January 29 is National Seed Swap Day and to celebrate this official reminder that Spring is just around the corner, Cultural Survival would like to highlight the recent successes of two of our Keepers of the Earth Fund grant partners. The Keepers of the Earth Fund (KOEF) is an Indigenous Led Fund designed to support Indigenous Peoples’ community advocacy and development projects.
Indigenous rights are the solution to climate change!
November 1 is the start of Native American Heritage Month and it is an excellent time to celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ brilliance, resilience, and cultural and language diversity!
[Warning. This article mentions sexual violence]
By Monica Coc Magnusson (Q'eqchi Maya, CS Staff)
Por Jess Cherofsky (equipo CS) y Bia’ni Madsa’ Juárez López (Ayuuk ja’ay y Binnizá, equipo CS)
"Queremos, desde nuestros territorios, mejorar la vida y mantener el equilibrio ecológico protegiendo a las comunidades indígenas recreando el compromiso de todos por la madre tierra y la vida del planeta." - Propuesta del Sub Consejo Tsimane’ del Sector Yacuma (Pueblo Tsimane', Bolivia)
By Bia’ni Madsa’ Juárez López (Ayuuk ja’ay and Binnizá, CS Staff) and Jess Cherofsky (CS Staff)
By Sabantho Aderi Corrie-Edghill (Lokono-Arawak)
As a young Indigenous woman of Guyanese Lokono-Arawak Tribal origin and heritage, born and raised in Barbados, I feel responsible for amplifying the voices of my brothers and sisters who disproportionately face climate issues head on in the region.
Land Acknowledgement
We acknowledge that we are headquartered on Massachusett land, in Cambridge, MA, and we thank the past, current, and future Indigenous stewards of this territory.
