.
De acuerdo con la Organización de las Naciones Unidas (ONU), en la actualidad en el mundo se hablan cerca de 7 mil idiomas, y pese a que los Pueblos Indígenas constituyen menos del 6% de la población mundial ellos hablan mas de 4000 idiomas.
En el mundo se habla diversos idiomas Indígenas, Según datos de las Naciones Unidas se hablan alrededor de 4000 idiomas. Pero lamentablemente también existe la realidad de que cada son más los idiomas Indígenas en peligro de desaparecer.
¿Qué acciones se están implementando para rescatar y revitalizar los idiomas Indígenas en el mundo?
En la cultura occidental se ha usado el término LGBTIQ+ para nombrar la diversidad en cuanto a identidad de género y orientación sexual; sin embargo, en los Pueblos Indígenas, ¿cómo nombramos esta diversidad? Con el fin de reflexionar sobre los muxes, considerados por los pueblos zapotecos de la Costa de Oaxaca, en México, como el tercer género, en Cultural Survival recientemente entrevistamos a Karla Rey, presidenta y fundadora de “Verbena Muxe”.
Cultural Survival attended the High-level Celebration of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages in Paris in December 2022. In this interview, we spoke to Fernand De Vareness.
Produced by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Sunuwar)
Interviewee: Fernand De Vareness
Remember Your Children by Salidummay, Used with Permission
"Burn your village to the ground", by The Halluci Nation, used with permission.
Cultural Survival attended the High-level Celebration of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages. In this interview, we spoke to Myrna Cunningham (Miskitu)
Produced by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Sunuwar)
Interviewee: Myrna Cunningham
Remember Your Children by Salidummay, Used with Permission
"Burn your village to the ground", by The Halluci Nation, used with permission.
The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) is a high-level advisory body to the Economic and Social Council.
The twenty-first session of the Permanent Forum is taking place from April 25th to May 6th, 2022, at UN Headquarters, New York.
In this interview, Cultural Survival's Director of Programs Avexnim Cojti (Maya Ki’che) speaks to Diphetogo Anita Lekgowa (San) from the Indigenous Peoples of Africa Coordinating Committee (IPACC) about Indigenous language revitalization efforts in Africa.
The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) is a high-level advisory body to the Economic and Social Council.
The twenty-first session of the Permanent Forum is happening from April 25th to May 6th, 2022, at the UN Headquarters in New York.
This year's special theme is “Indigenous Peoples, business, autonomy and the human rights principles of due diligence including Free, Prior and Informed Consent”
The United Nations General Assembly (Resolution A/RES/74/135) proclaimed the period between 2022 and 2032 as the International Decade of Indigenous Languages (IDIL 2022-2032), to draw global attention on the critical situation of many indigenous languages and to mobilize stakeholders and resources for their preservation, revitalization and promotion.
Cultural Survival partnered with the Botswana Khwedom Council to revitalize the Tsiga language, which is disappearing. Keikabile Mogodu tells us more.
Produced by Shaldon Ferris (Khoisan)
El período comprendido entre 2022 y 2032 fue proclamado por las Naciones Unidas como el Decenio Internacional de las Lenguas Indígenas, el cual se centrará en los derechos humanos de sus hablantes, con el fin de llamar la atención del mundo sobre la difícil situación de muchas lenguas Indígenas.
¡Ya está disponible nuestro noveno y último episodio de esta serie, Hecho a Mano marcando el exitoso lanzamiento del primer podcast de Cultural Survival! Este mes, el artista Otomí Julio Laja se une a nosotros para compartir la historia de Papel Amate del árbol “Popova” en el idioma Ñühü. Tanto la inspiración como los materiales para las creaciones de sus obras de arte.
¡Ya está disponible el episodio de nuestro podcast Hecho a Mano! Este mes Deniss Sánchez Aparicio, artista Quinua, se une a nosotros para compartir su historia. Deniss proviene de un pequeño pueblo conocido por su famosa cerámica de arcilla. De hecho, hace un par de años, el Ministerio de Cultura de Perú declaró los conocimientos y prácticas tradicionales Quinua para la elaboración de cerámica, como parte del Patrimonio Cultural de la Nación.
Riverside FM and Cultural Survivals Indigenous Rights Radio are embarking on a project that will see the last fluent speaker of the N/uuki language of the San people, record an audio dictionary.
Produced by Riverside FM
Music "Anania2" by the Baba Project, used with permission.
Image: Riverside FM Logo
Fred Nez-Keams is a Navajo Musician and Flute Maker. In this Interview, Veronica Valente learns all about Fred's journey.
Produced by Veronica Valente (Cultural Survival Intern)
Edited by Shaldon Ferris (Khoisan)
Interviewee: Fred Nez-Keams (Navajo)
Music: "Lights in the Forest" by Yarina, used with permission
Image: Screenshot of Fred Nez-Keams with a flute.
