On July 14, 1923, the Hereditary Chief of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, Deskaheh Levi General (Cayuga), traveled to Geneva, Switzerland, to speak before the League of Nations. He sought to obtain international recognition of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy (historically known as the Six Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy, composed of the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, and Tuscarora Nations) as a sovereign Indigenous Nation governed by a hereditary council of chiefs.

Young girls on the shore of Lake Victoria are taken advantage of by men who conduct business in the area.
The Amazon Theatrix ensemble is a group of young people from the Luo community in Kisumu, Kenya, who use Theatre to empower young girls.
We spoke to Jones Arodi Okoth.
Produced by Shaldon Ferris (Khoisan)
Interviewee:
Jones Arodi Okoth (Luo)
"Anania2, by TheBaba Project used with permission.
"Burn your village to the ground", by The Halluci Nation, used with permission.

Indigenous peoples in Itogon, Benguet province, in the Cordillera region of the Philippines, have been struggling against large-scale corporate mining that endangers their ancestral lands, resources, and ways of life for more than a century. Even today, they continue to wait for social justice. The Benguet Corporation, earlier known as Benguet Consolidated Inc— one of the oldest top-producing gold mining companies founded in 1903 initiated the first underground gold mining operations in Antamok in 1907. The corporation expanded its operation to Acupan and Balatok in 1927.

Sound and Soil is a live, collaborative, and experimental performance that took place in Nababeep, South Africa. Situated in the far Northern Cape Province, 50 kms north of Springbok and 65 kms from the Namibian border post Vioolsdrift, the performance included a collaboration with the Nama Stap Dansers from Steinkopf. Craig Beckett from Indigenous Youth Exchange Africa attended the event.
Produced by Shaldon Ferris (Khoisan)
Interviewee Craig Beckett (Naro, Nama)
"Lights in the forest" by Ziibiwan, used with permission.

The Bonn Climate Change Conference is taking place from June 5th to June 15th, 2023. The conference builds on the mandates that have emerged from COP 27 in Egypt in 2022. Cultural Survival's Edson Krenak attended the conference and spoke to Sele Tagivuni (iTaukei) from Fiji.

Produced by Edson Krenak (Krenak)
Edited by Shaldon Ferris (Khoisan)
Interviewee: Sele Tagivuni  (iTaukei)
"Burn your village to the ground", by The Halluci Nation, used with permission.

The International Day for Biological Diversity has gained global prominence through the efforts of the United Nations, governments, Indigenous Peoples, local communities, non-governmental organizations, and concerned individuals. Each party has brought its innovative solutions to the biodiversity crisis to the forefront of global conversations on sustainable development. In this radio program, we hear from Aslak Holmberg(Sami) and Giovanni Reyes(Kankaney Igorot).
Produced by Shaldon Ferris (Khoisan)
Image: Canva (free use)

Democracy and justice cannot exist without freedom of expression and freedom of the press. Today, by and large, the mainstream media is owned and controlled by socially and economically powerful people, resulting in a lack of access, voice, and participation of Indigenous Peoples. On the auspicious day of World's Press Freedom Day, Indigenous broadcasters call attention to the right of Indigenous Media, Article 16 of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).

As Indigenous Peoples, we make great contributions to the conservation of wildlife and biodiversity, and we own land that is rich in minerals, essential to the energy transition. For these reasons, the SIRGE Coalition seeks to increase Indigenous leadership and make our voices heard by governments and companies involved in this process. We speak to the Executive Director of First Peoples Worldwide, Kate Finn.
Produced by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Sunuwar)
Interviewee: Kate Finn (Osage)
Image: Cultural Survival

Indigenous Peoples own at least a quarter of the earth's surface. Many of our territories are rich in essential minerals that are required for the energy transition. It is necessary to raise awareness about the impact that the green economy causes in the places where we live.
In this podcast, we hear from Rodion Sulyandziga.
Produced by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Sunuwar)
Interviewee: Rodion Sulyandziga (Udege)
Image: Cultural Survival
Music "Remember Your Children", by Salidummay, is used with permission.

The Coalition to Secure the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in the Green Economy is known as the SIRGE coalition. Members of the SIRGE coalition came together prior to the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in April 2023, in New York. In this podcast, we hear from Galina Angarova, Executive Director of Cultural Survival and co-chair of the Executive Committee of the SIRGE Coalition.
Produced by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Sunuwar)
Interviewee: Galina Angarova (Buryat)
Image: Cultural Survival

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.
Produced by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Sunuwar)
Interviewee: Daniel Kobei(Ogiek)
Image: Cultural Survival

In line with the International Decade on Indigenous Languages, the Indigenous Media Zone, a special platform set up for Indigenous Journalists, will aim to encourage the participation of Indigenous media practitioners in a wide variety of Indigenous languages from different regions.
Cultural Survival spoke to Holly Helton.
Produced by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Sunuwar)
Interviewee: Holly Helton(Anishinaabe)
Image: Cultural Survival
Music "Remember Your Children", by Salidummay, used with permission.

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.
Produced by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Sunuwar)
Interviewee: Binalakshmi Nepram (Meitei)
Image: Cultural Survival

The Secretariat of the Permanent Forum (SPFII) and the Department of Global Communications (DGC), in partnership with Cultural Survival, is organizing an Indigenous Media Zone during the 22nd session of the Permanent Forum in 2023. This will allow Indigenous media, journalists and platforms an opportunity to report on the session through Indigenous worldviews, perspectives and languages. Cultural Survival spoke to Kiptoo Barasa.
Produced by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Sunuwar)
Interviewee: Kiptoo Barasa (Endorois)
Image: Cultural Survival

In line with the International Decade on Indigenous Languages, the Indigenous Media Zone, a special platform set up for Indigenous Journalists, will aim to encourage the participation of Indigenous media practitioners in a wide variety of Indigenous languages from different regions.
Cultural Survival spoke to Naw Ei Ei Min, an Indigenous Woman from Myanmar. She is the founder and director of Promotion of Indigenous and Nature Together (POINT).
Produced by Avexnim Cojti (Maya K'iche) and Shaldon Ferris (Khoisan)
Interviewee: Naw Ei Ei Min (Karen)
Image: Twitter

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.

This program is part of a series of radio programs that were produced by Paramount FM. Topics related to the rights of children are discussed.
Music and voices are courtesy of Paramount FM.
"Burn your village to the ground", by The Halluci Nation, used with permission

This program is part of a series of radio programs that were produced by Paramount FM. Topics related to the rights of children are discussed.
Music and voices are courtesy of Paramount FM.
"Burn your village to the ground", by The Halluci Nation, used with permission

This program is part of a series of radio programs that were produced by Paramount FM. Topics related to the rights of children are discussed.
Music and voices are courtesy of Paramount FM.
"Burn your village to the ground", by The Halluci Nation, used with permission

This program is part of a series of radio programs that were produced by Paramount FM. Topics related to the rights of children are discussed.
Music and voices are courtesy of Paramount FM.
"Burn your village to the ground", by The Halluci Nation, used with permission

This program is part of a series of radio programs that were produced by Paramount FM. Topics related to the rights of children are discussed.
Music and voices are courtesy of Paramount FM.
"Burn your village to the ground", by The Halluci Nation, used with permission

This program is part of a series of radio programs that were produced by Owelle FM. Topics related to the rights of children are discussed.
Music and voices are courtesy of Owelle FM.
"Burn your village to the ground", by The Halluci Nation, used with permission

This program is part of a series of radio programs that were produced by Owelle FM. Topics related to the rights of children are discussed.
Music and voices are courtesy of Owelle FM.
"Burn your village to the ground", by The Halluci Nation, used with permission

This program is part of a series of radio programs that were produced by Owelle FM. Topics related to the rights of children are discussed.
Music and voices are courtesy of Owelle FM.
"Burn your village to the ground", by The Halluci Nation, used with permission

This program is part of a series of radio programs that were produced by Owelle FM. Topics related to the rights of children are discussed.
Music and voices are courtesy of Owelle FM.
"Burn your village to the ground", by The Halluci Nation, used with permission

This program is part of a series of radio programs that were produced by Owelle FM. Topics related to the rights of children are discussed.
Music and voices are courtesy of Owelle FM.
"Burn your village to the ground", by The Halluci Nation, used with permission

As the world's demand for minerals needed for green and renewable technologies increases, the SIRGE Coalition calls on governments, decision-makers, businesses, and corporations to avoid making the mistakes of the past and to protect the rights and self-determination of Indigenous Peoples.
Diana Pastor (Maya K'iche')
Mariana Kimi (Na Ñuu Sàvi/Mixtec)
Shaldon Ferris (Khoisan)
Morisca Christians (Khoisan)

Have you heard about the SIRGE Coalition?
It is a group made up of Indigenous leaders and allied organizations whose objective is to ensure a just transition to the green economy. In this radio program, we hear about the objectives of the SIRGE Coalition.
Diana Pastor (Maya K'iche')
Mariana Kimi (Na Ñuu Sàvi/Mixtec)
Shaldon Ferris (Khoisan)
Morisca Christians (Khoisan)
Music
- "Tezkayoloh" by Sueño, used with permission.
Image by Cultural Survival
"Burn your village to the ground", by The Halluci Nation, used with permission

The experience of being Indigenous and transgender brings about a variety of unique intersectional challenges. Growing up in Tana (Deanu), Sápmi land, Levi Sørum (Sámi) lived most of his life rooted in Sámi culture and language. He says he feels fortunate to have attended Sámi kindergarten and one year of Sámi elementary school, in light of Norway’s history of attempting to erase Sámi culture. Besides being Sámi, Sørum is a transgender man – although he considers the term transgender more of a physical description than an identity.
Produced by Camilla Lindschouw

Eden FM is the Southern Cape community radio station. The station was started in 2003 as an Initiative by Community leaders and business people in George, Oudtshoorn and Mosselbay. It soon grew to become the largest community radio station in the Western Cape Province.
Eden FM's presenters and staff about the impact that radio has had on the community where they broadcast.
All music is supplied by Eden FM.

Of the estimated 7,000 known languages globally, 32 percent of them, which means as many as 2,300 languages are spoken by Indigenous Peoples living in Asia. But lately, because of many reasons, Indigenous languages are disappearing at an alarming rate globally.

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?

In this report from Positive FM 102.5 FM in Akure Nigeria, the producers went to the streets to talk to the people about the state of education in Nigeria.
Produced by Positive FM in Nigeria.

De acuerdo con la Organización de las Naciones Unidas (ONU), 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 más de 4000 lenguas. La ONU reconoce la importancia de las lenguas Indígenas para la cohesión y la inclusión social, los derechos culturales, la salud y la justicia, por lo que proclamó el período comprendido entre el 2022 y el 2032 como el Decenio Internacional de las Lenguas Indígenas.

The UN Biodiversity Conference is taking place from December 7 - 22, 2022, in Montreal, Canada. Cultural Survival’s delegation is in Montreal to follow the negotiations and report on the most important issues concerning the rights of Indigenous Peoples and the future of biological diversity.
In this radio program, we spoke to Preston Hardison who gave us an update on Digitial Sequence Information.
Produced by Bryan Bicxul (Maya Tz'utujil)
Edited by Shaldon Ferris (Khoisan)
Interviewee: Ramson Karmushu (Maasai)

The UN Biodiversity Conference is taking place from December 7 - 22, 2022, in Montreal, Canada. Cultural Survival’s delegation is in Montreal to follow the negotiations and report on the most important issues concerning the rights of Indigenous Peoples and the future of biological diversity.
In this radio program, we spoke to Preston Hardison who gave us an update on Digitial Sequence Information.
Produced by Bryan Bicxul (Maya Tz'utujil)
Edited by Shaldon Ferris (Khoisan)
Interviewee: Lakma Nuri Sherpa (Sherpa)

Indigenous Peoples have known how to live on and take care of the land since times immemorial. We know that wherever you find cultural diversity, you will be sure to find biological diversity, in fact globally there are overlaps of areas rich in biodiversity with areas of cultural and linguistic diversity. These are the areas managed by Indigenous Peoples.
Cultural Survival attended COP15 in Montreal, Canada, and spoke to some of the delegates
Produced by Bryan Bicxul (Maya Tz'utujil)
Edited by Shaldon Ferris (Khoisan)
Interviewee: Lucy Mulenkei (Maasai)

COP15 negotiations are underway in Montreal, and there will be many decisions made, each of these decisions made by member states will have a profound impact on Indigenous communities, and it's absolutely critical that these decisions center a human rights based approach and protect the rights of Indigenous Peoples; especially when it comes to area-based conservation, biodiversity conservation, fair and equitable benefit sharing from the use of genetic resources and the risk assessment of living modified organisms.

