Mrs. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, President
Republic of the Philippines
Malacanang Palace
JP Laurel Street, San Miguel
Manila 1005 PHILIPPINES
Fax: +63 2 736 1010
E-mail: corres@op.gov.ph
Atty. Eugenio A. Insigne, Chairman
National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP)
2nd Floor N. dela Merced Building,
Cor. West and Quezon Avenues,
Quezon City, Metro Manila, PHILIPPINES
Indigenous Peoples of the Philippines say:
“Help us Protect our Lands, Homes, and Rivers”
Map by Julien KatchinoffAmong remote Indigenous communities in the modern world, Didipio is a success story, both for what the people have made of their land and community and for the
There is still a chance to stop the Didipio mine before operations begin and the worst environmental effects are felt. Before mine waste can flood their valley, the Didipio Earth Savers Association wants to generate a flood of international letters to convince the government to recognize their rights and stop the mine.
As Malaysia commemorates its 46th anniversary, 15 indigenous Sarawakians were detained and later released by Kuching police on September 16th, 2009 for trying to send a memorandum of protest to the Sarawak Chief Minister. Among those arrested were Mark Bujang (BRIMAS), Raymond Abin (BRIMAS) and Hellan Empaing (WADESA), all leaders of the Jaringan Orang Asal SeMalaysia (Indigenous Peoples Network of Malaysia) as well as representatives from the Kayan, Kenyah and Penan communities of Sarawak.
For the past few months Cultural Survival has been in merger discussions with a Colorado-based international nonprofit organization called Global Response. We are very pleased to announce that this month Global Response becomes a new program of Cultural Survival.
We just received word that our petition with the Ngobe people of Panama has passed another hurdle at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. The Ngobe are fighting a dam being built on their land by a partnership between the government of Panama and a subsidiary of the American energy giant AES.
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.