Timoteo Ccarita ha estado vendiendo en los Bazares de Cultural Survival desde hace algunos años y su puesto siempre está repleto de hermosos artículos, el es un maestro tejedor de lana de alpaca hilada a mano.
Timoteo es representante de la cultura Quechua, Inca Andina de Pitumarca, Perú y en este podcast nos explica la importancia de los diseños tradicionales que comparten mensajes e ideales Incas así como los retos y logros como tejedor Quechua. Puede escuchar, descargar y compartir de forma gratuita.
Eva Vásquez es una de las artistas que recientemente se sumó a la comunidad de nuestro Bazar de Cultural Survival. Ella logró viajar y reunirse con muchos otros artistas en Cambridge, Massachusetts y vender sus impresionantes muñecas elaboradas con hojas de maíz, tan solo tres meses antes de que el Covid-19 clausurara todos los eventos grandes en Estados Unidos.
Hoy estamos felices de compartir más de su historia, ideas, retos y logros como artista, madre y policía en Oaxaca, México.
Puede escuchar, descargar y compartir de forma gratuita.
Should traditional knowledge be taught in English or is it better to teach it in indigenous languages?
In this program we focus our attention on Northern Kenya and we talk to Dr. Isack Hussein, who is currently involved in a program that facilitates inter-generational transmission of indigenous knowledge among the pastoralists of Northern Kenya.
Produced by Shaldon Ferris
Interviewee: Dr. Isack Hussein
Image: Dr. Isack Hussein
Music: "Anania2" by The Baba Project, used with permission
We interview Wilhelmina Van Dyk who coordinated the Khoikhoi language gathering in South Africa. This event put the Khoekhoegowab language in the spotlight and left attendees with basic vocabulary of the language after a few days.
Produced by : Shaldon Ferris
Interviewee: Wilhemina Van Wyk
Music: "Burn your village to the ground", by A Tribe Called Red - used with permission.
"Avantgarde" by Tyso, used with permission
In this Afrikaans Language radio program, Indigenous Rights Radio's Shaldon Ferris (Khoisan, Johannesburg) receives a telephone call from Piet Berends and Willem Swarts (Khoisan, Northern Cape). They speak about survival in the Kalahari Desert and the hoodia plant.
This program is in Afrikaans.
Producer: Shaldon Ferris
Interviewees: Piet Berends (Pictured) and Willem Swarts
Music: "Kora Kalabash and Hum" by Johannes Davids, used with permission
The Wampanoag Peoples have lived in the region of what is now southeastern Massachusetts for more than 12,000 years. The year 2020 represents 400 years since colonizers voyaged on the Mayflower and founded Plymouth Colony as settlers on Native land. This anniversary is a time of reckoning with that history of violence, dispossession, removal. The story of Plymouth Colony cannot be told without the perspectives of Indigenous Peoples who were here as that ship arrived and who still remain.
World Tourism Day is commemorated each year on 27 September in order to foster awareness among the international community of the importance of tourism and its social, cultural, political, and economic value. This year, tourism has been among the hardest hit of all sectors by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the theme of the 2020 edition of international day is "Tourism and Rural Development." Undoubtedly, the tourism is one of the largest industries in the world. One out of every 10 jobs in the whole world is in the tourism industry and 30 percent of the world revenue comes from tourism.
Clayton Shirt is a counsellor and Traditional native healer at University of Toronto, Canada. He is a pipe carrier, sweat lodge keeper and is a traditional healer since a young age. Cultural Survivals Avex Cojti sat down to interview Mr. Clayton shirt in Canada earlier in 2020, he tells us about his journey.
Music
"Burn Your Village to the Ground" by A Tribe Called Red. Used with permission.
"Lights in the forest", by Ziibiwan. Used with permission.
Exposure of Indian tribals to education has been a rarity. Even after education, the caste-ridden mainstream system has continued to question tribal identities and push them to the far end of the social periphery.
Cultural Survival's Dev Kumar Sunuwar spoke to Victoria Tauli Corpuz,the Special Rapporteur of on the Rights Indigenous Peoples on IYIL 2019, we also interview Joan Carling from the Indigenous Peoples Major Group for Sustainable Development.
Production: Shaldon Ferris (Khoisan, South Africa)
Image: Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, courtesy of Jamie Kalliongis
Interviewer: Dev Kumar Sunuwar
Interviewees: Victoria Tauli-Corpuz and Joan Carling
Este 2019 ha sido declarado por la Asamblea General de la ONU como el Año Internacional de las Lenguas Indígenas.
En este programa presentamos algunos puntos de reflexión del lingüista Dr. José Antonio Flores Farfán, lingüista, miembro del Centro de Investigación y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social en México, sobre la situación mundial de las lenguas originarias y las implicaciones positivas y negativas que puede tener la enunciación de este periodo como el Año Internacional de las Lenguas Indígenas.