COP15 negotiations are underway in Montreal, and there will be many decisions made, each of these decisions made by member states will have a profound impact on Indigenous communities, and it's absolutely critical that these decisions center a human rights based approach and protect the rights of Indigenous Peoples; especially when it comes to area-based conservation, biodiversity conservation, fair and equitable benefit sharing from the use of genetic resources and the risk assessment of living modified organisms.

COP15 negotiations are underway in Montreal, and there will be many decisions made, each of these decisions made by member states will have a profound impact on Indigenous communities, and it's absolutely critical that these decisions center a human rights based approach and protect the rights of Indigenous Peoples; especially when it comes to area-based conservation, biodiversity conservation, fair and equitable benefit sharing from the use of genetic resources and the risk assessment of living modified organisms.

Indigenous Peoples have known how to live on and take care of the land since times immemorial. We know that wherever you find cultural diversity, you will be sure to find biological diversity, in fact, globally there are overlaps of areas rich in biodiversity with areas of cultural and linguistic diversity. These are the areas managed by Indigenous Peoples.
Cultural Survival attended COP15 in Montreal, Canada, and spoke to some of the delegates
Produced by Bryan Bicxul (Maya Tz'utujil)
Edited by Shaldon Ferris (Khoisan)

Cultural Survival attended UNESCO's High-level Launch of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages in Paris in December 2022. In this interview, we spoke to Ulla Karin Sarri (Sami).
Produced by Avexnim Cojti (Maya K'iche')
Interviewee: Ulla Karin Sarri (Sami)
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 Grand Chief Wilton Littlechild.
Produced by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Sunuwar)
Interviewee: Grand Chief Wilton Littlechild (Cree)
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.

At the Opening of the 5th meeting of the Open-ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Biodiversity Framework, parties reviewed the proposed organization of work and agreed to use the Outcomes of the Work of the Informal Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework coming out of the Nairobi meetings held in June 2022, in Nairobi, Kenya.

The UN Biodiversity Conference is taking place from December 7 - 22, 2022, in Montreal, Canada. Cultural Survival’s delegation is in Montreal to follow the negotiations and report on the most important issues concerning the rights of Indigenous Peoples and the future of biological diversity.

In this radio program, Cultural Survival speaks to  Kera Sherwood - O'Regan,  who tells us about the highlights of COP27.
Produced by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Sunuwar)
Interviewee: Kera Sherwood - O'Regan (Kāi Tahu)
Music: "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, Cultural Survival speaks to Salote Nasalo from Fiji who says that the rights of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities must be recognized.
Produced by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Sunuwar)
Interviewee: Salote Nasalo from Fiji
Music: "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, Cultural Survival speaks to Yolene Patricia Koteureu. Yolene is from New Caledonia, and she tells us about the solutions that Indigenous Peoples have for climate change.
Produced by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Sunuwar)
Interviewee: Yolene Patricia Koteureu (Kanak)
Music: "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, Cultural Survival spoke to Tarcila Riviera Zea from FIMI, who told us how Indigenous Women are getting involved in the fight against climate change.
Produced by Shaldon Ferris (Khoisan)
Interviewee: Tarcila Riviera Zea (Quechua)
Music: "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, Cultural Survival speaks to Eileen Mairena Cunningham. The discussion is about the highlights of COP27 for Indigenous Peoples.
Interviewee: Eileen Mairena Cunningham (Miskito)
Produced by Shaldon Ferris (Khoisan)
Music: "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, Cultural Survival speaks to Ketakandriana Rafitoson. Ketakandriana Rafitoson is an advocate for the rights of the Malagasy people from Madagascar, who are the traditional custodians of the land.
Produced by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Sunuwar)
Interviewee: Ketakandriana Rafitoson (Malagasy)
Music: "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, Cultural Survival speaks to Yon Fernández DeLarrinoas, Head of Indigenous Peoples Unit at UNFAO, who explains how Indigenous Peoples' food and knowledge systems are affected by climate change.
Produced by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Sunuwar)
Interviewee: Yon Fernández DeLarrinoas
Music: "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, Cultural Survival speaks to Peter Irniq. Peter says that Inuit Peoples still hunt, but it is not as safe to do so as it used to be, because of changing weather patterns.
Produced by Shaldon Ferris (Khoisan)
Interviewee:  Peter Irniq (Inuit)
Music: "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, Cultural Survival speaks to Bianca Cartner from New Zealand. The discussion is about the Glasgow Climate Pact is an agreement to help achieve the goals of the larger Paris Agreement.
Produced by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Sunuwar)
Interviewee: Tiana Carter((Ngāpuhi & Ngāti Whātua)
Music: "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, Cultural Survival speaks to Rodion Sulyandziga from Siberia. The discussion is about the evaluation of the COP processes from the perspective of Indigenous Peoples.
Produced by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Sunuwar)
Interviewee: Rodion Sulyandziga (Udege)
Music: "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, Cultural Survival speaks to Joan Carling (Kankaney) from the Philippines, and she details how Indigenous Peoples are not getting the recognition they deserve for being stewards of nature.
Produced by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Sunuwar)
Interviewee: Joan Carling (Kankanaey)
Music: "LIBRES Y VIVAS by MARE ADVETENCIA, used with permission.

In this radio program, Cultural Survival speaks to Edna Kaptoyo from Kenya. Edna talks about how important it is to call for action now.
Produced by Shaldon Ferris (Khoisan)
Interviewee: Edna Kaptoyo (Pokot)
Music: "LIBRES Y VIVAS by MARE ADVETENCIA, used with permission.
"Burn your village to the ground", by The Halluci Nation, used with permission.

La Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Cambio Climático, COP 27, es un espacio donde se aborda a profundidad el tema de cambio climático.

Cultural Survival reitera la importancia de que los Pueblos Indígenas tengan la misma participación que los estados miembros en esta conferencia, es decir, que tengan una participaciones efectiva con derecho a voz y voto en las distintas mesas de negociación.

La Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Cambio Climático de 2022, mas conocida como COP 27, se esta llevando a cabo del 6 al 18 de noviembre en Egipto.

En esta conferencia se discute sobre las urgentes acciones frente al cambio climático, ya que el mundo vive una de las mayores crisis energética sin precedentes. Cultural Survival reitera la importancia del acceso de los Pueblos Indígenas a la misma participación con derecho a voz y voto en las mesas de negociación que los estados nación en la COP27.

In this radio program, Johnson Cerda discusses the Glasgow Climate Pact and how some elements of the pact such as adaptation, mitigation, and loss and damage are really important to Indigenous Peoples.

Produced by Shaldon Ferris(Khoisan)
Interviewee: Johnson Cerda (Kichwa)
Music: "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 interview, Cultural Survival talks to the former co-chair of the International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change. They discuss the history of COP.
Produced by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Sunuwar)
Interviewee: Pasang Dolma-Sherpa (Sherpa)
Music: "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, Cultural Survival's Dev Kumar Sunuwar interviews Jennifer Lasimbang and she tells us about the importance of Indigenous Knowledge and how it can contribute to the battle against climate change.
Produced by Shaldon Ferris (Khoisan)
Interviewee:Jennifer Lasimbang (Kadazan)
Music: "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 interview, we spoke to Angel Levac Brant who explains that there are few voices from Indigenous youth when it comes to fighting climate change.
Producer: Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Sunuwar)
Interviewee: Angel Levac Brant (Tyendinaga Mohawk)
Music: "LIBRES Y VIVAS by MARE ADVETENCIA, used with permission.
"Burn your village to the ground", by The Halluci Nation, used with permission.

In this interview, Cultural Survival's Dev Kumar Sunuwar speaks to Grace Balawang and she explains how direct access to funding for Indigenous Peoples will assist in resolving the problems that come about as a result of loss and damage created by climate change.

Producer: Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Sunuwar)
Interviewee: Grace Balawang (Kankaney Igorot)
Music: "LIBRES Y VIVAS by MARE ADVETENCIA, used with permission.
"Burn your village to the ground", by The Halluci Nation, used with permission.

The International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change, the official caucus for Indigenous Peoples participating in the UNFCCC processes, which held its preparatory meeting on 5th and 6th November prior to UNFCCC COP27 and had a discussion on a range of issues relating to climate change to come into agreement specifically on what Indigenous Peoples will be negotiating for, in specific UNFCCC processes.

Indigenous Peoples are not just stakeholders; Indigenous Peoples are rights holders. Cultural Survival reiterates the importance of Indigenous Peoples’ access to direct participation at the same negotiation tables as nation states at the UNFCCC COP27, with the right to have a voice and vote, and the inclusion of references to human and Indigenous Peoples’ rights in all documents.
Cultural Survival also attended COP 27, and we spoke to Indigenous delegates at the Conference.
In this interview, we spoke to Lisa Qiluqqi Koperqualuk.

In the transition to the so-called green economy, Indigenous Peoples are facing a new wave of extractivism for transition minerals such as copper, nickel, cobalt, and lithium, which are key in battery development. These projects are promoted as “green” because they aim to supply minerals used in renewable energy and electric vehicles. However, these mining projects risk replicating the same harms of the fossil fuel economy: threatening Indigenous Peoples’ rights and territories and destroying biodiverse ecosystems.

Como su nombre lo indica, los minerales de transición son fundamentales para la transición energética, es decir, para dejar atrás el uso de combustibles fósiles que son altamente contaminantes; además, fortalecer el uso de energías renovables, como la solar o la eólica. Dicha transición, ayudará a disminuir el calentamiento global y el cambio climático. 

Dr. Jessica Hutchings (Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Huirapa, Gujarat) is a decolonizing researcher in the areas of Māori food sovereignty, food security, cultural and intellectual property rights, and the restoration of the environment through the restoration of Indigenous rights in Aotearoa (New Zealand.) She is actively involved with Te Waka Kai Ora (the National Māori Organics Authority) as a grower and a lead researcher to develop a tikanga-based Indigenous verification and validation system for food and agriculture called Hua Parakore. Dr.

Each year the International Day of Peace is observed around the world on 21 September. The UN General Assembly has declared this as a day devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace, by observing 24 hours of non-violence and cease-fire.
But achieving true peace entails much more than laying down arms. It requires the building of societies where all members feel that they can flourish. It involves creating a world in which people are treated equally, regardless of their race.
Cultural Survival's Edson Krenak gives us more on the situation in Brazil.

The Lakota LockUp Project advocates for American Indians affected by the justice system, to support innovative approaches for cultural and historical trauma survival, rebuilding lives, economic justice, traditional family services, substance and alcohol abuse treatment, and equal access to education, thus strengthening communities.
Produced by Shaldon Ferris(Khoisan)
Voices Robert Angelo and Theresa Tracke(Lakota)
Music: "LIBRES Y VIVAS by MARE ADVETENCIA, used with permission.
"Burn your village to the ground", by The Halluci Nation, used with permission.

Poverty, low levels of education and illiteracy, limited access to health care, basic sanitation, credit, and employment, limited participation in political life, and domestic and sexual violence are all prevalent problems among indigenous women. Besides, their right to self-determination, self-governance and control of resources and ancestral lands have been violated over centuries.
Still, Indigenous women are ensuring that traditional knowledge is carried over from generation to generation.
Language Activist Letitia Petersen tells us more.

This is Episode 1 of a series of radio programs that cover the role of customary institutions of Indigenous Peoples, what the covid-19 pandemic meant to them, Indigenous food items, use and utilization of traditional herbs for enhancing their immunity. Produced jointly by Indigenous Rights Foundation and Indigenous Community Radio Network with financial support from WACC and Cultural Survival. All Music courtesy of Hami Aadisbashi Radio.

This is Episode 3 of a series of radio programs that cover the role of customary institutions of Indigenous Peoples, what the covid-19 pandemic meant to them, Indigenous food items, use and utilization of traditional herbs for enhancing their immunity. Produced jointly by Indigenous Rights Foundation and Indigenous Community Radio Network with financial support from WACC and Cultural Survival. All Music courtesy of Hami Aadisbashi Radio.

This is Episode 5 of a series of radio programs that cover the role of customary institutions of Indigenous Peoples, what the covid-19 pandemic meant to them, Indigenous food items, use and utilization of traditional herbs for enhancing their immunity. Produced jointly by Indigenous Rights Foundation and Indigenous Community Radio Network with financial support from WACC and Cultural Survival. All Music courtesy of Hami Aadisbashi Radio.

This is Episode 7 of a series of radio programs that cover the role of customary institutions of Indigenous Peoples, what the covid-19 pandemic meant to them, Indigenous food items, use and utilization of traditional herbs for enhancing their immunity. Produced jointly by Indigenous Rights Foundation and Indigenous Community Radio Network with financial support from WACC and Cultural Survival. All Music courtesy of Hami Aadisbashi Radio.

This is Episode 9 of a series of radio programs that cover the role of customary institutions of Indigenous Peoples, what the covid-19 pandemic meant to them, Indigenous food items, use and utilization of traditional herbs for enhancing their immunity. Produced jointly by Indigenous Rights Foundation and Indigenous Community Radio Network with financial support from WACC and Cultural Survival. All Music courtesy of Hami Aadisbashi Radio.

This is Episode 11 of a series of radio programs that cover the role of customary institutions of Indigenous Peoples, what the covid-19 pandemic meant to them, Indigenous food items, use and utilization of traditional herbs for enhancing their immunity. Produced jointly by Indigenous Rights Foundation and Indigenous Community Radio Network with financial support from WACC and Cultural Survival. All Music courtesy of Hami Aadisbashi Radio.

This is Episode 13 of a series of radio programs that cover the role of customary institutions of Indigenous Peoples, what the covid-19 pandemic meant to them, Indigenous food items, use and utilization of traditional herbs for enhancing their immunity. Produced jointly by Indigenous Rights Foundation and Indigenous Community Radio Network with financial support from WACC and Cultural Survival. All Music courtesy of Hami Aadisbashi Radio.

This is Episode 15 of a series of radio programs that cover the role of customary institutions of Indigenous Peoples, what the covid-19 pandemic meant to them, Indigenous food items, use and utilization of traditional herbs for enhancing their immunity. Produced jointly by Indigenous Rights Foundation and Indigenous Community Radio Network with financial support from WACC and Cultural Survival. All Music courtesy of Hami Aadisbashi Radio.

This is Episode 17 of a series of radio programs that cover the role of customary institutions of Indigenous Peoples, what the covid-19 pandemic meant to them, Indigenous food items, use and utilization of traditional herbs for enhancing their immunity. Produced jointly by Indigenous Rights Foundation and Indigenous Community Radio Network with financial support from WACC and Cultural Survival. All Music courtesy of Hami Aadisbashi Radio.

This is Episode 19 of a series of radio programs that cover the role of customary institutions of Indigenous Peoples, what the covid-19 pandemic meant to them, Indigenous food items, use and utilization of traditional herbs for enhancing their immunity. Produced jointly by Indigenous Rights Foundation and Indigenous Community Radio Network with financial support from WACC and Cultural Survival. All Music courtesy of Hami Aadisbashi Radio.

En el Estor, Izabal, Guatemala, desde 1960 se instalaron proyectos mineros en los territorios del Pueblo Maya Q’eqchi’, sin su consentimiento y afectando a varias comunidades aledañas, que se han organizado para demandar al Estado el respeto de sus derechos y el cierre de la Compañía de Niquel CGN, más conocida como Minera Fénix.

This 12-episode radio program series produced by Radio Jugal 98.1 Mhz with the financial grant provided by Cultural Survival under Community Media Fund, each episode bring the voices of local government, Indigenous Peoples representatives on the role of local government for promotion of Indigenous Peoples rights in the laws, plans and programs of the government. The rights of Indigenous Peoples mainly their right to land, water and natural resources including socio-cultural and linguistic rights in line with the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and ILO Convention no.

This 12-episode radio program series produced by Radio Jugal 98.1 Mhz with the financial grant provided by Cultural Survival under Community Media Fund, each episode bring the voices of local government, Indigenous Peoples representatives on the role of local government for promotion of Indigenous Peoples rights in the laws, plans and programs of the government. The rights of Indigenous Peoples mainly their right to land, water and natural resources including socio-cultural and linguistic rights in line with the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and ILO Convention no.

This 12-episode radio program series produced by Radio Jugal 98.1 Mhz with the financial grant provided by Cultural Survival under Community Media Fund, each episode bring the voices of local government, Indigenous Peoples representatives on the role of local government for promotion of Indigenous Peoples rights in the laws, plans and programs of the government. The rights of Indigenous Peoples mainly their right to land, water and natural resources including socio-cultural and linguistic rights in line with the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and ILO Convention no.

This 12-episode radio program series produced by Radio Jugal 98.1 Mhz with the financial grant provided by Cultural Survival under Community Media Fund, each episode bring the voices of local government, Indigenous Peoples representatives on the role of local government for promotion of Indigenous Peoples rights in the laws, plans and programs of the government. The rights of Indigenous Peoples mainly their right to land, water and natural resources including socio-cultural and linguistic rights in line with the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and ILO Convention no.

This 12-episode radio program series produced by Radio Jugal 98.1 Mhz with the financial grant provided by Cultural Survival under Community Media Fund, each episode bring the voices of local government, Indigenous Peoples representatives on the role of local government for promotion of Indigenous Peoples rights in the laws, plans and programs of the government. The rights of Indigenous Peoples mainly their right to land, water and natural resources including socio-cultural and linguistic rights in line with the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and ILO Convention no.

This 12-episode radio program series produced by Radio Jugal 98.1 Mhz with the financial grant provided by Cultural Survival under Community Media Fund, each episode bring the voices of local government, Indigenous Peoples representatives on the role of local government for promotion of Indigenous Peoples rights in the laws, plans and programs of the government. The rights of Indigenous Peoples mainly their right to land, water and natural resources including socio-cultural and linguistic rights in line with the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and ILO Convention no.

In this interview, John Cloete from Radio West Coast  interviews Naomi Cloete, a small-scale fisher from Paternoster, and they talk about the reality of the poverty that fishermen live in, they talk also about how generation after generation of fisher-boys become fishermen because there simply is no other life for them on these shores. Naomi also tells us how fisher folk has to suffer, partly because of policy but more worryingly by the national silence that shrouds the Indigenous Peoples of the Western cape coastlines.

In December 2021 Oil giant Shell's plans to conduct seismic surveys off South Africa's Wild Coast to prospect for oil and gas reserves below the seabed have been temporarily halted by an online petition by environmentalists, indigenous groups, and fisheries organizations.

Many Indigenous children were once cared for by their families and communities according to their cultural practices, laws, and traditions. It was the parents' responsibility to raise the children since children were seen as gifts from the creator. Families were closely involved in raising the child. Colonization, forced boarding schools, and State welfare systems have disrupted these important relationships. In this podcast, we hear from 20-year-old Dysin Spence (Peguis First Nation), who has spent a significant portion of his life in the welfare system in Canada.

A proposed lithium mine at Peehee Mu’huh (Thacker Pass), Nevada, has attracted much attention. But those with the deepest ties to the land - descendants of those murdered at the Thacker Pass Massacre - have not been heard. In this podcast, we hear from Gary McKinney (Western Shoshone/ Northern Paiute) about the stuggles to protect sacred lands in the age of a lithium boom due to the transition to the "green" economy.

Recently, in the area where Sami people live which includes part of Sweden, construction of huge turbines has been underway. 
In this podcast, we speak to Maja Kristine Jåma, who tells us how these new sources of energy have been impacting her people.
Produced by Shaldon Ferris
Interviewee: Maja Kristine JåmaMusic:  "LIBRES Y VIVAS"  by MARE ADVETENCIA,  used with permission.
"Burn your village to the ground", by The Halluci Nation, used with permission.

The Sámi have a long tradition of salmon fishing. Recently, a high court in Finland ruled in favor of salmon fishing as part of Sámi culture. Aslat Holmberg from the Sámi Council tells us about the significance of the ruling. 

Produced by Shaldon Ferris (Khoisan)
Voice : Aslat Holmberg (Sámi)
Music: "LIBRES Y VIVAS" by MARE ADVETENCIA, used with permission.
"Burn your village to the ground", by The Halluci Nation, used with permission.

Over the past 25 years, Richard A. Grounds (Yuchi), Ph.D., has worked with Yuchi Elders to create new Yuchi speakers and bring his language back into his community, as well as advocating for Indigenous Peoples' language rights globally. He is currently Chair of the Global Indigenous Languages Caucus and Executive Director of the Yuchi Language Project. An article by Dr. Grounds on Yuchi language revitalization in the face of intellectual colonialism appears in Indigenous Languages and the Promise of Archives, from the University of Nebraska Press.

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”

Da inicio la 21º sesión del Foro Permanente para las Cuestiones Indígenas de la ONU quién es un ente asesor del Consejo Económico y Social de las Naciones Unidas –ECOSOC-. Este espacio reúne a estados, organizaciones y representantes de Pueblos Indigenas para examinar durante dos semanas cuestiones relacionadas al desarrollo económico y social, la cultura, la educación, la salud, el medio ambiente y los derechos humanos.

In South Africa, land conferences are held often, but Khoi and San people are seldom involved in the talks. Martinus Fredericks, a direct descendent of Cornelius Fredericks, who was a Nama leader who fought along Kaptein Hendrik Witbooi.
Produced by Radio Atlantis.
Image: Martinus Fredericks (LinkedIn)
Music: "Anania2", by The Baba Project, used with permission.
"Burn your village to the ground", by The Halluci Nation, used with permission.

In this podcast, Cultural Survival's Avexnim Cojti met with Editor in Chief of Indigenous Russia, Dmitry Berezhkov (Itelmen), and spoke about the impacts of mining on Indigenous communities.
Produced by Avexnim Cojti (Maya K'iche)
Voices: Dmitry Berezhkov (Itelmen)
Music: "Whispers", by The Ziibiwan, used with permission.
"Burn your village to the ground", by The Halluci Nation, used with permission.

In South Africa today, many Indigenous peoples are looking for alternatives to medicine prescribed by a doctor.
In this interview by Valley FM, community radio in Worcester in The Western Cape – Catherine Wiese speaks to Indigenous Knowledge Holders John Roelfse and Ivander Staedler, on the use of herbs vs modern medicine.

In this Yoruba language radio program, Paramount FM discusses how to reactivate the local economy during and after the Covid-19 pandemic.
Produced by Paramount FM Abeokuta.
All music courtesy of Paramount FM.

Leya Hale lives in St. Paul. She was born and raised in the Los Angeles area. She is Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota and Navajo. She is a storyteller, a documentary filmmaker, and a producer with Twin Cities PBS (TPT), where she’s been working for the past eight years. Her  film, "Bring Her Home," addresses the epidemic of Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women in the United States. 

Kandi “EagleWoman” White (Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara) is a leading voice in the fight to bring visibility to the impacts that climate change and environmental injustice are having on Indigenous communities across North America. Kandi began her work with the Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN) as the Tribal Campus Climate Challenge Coordinator, engaging with more than 30 Tribal colleges to instate community based environmental programs and connect Indigenous youth with green jobs.

In linking conservation efforts to the economic goal of using biological resources sustainably, the Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) sets out three main objectives: the conservation of biological diversity, the sustainable use of the components of biological diversity, and the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources. How do Indigenous Peoples' rights tie into the Convention on Biodiversity?

The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is relevant to Indigenous Peoples because it recognizes the interdependence of many Indigenous Peoples and local communities on biological resources and acknowledges the contribution of traditional knowledge for both conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity. In this podcast, we hear from Joji Carino (Ibaloi), who tells us more about the International Indigenous Peoples' Forum on Biodiversity's involvement in the CBD. Joji Carino is Senior Policy Adviser of Forest Peoples Programme. 

The Yiaku people of Kenya have been living in the Makugodo Forest for a long time as hunter-gatherers.
In the past decade, the Kenyan government has asked them to officially manage the forest.
The forest has been thriving under their care.
What is not thriving, however, is the language of the Yiaku people
On the eve of International Mother Tongue Day 2022, we spoke to Moffat Kihoro who will tell us about an app that will help to revitalize the Yiaku language.
Produced by Shaldon Ferris (Khoisan)
Voices: Moffat Kihoro

A new community radio station is set to launch in Kenya with the help of a grant from Cultural Survival’s Indigenous Community Media Fund as well as funding from Cultural Survival’s partner WACC. The radio station will be broadcast in the Rendille language and will focus on preserving the community’s language and culture as well as keeping the local people in Laisamis Sub-County, which is home to five different Indigenous Tribes, well-informed about issues that affect them.
Produced by Shaldon Ferris (Khoisan)
Voices: Mario Kuraki

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.
 

Indigenous Peoples have in the past lived in harmony with the earth, and the key to good health lies in our past, our traditions, our customs. 
Bush FM and the Institute For The Restoration of Aborigines, South Africa discuss healing, ancestry, genetics, and identity. 

Produced by Bush FM
Image courtesy of The Koena Art Institute.

According to ockbaywaywampum.com, "wampum is the bead cut from the Quahog shell, its distinctive purple and white bands create beautiful natural diversity in the material, which can be smoothed to a high polished shine. The Quahog clam is geographically limited to the coastal waters between Maine and Long Island and was harvested for food and made into jewelry by the coastal peoples of the North-Eastern region.

Los idiomas Indígenas en el mundo son tan importantes para que las personas puedan comunicarse entre sí , pero también para que puedan proteger su cultura, identidad y existencia.

Cultural Survival durante 3 días llevo a cabo la conferencia virtual "Restauración y protección de nuestros idiomas y paisajes" con el fin de visibilizar y discutir con líderes, lingüistas, educadores y profesionales Indígenas expertos en el tema de idiomas sobre los avances y desafíos en cuanto al uso, revitalización y protección de los idiomas Indígenas a nivel global.

“The outcome of COP26 is a compromise. It reflects the interests, the contradictions, and the state of political will in the world today. It is an important step, but it is not enough,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres said at the conclusion of the conference. Indigenous Peoples from all over the world attended COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland. This year, Indigenous Peoples represented the second-largest civil society delegation in attendance at COP26, second only to oil and gas lobbyists.

The emissions that cause climate change come from every part of the world and affect everyone, but some countries produce much more than others. The 100 least-emitting countries generate 3 percent of total emissions. The 10 countries with the largest emissions contribute 68 percent. Everyone must take climate action, but people and countries creating more of the problem have a greater responsibility to act first.

Many people think climate change mainly means warmer temperatures. But temperature rise is only the beginning of the story. Because the Earth is a system, where everything is connected, changes in one area can influence changes in all others. The consequences of climate change now include, among others, intense droughts, water scarcity, severe fires, rising sea levels, flooding, melting polar ice, catastrophic storms, and declining biodiversity.

For nearly three decades the UN has been bringing together almost every country on earth for global climate summits, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conferences of the Parties (COP). In that time, climate change has gone from being a fringe issue to a global priority. Cultural Survival's Director of Strategic Partnerships and Communications Daisee Francour (Oneida) spoke to youth activist Victor Lopez-Carmen (Crow Creek Sioux and Yaqui) at COP 26.

Cultural Survival's Avexnim Cojti attended the COP26 summit, and spoke to Dr. Dalee Sambo Dorough (Iñupiat), International Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council, who has served as an expert member of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues for 2016 and 2017 and as a member of the International Law Association Committee on Implementation of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

En Glasgow, Escocia, continúa llevándose a cabo la Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Cambio Climático; COP-26. En este encuentro global para hacer frente al cambio climático, la participación e incidencia de los Pueblos Indígenas del mundo es esencial.

Nuestros conocimientos y formas de vida pueden salvar al mundo de una crisis ambiental todavía más grave de la que actualmente estamos viviendo.

En Glasgow, Escocia, se esta desarrollando la Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre cambio climático conocido como COP26. Este es el encuentro global más importante a nivel internacional donde cada año se reúnen mas de 100 países para establecer lineamientos que ayuden a mitigar el cambio climático.

¿Cuáles son algunos acuerdos que se realizan en esta conferencia entre los estados y miembros de Pueblos Indígenas?

For nearly three decades the UN has been bringing together almost every country on earth for global climate summits – called COPs – which stands for ‘Conference of the Parties’. In that time climate change has gone from being a fringe issue to a global priority. In November 2021, the 26th summit is being held – giving it the name COP26. With the UK as President, COP26 takes place in Glasgow.
Cultural Survival's Avexnim Cojti attended the summit and got a chance to speak to the former Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Victoria Tauli-Corpuz (Igorot).

Indigenous Peoples in Brazil have suffered greatly under the leadership of President Jair Bolsonaro. In the Amazon, fires, deforestation, and illegal mining are some of the issues that affect the Indigenous Peoples of that region.
Joênia Wapichana (Wapixana) is a woman of firsts. She was the first in her family to go to university, to study law, and in 1997, she became Brazil’s first Indigenous lawyer. In 2018, she became Brazil’s first Indigenous congresswoman. Cultural Survival's Avexnim Cojti spoke to Joenia at COP 26, in Glasgow, Scotland.

Del 1 al 12 de noviembre se estará desarrollando la Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre cambio climático conocido como COP26 en Glasgow Escocia. Este es el encuentro global más importante a nivel internacional donde cada año se reúnen mas de 100 países para establecer lineamientos que ayuden a mitigar el cambio climático y adaptarse a sus impactos.

¿Cómo el cambio climático esta afectando las comunidades Indigenas?
¿Cuáles son las expectativas de las mujeres Indigenas que participan en esta conferencia?

Del 1 al 12 de noviembre se estará desarrollando la Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre cambio climático conocido como COP26 en Glasgow Escocia.

COP26 se trata del encuentro global más importante a nivel internacional donde cada año se reúnen 196 países para establecer los lineamientos para mitigar el cambio climático y adaptarse a sus impactos.

La participación de las delegaciones de Pueblos Indígenas se hacen presentes para abordar sobre este tema, tal como lo podrá escuchar en esta entrevista realizada a Jocabed Solano Directora de la organización Memoria Indígena.

At this year's United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of Parties (COP 26) in Glasgow, Scotland, Cultural Survival spoke with Frank Ettawageshik (Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians), Executive Director of the United Tribes of Michigan and President of Association on American Indian Affairs, who has been involved in international Indigenous rights advocacy for decades, about Indigenous leadership in climate action. 

The COP26 summit will bring parties together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
How is climate change affecting Indigenous Peoples?
Cultural Survival's Avexnim Cojti spoke to Fawn Sharp, President of the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI)
Produced by Avexnim Cojti (Maya Ki'che) and Shaldon Ferris (Khoisan)
Interviewee: Fawn Sharp (Quinault Indian Nation)
Music: 'Whispers' by Ziibiwan, used with permission

El Día Internacional para Poner Fin a la Impunidad de los Crímenes contra Periodistas, se conmemora el 2 de noviembre de cada año, proclamado en el 2013 por las Naciones Unidas con el objetivo de invitar a sus Estados miembros “a tomar medidas para prevenir agresiones contra periodistas y asegurar que los responsables sean llevados ante la justicia, garantizando el derecho de las víctimas a las reparaciones”.

De acuerdo con datos de la UNESCO, en los últimos diez años “un periodista ha sido asesinado en promedio cada cuatro días”.

The information and communications technologies have the potential to provide new solutions to development challenges, particularly in the context of globalization, and can foster economic growth, competitiveness, access to information and knowledge, poverty eradication, and social inclusion that will help to expedite the integration of all countries, especially developing countries, in particular the least developed countries, into the global economy.

Las mujeres Indígenas han venido cumpliendo un rol fundamental en sus comunidades, desde sus puestos como mayoras, alcaldesas, guías espirituales, y lideresas comunitarias.

Ellas han sido las encargadas de velar por el buen vivir de sus pueblos y ayudan a garantizar el cuidado de la madre tierra. También aportan para garantizar bienestar en la economía, educación y promover la seguridad alimentaria.

En este episodio, escucharemos a 2 jóvenes mujeres Indígenas de Guatemala y México, quienes nos compartirán su punto de vista sobre el tema de la descolonización, así como sus experiencias en procesos comunitarios y de liderazgo en sus comunidades y sus diferentes luchas para hacer valer sus derechos.

En este episodio, escucharemos a 2 jóvenes mujeres Indígenas de México, quienes nos compartirán su punto de vista sobre el tema de la descolonización, así como sus experiencias en procesos comunitarios y de liderazgo en sus comunidades y sus diferentes luchas para hacer valer sus derechos.

En este episodio, escucharemos a 2 jóvenes mujeres Indígenas de Guatemala y México, quienes nos compartirán su punto de vista sobre el tema de la descolonización, así como sus experiencias en procesos comunitarios y de liderazgo en sus comunidades y sus diferentes luchas para hacer valer sus derechos.

Madre tierra, así es como los pueblos definen al suelo y todo ser vivo que habita sobre ella.

Los Pueblos indígenas la cuidan y protegen desde tiempos ancestrales a diferencia de muchas empresas extranjeras que llegan a instalarse en sus territorios provocando deforestación, desvío de ríos, desplome hasta de montañas completas. Eso, sin sumar los daños físicos, psicológicos y económicos que deja una empresa extractiva a su paso.

Diana Morat from Eldos FM interviews Tauriq Jenkins on the saga of Amazon.com who wants to set up shop in Cape Town, South Africa. The piece of land that has been identified by Amazon has become a bone of contention. First Nations have a strong claim to this land because in 1510 it was the site of the first battle between the Khoi and European colonizers - in this instance the Portuguese Viceroy of India, Francisco d'Almeida. This is sacred land. The issues are of human rights, of heritage, of water and flora and fauna, of recreation and refreshment, of air and stars.

Every year on August 9, International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples marks the ‘first formal meeting’ of the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations, held back in 1982. It is celebrated to bring attention to the 476 million Indigenous Peoples living in 90 countries across the globe. This year’s theme is `Leaving no one Behind: Indigenous Peoples and the call for a social contract.” The term social contract in relation to Indigenous Peoples may be confusing as this has not yet been discussed much.

La realidad que nos cuentan estas lideresas de distintas partes de América Latina  repiten la misma historia de saqueo, crímenes e impunidad de las corporaciones transnacionales y de la complicidad de los Estados y los representantes gubernamentales. 

Interview with MP Prof. Dalxa about Eylo Indigenous people in Somalia whose political rights are denied. Prof. Daxla also talks about Indigenous youth.
Interview by Horn Afrik News Agency for Human Rights (HANAHR).
For HANAHR: Adam Illyas
Interviewee Professor Dalxa (MP, Somalia)
Image: Professor Dalxa
Music: "Anania2" by The Baba Project, used with permission.
"Burn your village to the ground", by A Tribe called Red, used with permission.

Daunnette Moniz-Reyome, a proud member of the UmoⁿhoⁿTribe in Nebraska, is turning 19 this year. She began modeling at age 13, appearing in multiple spreads and videos by Teen Vogue, which opened up the world of media attention to her. Despite her passion for the modeling and entertainment industries, Moniz-Reyome struggled to find Native American models to look up to. So, she decided to become that model for other Native American youth.
Produced by Shaldon Ferris (Khoisan)
Interviewee: Daunnette Moniz-Reyome (Umoⁿhoⁿ)
Image: Daunnette on set

Deidre Jantjies is an Indigenous South African Film producer. Her animated web series called Stories van die wind (Stories of the wind), was recently screened at The Wairoa Maori Indigenous Film Festival in New Zealand. Deidre tells us about using animation to tell our own stories.

Produced by Shaldon Ferris (Khoisan)
Interviewee Deidre Jantjies (Outeniqua)
Image: Screenshot from 'Stories van die wind"
Music: "Anania2" by the Baba Project, used with permission.
"Burn your village to the ground", by a Tribe called Red, used with permission.

Patrick Hunter is a Two-Spirit Ojibway artist from the community of Red Lake, in North Western Ontario. He paints in the Woodland style and has created his own company called Patrick Hunter Art & Design.
Produced by Sarah Hume (Cultural Survival Intern)
Edited by Shaldon Ferris (Khoisan)
Interviewee: Patrick Hunter (Ojibway)
Image: Patrich Hunter courtesy of patrickhunter.ca/

The state of Germany has agreed to compensate the state of Namibia, by means of a development fund of 1.4 billion Euros, over 30 years. How will this agreement benefit the descendents of the victims of the thousands of people who were tortured and murdered by the colonial rulers of the South Western African country of Namibia, in the early 1900's.
Diana Morat from Eldos FM, a community radio station in Johannesburg, South Africa interviews Martinus Fredericks, a direct descendent of Cornelius Fredericks, who was a Nama leader who fought along Kaptein Hendrik Witbooi.

Las Naciones Unidas conmemora el 18 de Junio el Día Mundial de la Gastronomía Sostenible, en esta producción se da a conocer la importancia de alimentarnos sanamente y como los pueblos originarios durante el tiempo han logrado el equilibrio de los nutrientes que necesita nuestro organismo, en los platillos que con recelo resguardan.

La agricultura familiar es una alternativa para asegurar que los alimentos que consumimos estén libres de agro tóxicos que solo dañan nuestro organismo.

For many African communities, lands and natural resources are their greatest and most reliable service providers, sustaining life, dignity and happiness. Their stewardship of the ecosystems on which they depend is also recognized as one of the most important contributions to nature conservation, with the lands and waters of indigenous peoples and local communities supporting approximately 80% of the world’s biodiversity.

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.

In South Africa on November 1, 2019, a benefit sharing agreement was reached after many years of intense negotiations. This industry wide agreement was the first of its kind, and was launched between the Khoikhoi and San people, and the rooibos industry.

El Foro Permanente para las Cuestiones Indígenas de las Naciones Unidas, es un espacio creado para examinar las cuestiones Indígenas relacionadas al desarrollo económico y social, la cultura, la educación, la salud, el medio ambiente y los derechos humanos. Este foro se celebra cada año en New York, donde se reúnen líderes Indígenas, jefes de estados, gobiernos  y sociedad civil con el fin de entablar diálogos que los orienten a una correcta aplicación de sus derechos.  

Comunicadores Indígenas de Colombia informaron a Radio de Derechos Indígenas,  la alarmante situación que viven Pueblos Indígenas del Cauca, Colombia, este 22 de abril 2021, día en el que se conmemora a la Madre Tierra. Grupos armados de procedencia aún desconocida, disparan sin humanidad a la Minga que ejerce control territorial hacia adentro en Sath Tama Kiwe. 

“En Común” es una plataforma digital,que a través de podcast busca ser un puente informativo entre la investigación científica y las comunidades Indígenas, rurales y urbanas de México. En este programa nos comparten información sobre el conocimiento y uso efectivo de las plantas para el cuidado de la salud.

The coronavirus  (COVID-19)  pandemic  poses  a grave  health threat to Indigenous peoples around the world. Indigenous communities already experience poor access to healthcare, significantly higher rates of communicable and non-communicable diseases, lack of access to essential services, sanitation,  and  other key  preventive measures, such as  clean water, soap, disinfectant, etc.
Produced by
Shaldon Ferris
Interviewee: Shani Mangola (Hadza)
Music: Whispers by Ziibiwan, used with permission.
Image: Shani Mangola

“En Común” es una plataforma virtual que busca ser un puente informativo entre la investigación científica y las comunidades Indígenas, rurales y urbanas de México a través de los podcast. Este programa explora el problema del cáncer que padecen las mujeres Indígenas y las consecuencias de los diagnósticos tardíos y las implicaciones para un tratamiento adecuado.

For months now, since the military coup on February 1, 2021, people from all walks of life in Myanmar have been continuously taking to the streets in protest. Everyday thousands of people have been detained, including high profile leaders and politicians of the civilian government. Many are kept under house arrest with no outside contact and in most cases their whereabouts are still unknown. Large demonstrations against the coup are occurring daily in Myanmar, defying the curfews and restrictions put in place by the military.

Women of the world want and deserve an equal future free from stigma, stereotypes and violence; a future that’s sustainable, peaceful, with equal rights and opportunities for all. To get us there, women need to be at every table where decisions are made. In this podcast, we speak to Jannie Staffansson (Saami), a renowned Indigenous climate change expert and a Cultural Survival board member. Staffansson tells us about balancing traditional lifeways today.
Produced by Shaldon Ferris
Interviewee: Jannie Staffansson (Saami)

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

Las Radios Comunitarias Indígenas visibilizan una realidad determinante para la resistencia y autodeterminación de los Pueblos Originarios, la trayectoria no ha sido simple, durante décadas la criminalización y persecución de las radios ha sido y es un tema que aunque no se quiera hablar y discutir, los Comunicadores Indígenas lo ponen en la agenda pública pues, es una problemática que afecta a toda latinoamérica y que atenta contra el derecho de libertad de expresión. 

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

The land question can be viewed as the single most pressing issue on the socio-political agenda in South Africa. Khoi and San communities are struggling to secure their right to land and access to the land’s natural resources. In this interview, Professor Geoff Blundell, curator of The Origins Centre and researcher at the Rock Art Research Institute at the University of KwaZulu Natal, highlights the challenges the Khoi and San communities face as a result of flawed land restitution and land redistribution policies. This program is produced by Valley FM, South Africa.

December 18th is International Migrants Day – in this radio program, we look at factors that cause the migration of Indigenous Peoples, and we also explore some of the impacts of migration.
We spoke to Job Morris, from the San Youth Network, who tell us about the impacts of urbanization on San communities in Botswana that have resulted because of migration. 
Produced by Shaldon Ferris (Khoisan, South Africa)
Interviewee Job Morris (Ncao Khwe (San), Botswana)
Image: Shaldon Ferris (left) and Job Morris(right) at Synet and Naro Language Project office in Botswana

The Universal Periodic Review was established to create a consistent commitment of each UN member state to meet its human rights duties through interactive dialogue. Joshua Cooper tells us about the review of the United States.
Produced by : Agnes Portalewska/Shaldon Ferris
Interviewee: Joshua Cooper
Music: "Burn your village to the ground", by A Tribe Called Red - used with permission.
"Whispers" by Ziibiwan, used with permission

Tanka bars are probably the most recognizable Native American food products in the U.S.. In this radio program, Dawn Sherman, CEO of Native American Natural Foods, takes us through the Tanka's history, past challenges, as well as present day aspirations.
Producer: Shaldon Ferris (Khoisan)
Interviewee: Dawn Sherman (Lakota, Shawnee, Delaware)
Music : "Saami Drum" by Tyler, used with permission
"Burn your village to the ground" by A Tribe called Red, used with permission.

October is pride month in South Africa. We spoke to Denver Toroga Breda, an Indigenous language activist from Cape Town, on being Indigenous and belonging to the LGBTQIA+ community. 
Producer: Shaldon Ferris
Interviewee: Denver Toroga Breda
Music: 'Kora and Hum' Johannes Davids, used with permission
'Burn your village to the ground' by A Tribe Called Red, used with permission

Según rtve indica que hasta la fecha existen más de 41,5 millones de casos y más de 1,1 millones de muertos en todo el mundo por Covid-19.

Esta crisis sanitaria afectado mayormente a los pueblos Indígenas. Los comunicadores comunitarios Indígenas han cumplido con un rol fundamental en cuanto a llevar información hasta sus comunidades en respuesta a la poca o nula información sobre prevención y cuidados por covid-19.

As the son of Pat Vegas - legendary founder of Native American, Billboard Top 100-charting band REDBONE - music has always been at the forefront of PJ’s life. PJ is proud to be one of the first Native American RnB singers to be recognized in the industry by MTV, having won the Video Music Award for “Best Video With a Message” in 2017, and since then, he has continued to make waves as an indigenous artist.

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.

El coronavirus es la pandemia que sigue causando enfermedades de las vías respiratorias, en algunos casos puede ser controlado pero en otros a causado hasta la muerte. El sitio web de rtve señala que actualmente existen más de 29,9 millones de casos y más de 942.000 muertos en todo el mundo.

El coronavirus es la pandemia que sigue causando enfermedades de las vías respiratorias, en algunos casos puede ser controlado pero en otros a causado hasta la muerte. El sitio web de rtve señala que actualmente existen más de 29,9 millones de casos y más de 942.000 muertos en todo el mundo.

For Indigenous Peoples, food security is necessary for health, and also to maintain a relationship with the earth and its resources.
What is also valuable for Indigenous Peoples is to consume culturally appropriate food. In this radio program, we speak to Dr. Dalee Sambo Dorough and Carolina Behe, as we find out more about food sovereignty and food security amongst Inuit and Peoples in the Arctic.
Producer: Shaldon Ferris (KhoiSan)
Interviewees: Carolina Behe and Dr. Dalee Sambo Dorough(Iñupiat)
Image: Berry picking. Photo by Chris Arend.
Music:

El coronavirus es la pandemia que sigue causando enfermedades de las vías respiratorias. En algunos casos puede ser controlado pero en otros a causado hasta la muerte. El sitio web de rtve señala que actualmente existen más de 29,9 millones de casos y más de 942.000 muertos en todo el mundo.

El coronavirus ha causado enfermedades que van desde el resfriado común hasta enfermedades más graves y en muchos casos ha causado hasta la muerte. El sitio web de rtve señala que actualmente existen más de 26,3 millones de casos y más de 869.000 muertos en todo el mundo.

El coronavirus ha causado enfermedades que van desde el resfriado común hasta enfermedades más graves y en muchos casos ha causado hasta la muerte. El sitio web de rtve señala que actualmente existen más de 26,3 millones de casos y más de 869.000 muertos en todo el mundo.

El coronavirus ha causado enfermedades que van desde el resfriado común hasta enfermedades más graves y en muchos casos ha causado hasta la muerte. El sitio web de rtve señala que actualmente existen más de 22,1 millones de casos y más de 781.000 muertos en todo el mundo.

En respuesta ante esta crisis sanitaria mundial, las comunidades, personas particulares y radios comunitarias han realizado producciones radiales con información sobre los prevención, síntomas, cuidados, alimentación y economía. Este programa fue preparado por Radio Solidaria en Costa Rica.

El coronavirus ha causado enfermedades que van desde el resfriado común hasta enfermedades más graves y en muchos casos ha causado hasta la muerte. El sitio web de rtve señala que actualmente existen más de 22,1 millones de casos y más de 781.000 muertos en todo el mundo.

Las radios comunitarias en el mundo tienen un rol fundamental en el tema de difusión de diversos temas locales, nacionales e internacionales que les incumbe.

En este programa puede escuchar a varios líderes Indígenas organizados abordando el tema de Covid-19 y como los pueblos Indígenas, sector campesino, sector rural han trabajado para generar propuestas de mitigación y prevención de este virus. Todos los detalles en este programa que puede escuchar, descargar y compartir de forma gratuita.

Producción:
Radio Kipa / Ecuador

Confeniae informa es un programa del Consejo de Gobierno de la Confeniae donde exponen información actualizada de la región amazónica con noticias locales, regionales y nacionales de la coyuntura organizativa, procesos sociales y políticos en Ecuador. En este programa podrá escuchar diversa información principalmente sobre Covid-19.

Imagen:
Comunicación Confeniae

Enlace:

La voz de la confeniae

Día Internacional de los pueblos Indígenas. El mandato de este día indica que: Se celebre cada año el Día Internacional de las Poblaciones Indígenas el 9 de agosto y alienta a los gobiernos a observar el Día en cada país.

Esta población se encuentra sin duda entre las poblaciones más vulnerables y perjudicadas del mundo. En la actualidad la situación de la población Indígena se ha visto mucho más desfavorecida debido a la crisis sanitaria por Covid 19.

Cultural Survivals Indigenous Rights Radio got in touch with Professor Michael Yellowbird via Skype in July 2020 after hearing about how indigenous peoples in Brazil and indeed other places in the world, are struggling to come to terms with the less obvious effects of COVID-19.
Producer: Shaldon Ferris
Interviewee: Professor Michael Yellowbird
Music: Lights in the Forrest by Yarina. Used with permission.
"Burn Your Village to the Ground" by A Tribe Called Red. Used with permission.

Because of colonisation, many Indigenous Peoples face issues of discovering who they are, in terms of identity. Sometimes, this is as a result of education or religion.
Sometimes we question our own indigeneity, and perhaps, in some cases, there are reasons for this.
Each of us has a different past, a different coming together of events, that has led to who we are, and where we come from.
Cultural Survivals Avexnim Cojti spoke to Cathy Fournier, from the University of Torronto, in Canada.

A falta de suficiente información sobre la situación de los pueblos Indígenas en Nicaragua en marco al Covid19; vía telefónica conversamos con la Líner Indígena Miskitu, y defensora de Derechos Humanos Lotty Cunningham. Ella es fundadora de la organización CEJUDHCAN, que promueve y protege los Derechos Humanos colectivos e individuales de los Pueblos Indígenas en la Costa Caribe Norte de Nicaragua.

Kera Sherwood-O’Regan (Māori) is from Te Waipounamu, the South Island of Aotearoa (New Zealand). She is the communications and engagement director at Activate Agency, a social impact creative agency that she co-runs with her partner. She works with nonprofits, community organizations, and activists, helping to center voices and stories of structurally oppressed Peoples for social change. Her work focuses on bridging Indigenous Peoples’ rights, the rights of people with disabilities, and climate change and health.

Entrevistamos al director de Radio Boruca y líder Indígena del pueblo Brunca en Costa Rica sobre la situación de su pueblo en tiempos de Covid19. Escuchemos qué ha significado para este pueblo la radio comunitaria y la denuncia de este pueblo ante la falta de una adecuada respuesta por parte de las autoridades costarricenses. Usamos un formato noticioso que te permitirá poder introducir esta entrevista en cualquier momento de tu barra programática. 

Productora: Teresita Orozco, Cultural Survival, Nicaragua

Entrevistado: Carlos Moralez, Radio Boruca, Costa Rica

In this program, Indigenous Rights Radio producer Shaldon Ferris (Khoisan, South Africa) speaks to Janene Yazzie (Navajo, USA), Sustainable Development Coordinator at International Indian Treaty Council, about the impacts of COVID-19  on the Navajo Nation.
Produced by Shaldon Ferris
Interviewee: Janene Yazzie
Music
"Burn Your Village to the Ground" by A Tribe Called Red. Used with permission.

Las mujeres Indígenas desde siempre se han caracterizado por ser conocedoras y sabias. Dentro de la cosmovisión de mujeres Indígenas han sido las encargadas de generar paz, bienestar y buen vivir a través de la buena palabras en los territorios.

Ellas comparten sus saberes a través de este programa producido por la Red Intercultural de Medios Comunitarios de los Pueblos Indígenas RIMCOPI de Colombia. Puede escuchar, descargar y compartir de forma gratuita.

El Coronavirus o Covid-19 a nivel mundial esta afectando la salud de los humanos. Los pueblos Indígenas ven la necesidad de estar informados sobre el tema en sus propios idiomas para proteger y prevenir el contagio de este virus.

Este es un programa producido por La Confederación de Nacionalidades Indígenas de la Amazonía Ecuatoriana (CONFENIAE) en atención a la presente crisis sanitaria por COVID-19. Acá podrá escuchará sobre algunas acciones implementadas desde los pueblos Indígenas. Puede escuchar, descargar y compartir de forma gratuita. 

Los pueblos Indígenas del mundo tienen distintas formas tradicionales de preparar sus alimentos. Alimentos con plantas, frutas o verduras 100% nativas.

Los alimentos van más allá de ser deliciosas o atractivas, tienen en ello historias y llevan salud a quienes lo consumen. En este programa puede escuchar sobre la alimentación de algunas comunidades Indígenas de Ecuador.  Escuche, descargue y comparta

Musica de introducción:
“Burn Your Village to the Ground” por A Tribe Called Red. Usado con permiso.

Jayd Smith from Eldos FM introduces this program, where presenter Diana Morat interviews operations manager for epidemic preparedness Dawn Kgaje.
This program is produced by Eldos FM, a community radio station in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Music
"Burn Your Village to the Ground" by A Tribe Called Red. Used with permission.
Saxaphone by Tyso
Production and editing: Jayd Smith
Voices: Jade Smith, Diana Morat
Image: Mixer at community radio station
Interviewee: Dawn Kgaje

Governments or states make use of geographical boundaries to demarcate territories. Political entities come to agreements on which area belongs to whom. In some cases, borders are agreed upon by two countries, and in other cases it may have been suggested by a third party like an international conference.  In many cases, borders are imposed on places, without taking into consideration the people who live in that area. In this program, we speak to Aslak Holmberg from the Saami Council in Finland, who tells us how borders have affected his life, as well as his environment.

"Levantando la voz por la paz y la seguridad en nuestros pueblos y continentes", bajo ese lema se reunieron representantes indígenas de toda Abya Yala en el Encuentro Continental de Mujeres Indígenas de las Américas. Nuestra compañera productora de Radio de Derechos Indígenas Rosario González estuvo allí y entrevistó a una de las participantes Librada Pocaterra de la Organización Indígena Wayuu de Venezuela.

Desde las radios comunitarias se producen y trasmiten los conocimientos ancestrales. En este programa podemos conocer sobre la Parteria que aún se sigue practicando en una de las comunidad Indígenas de Ecuador. !Escuche, descargué y comparta!

Imagen:
Capturado por Cultural Survival

Esta es una producción de Radio Cotacachi y distribuido por Cultural Survival. Este programa es gratuito para escuchar, descargar y compartir.

Radio continues to be the medium of choice for poor and marginalized communities.
Community radios are by the people, for the people and owned by the people. On world radio day, Indigenous Rights Radio celebrates the power of radio.
Producer: Shaldon Ferris
Image: Khwedam Radio Services receiving training
Music: Anania2 by The Baba Project, used with permission.
Indigenous Rights Radio Intro track features "Burn your Village to the Ground" by @a-tribe-called-red. Used with permission.

Desde siempre, para los pueblos Indígenas, los bosques, ríos y lugares sagrados existen como un medio de conexión con la madre tierra y con la vida. Por siglos, ésta ha brindado lo necesario para la sobrevivencia de la humanidad y es por ello que desde las cosmovisiones y miradas de pueblos indígenas es amada y defendida.

Injustamente en América Latina líderes y lideresas Indígenas sufrieron algún tipo de agresión por parte de empresarios petroleros, hidroeléctricos, mineros, madereros y agrícolas.

This interview is part of a multi radio project with three radio stations in South Africa. Jayd Smith interviews the Namibian organizers of the Nama Festival, and annual celebration that takes place in Keetmanshoop, South Africa.
The organizers of the festival were recently in South Africa, where a video of them singing in Khoekhoegowab has surfaced and was quite popular among the locals.

Jayd Smith from Eldos FM in Johannesburg interviewed Macci Eigus, Dawid Eigub en Dirk Eigub.

Shannon Foster is a Sydney D'harawal Knowledge Keeper, educator, and artist. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. with the Center for the Advancement of Indigenous Knowledges at the University of Technology in Sydney. Drawing on traditional knowledge, Indigenous leaders have advocated for changes to current land management practices for decades to help limit anticipated future fire damage. Aboriginal people have a deep knowledge of their lands, and traditional burning practices can help prevent massive destruction.

Las siglas del movimiento LGBTI han ido evolucionando a lo largo de los años para englobar en ellas a las personas con identidades de género u orientaciones sexuales diferentes a la heterosexual. Lamentablemente el odio, repudio y ataques hacia la comunidad LGBTI en los últimos años ha ido en considerable aumento, en algunos países se ha llegado al punto de asesinarlos ¿ser Indígena y pertenecer a la comunidad LGBTI es fácil?

Musicalización:

In South Africa, in November 2019, a small but significant victory has been achieved when a benefit sharing agreement was reached with the Indigenous People of South Africa. The Khoi and San people will now benefit from the multi-million rand Rooibos tea and Honeybush industries.
Only 2% of the farmers who grow the tea are from Indigenous communities. 
National KhoiSan Council chairman Cecil LeFleur talks to Indigenous Rights Radio.
Producer: Shaldon Ferris
Image: Tea
Music: Yarina, Lights in the Forrest, used with permission.

El Agua es un vital liquido que ha sido cuidado por pueblos indígenas desde hace miles de años, esto en base al conocimiento de que sin agua no hay vida de todas las especies.

Radio comunitaria Xyaab’ Tzuultaq’a de Guatemala ha abordado y analizado este tema con varios expertos en uno de sus programas, que han preparado para que usted pueda escuchar, descargar y compartir de forma gratuita.

Imagen:
Capturada por Cultural Survival

Realización:
Producciones Xyaab’ Tzuultaq’a

Cuando se habla de biodiversidad, nos estamos refiriendo a las especies vegetales y animales que viven en un espacio determinado. Los pueblos y comunidades Indígenas desde tiempos atrás, han tenido especial dedicación en el cuidado de esta, puesto que desde la Cosmovisión Indígena se rinde respeto a cada especie viva. 

Radio comunitaria Xyaab’ Tzuultaq’a de Guatemala ha preparado este programa y compartido con nosotros para que usted y su audiencia puedan escuchar, descargar y compartir de forma gratuita. 

World Toilet Day is a day that is commemorated annually on November 19th, to tackle the global sanitation crisis.
The aim of this particular commemoration is to deliver on Sustainable Goal 6, which promises clean water adequate sanitation for all, by the year 2030.
Indigenous peoples are among the most marginalized people in the world. In this program we will speak to indigenous folks, to find out about their water and sanitation situation.

Las radio comunitarias en Guatemala desde 1996 con la firma de los acuerdos de paz, han buscado que el gobierno cumpla en otorgar frecuencias radioeléctricas para que las comunidades puedan ejercer libre y soberanamente el derecho a la libertad de expresión.

Lamentablemente han pasado más de 15 años en el cual las radios comunitarias al servicio de la población solo han recibido desprestigio, persecución, allanamientos y encarcelamientos de sus lideres.

Hunger and obesity often co-exists in countries where a home cooked meal is far more difficult to attain than fast food, processed food and foods that are high in sugar. In line with the 2030 sustainable development Agenda, the theme for 2019's World Food Day is Healthy Diets for a Zero Hunger world.In this program, we will talk to Indigenous people, to see how they contribute to Sustainable Development goal  number two, which talks about  ending hunger and achieving food security and improved nutrition, and promoting sustainable agriculture.

Produced by:Shaldon Ferris 

Cultural Survival's Avexnim Cojti (Maya Ki'che) spoke to Janene Yazzie about the participation of Indigenous Peoples at the UN's Climate Action Summit.
Janene Yazzie (Navajo) is Development Program Coordinator for International Indian Treaty Council and the council’s representative as co-convenor of the Indigenous Peoples Major Group of the U.N. High-level Political Forum on the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.
Production: Shaldon Ferris (San, South Africa)
Image: Janine Yazzie

We are living in a time of crisis. Scientists, farmers, Indigenous Peoples and even the United Nations all agree that humanity’s impact on the world’s ecosystems and natural resources has brought us to a turning point. If there is no intervention, the planet faces the mass extinction of up to 1 million plant and animal species due to pollution, habitat loss, and climate change.

El 5 de septiembre se conmemora el Día Internacional de la Mujer Indígena, en honor a la guerrera aymara Bartolina Sisa, quien junto con su esposo “Túpac Katari” lideró parte importante de la rebelión aymara-quechua contra la explotación y abuso de los colonizadores españoles en el Alto Perú, que comenzó en 1780.

Every year on June 26th, The International Day in Support of Victims against Torture is held, in an effort to speak out against the act of torture.

In this program we interview Martinus Fredericks and ask him about the long term consequences of torture. Mr Fredericks is from Namibia, his family members in the early 1900's were victims of torture.

We interviewed him via Skype.

The 18th session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on the rights of Indigenous Peoples was held from April 22nd to May 3rd 2019. The theme for this year was Traditional Knowledge: Generation, Transmission and Protection.

We got a chance to speak via Skype to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Victoria Tauli Corpuz, on the meaning behind this particular theme and why it was chosen.

MUSIC
Lights in the Forest by Yarina.
Used with permission.

The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues is the UN’s central body dedicated to all matters relating to the rights of the approximately 370 million Indigenous Peoples around the World.
In 2019, The 18th session of the Forum in New York will highlight the year that has been declared the International Year of Indigenous Languages.
Cultural Survival's Avexnim Cojti spoke to Richard Grounds from the Yuchi Nation, who tells us how this commemoration came about.

Indigenous women represent one of the most vulnerable and marginalized populations in the world. For centuries, Indigenous Women have been subjected to relentless discrimination and different types of violence based on gender, indigeneity, and class. They are deprived from even basic human rights such as access to health services, education and employment. This Indigenous Rights Radio program depicts Indigenous Women and access to quality health services.

Producer : Dev Kumar Sunuwar and Bia'ni Madsa' Juárez López

Interviews:

La medicina tradicional que se origina desde los pueblos Indígenas ha cobrado poco a poco reconocimiento por parte de la medicina occidental, aunque en muy pocos casos se ha trabajado de manera conjunta y coordinada.

La práctica de Médico Tradicional está mayormente en manos de las mujeres Indígenas a través del estudio, los conocimientos y el uso de las plantas medicinales. Este es el caso de una abuela michoacána, quien nos comparte sabias palabras en este material, personificado y elaborado por Mayra Arriaga. 

Los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS), son resultado de un proceso de negociación que involucró a los 193 Estados Miembros de la ONU, y organizaciones de la sociedad civil. Cada uno de los objetivos es interdependiente y tiene una lista propia de metas a alcanzar para el año 2030.

La igualdad entre los géneros no es sólo un derecho humano fundamental, sino la base necesaria para conseguir un mundo pacífico, próspero y sostenible. El Objetivo número cinco de los ODS está enfocado a la igualdad de género, y en este especial te hablaremos de ello.

Recognizing community radio's role of keeping grassroots communities informed, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), proclaimed February 13th as World Radio Day. There is no doubt that radio is a powerful communication tool and a low cost medium suited not only to reach illiterate, remote communities and vulnerable groups, but also has a stronger and more specific role especially for delivering emergency and disaster relief communication.

En el año 2015, más de 150 jefes de estado y de gobierno se reunieron en la sede de las Naciones Unidas y aprobaron la Agenda 2030 sobre el desarrollo sostenible.  Esta agenda cuenta con 17 objetivos también conocidos como ODS.

It is world radio on February 13th, a day and according to the website diamundialradio.org, this is a day to celebrate radio as a medium, to improve international cooperation between broadcasters and to encourage major networks and community radio alike to promote access to information, freedom of expression and gender equality over the airwaves. We Interview the Programs Manager of X-K FM, a radio station set up specifically to broadcast in the !Xun and Khwe indigenous languages of Namibia/Angola/South Africa.

Los Pueblos Indígenas alrededor del mundo están preocupados por el tema de la alimentación. La Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura FAO, escritores, expertos en Banco de semillas y Pueblos Indígenas están realizando trabajo y manejan sus propias definiciones, todas ellas encaminadas para Asegurar la alimentación. 

The world will indeed be a poorer place without the languages and cultures of Indigenous Peoples.
So it is necessary to celebrate and promote Indigenous Languages, thereby improving the lives of the peoples who speak the languages.
Producer:  Shaldon Ferris (KhoiSan, South Africa)

Interview: Kaimana Barcase, Hawaii and Denver Breda, South Africa.

Music : Whispers by Ziibiwan, used with permission.

Picture:  A man plays a Khwe finger piano, West Caprivi Strip. Photo by Julie Taylor 2007, Courtesy of Cultural Survival

On the 1st of December, every year, the international community observes  a day that is dedicated to raising awareness  of the AIDS pandemic. 
As of November 2017, an estimated 36.7 million people worldwide are living with HIV, making it one of the most important global health issues.
This program looks at how HIV AIDS affects the International Indigenous community.

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Sami Drum by Tyler. Used with permission.
Introduction: "Burn Your Village to the Ground" by A Tribe Called Red. Used with permission.

Interviewees:

The Johannesburg Stock Exchange in South Africa was the scene of protest action put together by Khoi and San groups from South Africa. Echoes of the struggle song, “What have we done”, which is reminiscent of apartheid South Africa, could be heard in Maude Street Sandton, where the Stock Exchange is situated, the richest square mile in Africa.

Dev Kumar Sunuwar interviews Dr. Phrang Roy, Khasi indigenous and biodiversity activist, from Shillong,  North-East India, on food security among Indigenous Peoples.

IDENTIDAD CULTURAL es el conjunto de valores, tradiciones, símbolos, creencias y comportamientos que nos unen y nos hacen ser parte de un grupo.  La identidad equivocadamente puede llegar a ser  vista como un capricho o como una enfermedad. 

¿Cuál puede ser la mejor estrategia para enfrentar la discriminación y el racismo sobre nuestra identidad?

Musicalización
Warmigu de Yarina. Usado con permiso. 

Música de Introducción: “Burn Your Village to the Ground” por A Tribe Called Red. Usado con permiso.

Realización
Rosario Sul González

Esto es una producción de Radio de Derechos Indígenas. Nuestros programas son gratuitos para escuchar, descargar y difundir.

Migrant families from Central America and elsewhere have had to endure being separated. Foster homes and shelters has become the temporary home to many of the kids, some of them being toddlers. Bureaucratic errors could leave the government officials unaware that a child’s parent is in the U.S. What happens when the parents cannot speak English or Spanish?
Resources

Vicky Tauli-Corpuz, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, conducted an official visit to Guatemala, a country where 61 to 65% of population identify as Indigenous. Shaldon Ferris interviewed her about her visit.

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"Whispers" by Ziibiwan. Used with permission.
Indigenous Rights Radio Intro track features "Burn your Village to the Ground" by @a-tribe-called-red. Used with permission.

Indigenous Peoples from around the world represent a disproportionate number of refugees and internally displaced persons due to a number of reasons, including conflict. They are one of the main targets of violence, displacing them from their ancestral land and territories. Vulnerability to displacement as an intersectional issue is often overlooked, a situation that has further increased the vulnerability of these populations. This radio program recounts the experience of Nwe Oo, an Indigenous Rakhine refugee who is currently taking shelter in California, United States.

Indigenous communities are particularly vulnerable to the crime of human trafficking due to the systematic denial of health and wellness resources to which they are subjected. In this program, we focus on the Navajo Nation's response to increased rates of trafficking linked to mining/oil development, and the legal response the Navajo government has implemented to alleviate the harm caused by trafficking, which disproportionately affects Indigenous women and girls.

Este año autoridades y organizaciones Indígenas se dieron cita del 16 al 27 de abril en la sede de Naciones Unidas en New York, haciendo especial énfasis a “Los derechos colectivos de los pueblos indígenas a las tierras, territorios y recursos”.

Todos los 22 de abril desde el año 2009 Naciones Unidas conmemora a la «Madre Tierra», esta es una expresión común utilizada para referirse al planeta Tierra en diversos países y regiones, lo que demuestra la interdependencia existente entre los seres humanos, las demás especies vivas y el planeta que todos habitamos. Te presentamos este especial donde reflexionamos sobre la amenaza eminente que representa el cambio climático para la tierra que habitamos.

Recursos

En Panamá se están haciendo esfuerzos para  hacer valer los derechos Indígenas, te invitamos a conocer qué estás experiencias por medio del uso de los Instrumentos Nacionales e Internacionales.  Nuestro entrevistado destaca la importancia de plantear una estrategia de comunicación para que el gobierno nacional asuma la importancia sin olvidar el trabajo mancomunado y combinar cortes nacionales e internacionales.

Voces

Héctor Herrera Santoyo, abogado de la Asociación Interamericana para la Defensa del Ambiente AIDA

Quieres conocer cómo funciona la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos, acá te lo contamos. 

Voces

Gustavo Sambrano, investigador y experto en tema de pueblos Indígenas, Lima Perú

Musicalización

​-  ​Sik´inik , ​K'oxomal Winaqil. Utilizado con su autorización

​-  ​Nan Tat,  ​K´oxomal Winaqil. Utilizado con su autorización

​-  ​Canmandalla, Yarina. Utilizado con su autorización

-  Música de Introducción: “Burn Your Village to the Ground” por A Tribe Called Red. Usado con permiso.

Vicky Tauli-Corpuz, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, visited several states in Mexico to report on progress made in areas of Indigenous rights since her predecessor's trip to the country in 2003. Though the Mexican government has not fulfilled the majority of recommendations made by the former UNSR, Tauli-Corpuz notes the empowerment of autonomous municipalities since 2003 as an improvement over previous years.

The reduction in size of the Bears Ears National Monument by the Trump Administration runs contrary to the principles established in Article 26 of the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. We spoke to Braidan Weeks, the Communications Coordinator for Utah Diné Bikéyah, about the importance of Bears Ears, the unlawfulness of the actions taken by the Trump administration, and the advocacy currently underway to defend the monument led by the Tribes of the Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition.

Peter Buffett is a Co-President of the NoVo Foundation, which works to foster a transformation from a world of domination and exploitation to one of collaboration and partnership. As part of this work, NoVo supports work in Indigenous communities across North America, including community-led programs that center Indigenous girls and women. Suzanne Benally (Navajo and Santa Clara Tewa) is a leader in U.S. Indigenous rights advocacy, and serves as the Executive Director of Cultural Survival.

En este entrevista especial con Ada Villareal, Representante de la Red Centroamericana de Radios Comunitarias Indígenas de la que también Cultural Survival y nuestro programa de Radio de Derechos Indígenas es parte; te contamos la importancia que tienen la Radios Comunitarias en su función educadora, promotora y defensora de los recursos naturales para la garantía de la preservación y el buen vivir de las comunidades.

La celebración del Día de Muertos es una de las tradiciones más antiguas y representativas de México. Actualmente, muchas familias mantienen viva esta costumbre la cual varía su práctica a dependencia de cada estado.

Para hablar sobre esto, conversamos con un abuelo Zapoteco, de Valles Centrales de Oaxaca, México el señor Mateo Hipólito García, quien destaca que rendir culto a los muertos es una obligación y que además es parte del legado ancestral.
Locución: Teresita Orozco 
Tema musical:
SOTZ´IL_Ch´a´oj

A close relationship with local environments and ecosystems is more critical than ever in the face of a rapidly changing climate. This program features two perspectives from Indigenous communities that are practicing resiliency to global warming by adapting their traditional knowledge and science to put a changing climate into the context of their communities' history and lifeways.

INTERVIEWEES
Elizabeth Azzuz (Yurok), Cultural Fire Management Council
Jannie Staffansson (Saami), Arctic and Environment Unit of the Saami Council

What can Western science learn from Indigenous knowledge? We speak with Dr. Daniel Wildcat (Yuchi) and Tui Shortland (Maori) about the value of Indigenous longitudinal place-based knowledge that Indigenous People have gathered over millennia. We unpack what positive collaboration between Western science and Indigenous science can look like and why it is important.

Credits:

Background music:
"Atahualpa" and "Lights in the forest" by Yarina. Used with permission.

In Mbororo communities in Chad, Indigenous women are the most affected by climate change because they are the ones collecting food, water, and traditional medicines for their families. Changes to their environment have cause increased hardship on the Mbororo who are pastoralist cattle headers, as they are forced to move more frequently to cope with increasing drought conditions.

Lakes and forests in the Mt. Talinis area of the Phillipines are under threat from recent expansions of the energy industry. Apolinario Carino is working with the organization PENAGMANNAK, a federation of 17 Indigenous Peoples’ community groups, to pioneer community management strategies of reforestation designed to empower the Indigenous groups to shape the future of their lands. Apolinario hopes to share the knowledge that they have gained from these experiences in order to better combat climate change on a global scale.

Indigenous communities often hold invaluable knowledge about medicinal plants and healing practices rooted in the environment and resources of their traditional homelands. Anoop Pushkaran Krishnamma is working with the Kerala Kani Community Welfare Trust in partnership with Indigenous communities in India to record and preserve this knowledge, allowing for healing practices to be utilized by future generations.

George ‘Bic’ Manahira describes how his community established the
world's first community-run octopus, sea grass, and mangrove reserve in partnership with Blue Ventures, a UK-based NGO, in order to strengthen the traditional sea-resource-based livelihood of the coastal Indigenous communities in Madagascar. They hope to expand and improve on the model in collaboration with other Indigenous groups and leaders in the coming years.

In many Indigenous communities, dual justice systems operate in tandem: the European system, a colonial imposition characterized by hierarchical, punitive, written codicies, and the Indigenous system, which is often based in tradition and holistic in nature.

Human Rights Lawyer Michelle Cook (Dine') elaborates on the interactions between these two systems, and explains how communities can use the language of human rights to challenge the colonial legal system imposition in order to gain a seat at the table as independent nations with internationally recognized justice systems.

HIV advocate Marama Mullen (Ngatiawa Māori), Executive Director of INA, the Maori, Indigenous, and South Pacific HIV/AIDS Foundation, discusses the HIV/AIDS prevention and awareness network that her organization has fostered among Indigenous communities in the South Pacific.

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Song: "Atahualpa" by Yarina. Used with permission.
Introduction: "Burn Your Village to the Ground" by A Tribe Called Red. Used with permission.

Shaldon Ferris (KhoiSan) reflects with Dr. Wilton Littlechild, Grand Chief for Treaty Six First Nations, on the first 10 years of progress and setbacks in implementing the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

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"Kawär Tin Nene'y" by K'oxomal Winaqil

UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues 2017, 16th Session
Week 1

Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Kumar/Sunuwar) asks Joan Carling, longtime advocate for Indigenous rights and former expert member to the UNPFII, how she assesses the implementation of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) in Asia.

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"Remember Your Children," by Salidummay
Music from a seashell, recorded at the opening ceremony of the 16th UNPFII

Indigenous solidarity has coalesced into a powerful movement thanks to the activism and perseverance of Indigenous leaders from communities around the world. Indigenous leaders that are defending land, language, culture, and the environment face acute persecution, both from governments directly and from extrajudicial actors.

Te invitamos a descargar y compartir la entrevista con Alberto Márquez, Jefe de la Unidad de Radios de Pueblos Originarios de Bolivia, RPO´S, quien destaca  que por medio de las radios comunitarias "los indígenas nunca más deben ser invisibilidades en sus actividades, cultura, lógica, filosofía, en su lengua". 

En Cochabamba Bolivia, se realizó hoy la apertura de la  III Cumbre de Comunicación Indígena Aya Yala con más de mil participantes, entre ellos nuestra representante Avex Cojtí y la lideresa Indígena, comunicadora social, y cineasta, Rosa Jajla de Radio Copacabana a quien Cojtí aprovechó para entrevistarla.  Escuchemos parte de sus declaraciones.

onozcamos sobre Seguridad y Soberanía Alimentaria y lo que están haciendo las mujeres Indígenas para fortalecer este aspecto tan importante en la vida apoyadas por la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Agricultura y la Alimentación (FAO) y el Centro para la Autonomía y Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indígenas (CADPI) que intentan incentivar la participación de las mujeres y comunidades indígenas en la toma de decisiones y formulación de Políticas Públicas que incidan en su Seguridad Alimentaria.

We're here in New York City at the People's Climate March, marching alongside Indigenous communities from all over the world who have joined together to demand action towards solutions for climate change. Here are some words from Winona LaDuke, a long time leader of the Native environmental movement in the United States. 

This program is dedicated to Joan Carling, an activist from the Kankanaey people of the Philippines. She has served as an Expert Member on the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues during 2014 and 2016, and as the Secretary General of the Asia Indigenous Pact. In this interview, she explains the benefits of the participation of Indigenous Peoples in local and global decision-making, which would bring a diversity of perspective and solutions to pressing issues.

Producer: Avexnim Cojti

Dr. Dalee Sambo Dorough (Innuit, Alaska, USA) discusses her early engagement in the politics of Indigenous Peoples land rights, and shares her insight into why the defense of land merits extra international legal attention. She urges leaders to have optimism, and take “the long view” approach to making progress in the protection of Indigenous rights.

Producer: Avexnim Cojti

Wilma Calderón, Líder Indígena hondureña, del pueblo Misquito. Se ha involucrado a nivel Nacional e Internacional en el tema de derechos de las mujeres y defensa de la madre tierra. Ha enfrentado amenazas a sus hijas y a su propia vida

Avexnim Cotji brings us interviews from a preparatory meeting in Guatemala in April of 2016 for members of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. At the meeting, they discussed local media as a crucial element of cultural preservation and the protection of Indigenous community rights.

Producer: Avexnim Cojti

Kaimana Barcarse interviews Setareki Macanawai from Fiji. They discuss how the Disability Caucus hopes to extend its presence to regions and communities, in order to grow the network of Indigenous Peoples with disabilities. Recorded at the 2015 UNPFII. 

Kaimana Barcarse interviews Menase Ntutu from the Maasai nation about the concerns of Indigenous Peoples living with disabilities, and how communities can collaborate to support the work of the Disability Caucus. Recorded at the 2015 UNPFII. 

En Enero 2016 miembros de radios comunitarias Indígenas de centroamérica se juntaron en Gunayala, Panamá para formar el Primer Encuentro Centroamericano de Radios Comunitarias.

En Enero 2016 miembros de radios comunitarias Indígenas de centroamérica se juntaron en Guna-Yala, Panamá para formar el Primer Encuentro Centroamericano de Radios Comunitarias.

En Enero 2016 miembros de radios comunitarias Indígenas de centroamérica se juntaron en Guna-Yala, Panamá para formar el Primer Encuentro Centroamericano de Radios Comunitarias.

En Enero 2016 miembros de radios comunitarias Indígenas de Centroamérica se juntaron en Guna-Yala, Panamá para formar el Primer Encuentro Centroamericano de Radios Comunitarias.

Carlos Morales de Costa Rica habla de la necesidad de involucrar a las mujeres en la radio comunitaria, destacando que las mujeres tienen derecho a ocupar espacios dentro de las radios.
Nota que es la responsabilidad de los hombres instar que las compañeras tengan su lugar, para que sea realidad.

En enero 2016, representantes de radios comunitarias Indígenas de Centroamérica se reunieron en Gunayala, Panamá para ser partes del Primer Encuentro Centroamericano de Radios Comunitarias Indígenas. Aquí les presentamos el Comunicado de Prensa, en voz de Elsa Chiquito Rucal, directora de una radio comunitaria indígena en Guatemala y miembro del consejo Regional de la Red Centroamericana de Radios Comunitarias Indígenas, la cual resultado de este primer encuentro.

Entrevista con representante del Banco Mundial Luis Duchicela, grabado en el Foro Permanente para Cuestiones Indigenas 2014.

Victoria Sánchez, Indígena Muisca de Colombia nos habla sobre la lucha de su comunidad por el tema de las tierras, enfrentan muchos retos ya que esta comunidad geográficamente situado en el centro de Colombia y el gobierno distrital urbano han invadido los territorios de las comunidades, también menciona como el gobierno distrital y el nacional no les ampara ni le reconoce sus derechos de tierra pese a sus denuncias.

Francisco Calitzai, Presidente del Comité para la Eliminación de la Discriminación Racial de las Naciones Unidas. Calitzai reconoce la lucha y larga trayectoria de las mujeres Indígenas y la discriminación. Habla de la importancia del conocimiento y saber los derecho que nos pertenece. También exhorta a los jóvenes educarse e usar la tecnología para formar parte de la lucha para eliminar la discriminación y se cumplan nuestros derechos.

María Oberto Indígena del pueblo Wayuu en Venezuela habla de la importancia del dialogo intergeneracional como lo es la habilitación de jóvenes, en cuanto al conocimiento y la lucha del pasado y el presente.

El foro permanente para las cuestiones Indígenas de las Naciones Unida. Miriam Mazaquisa, Funcionaria del Secretariado del foro permanente nos habla sobre la función del foro y cambios significativos que tendrá lugar durante a partir del 2016, ella es Indígena Quichua del Ecuador.

En este segmento, la activista Thai Peli del pueblo Taino de Puerto Rico, quien es miembro de La Confederación Unida del Pueblo Taino y Organización para el Desarrollo Indo-Americano del Caribe nos habla sobre estas organizaciones y a la vez menciona la importancia de la educación y el conocimiento cuando se trata de la discriminación a los Indígenas al igual de lo crucial de los enlaces para conectarse y cruzar barreras.

Terra Madre means "Mother Earth" in Latin. The theme of the Indigenous Terra Madre conference was to celebrate the bio and cultural diversity that is the asset of Indigenous communities. The aim of this gathering is to share ideas, to come together, and be inspired or be warned, and to make people aware that our local food systems. It also seeks to build awareness that "the way we cooked in the past, and the wild plants around us are more important for our health than all the medicines we take.

Interviewees discusses the main challenges to food security for a rising global population. Dhrupad Choudhury of the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, argues that Indigenous farmers are doing important work to tackle challenges the world is facing today due to climate change. Indigenous farmers have the building blocks of stress tolerant crops, as well as sustainable agricultural practices because they are dependent only on the resources available to them.

Dr. Winona LaDuke describes her practices experimenting with various types of maize.