[WASHINGTON, D.C., AUGUST 2020] -- Brazil has blocked an Indigenous woman from addressing the Organization of American States Permanent Council during the O.A.S. Inter-American Week for Indigenous Peoples (August 5-12, 2020). We condemn this deplorable, dangerous act.
The International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples is observed on August 9 each year to promote and protect the rights of Indigenous Peoples around the world. The date commemorates the first United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations meeting in Geneva in 1982.
Cultural Survival reconoce y apoya a las radios comunitarias Indígenas que son el medio principal para informar, educar, motivar y organizar a las comunidades Indígenas en sus propios idiomas, con pertinencia cultural y con los conocimientos propios y saberes para prevenir y accionar ante la pandemia COVID-19. Las radios siguen cumpliendo con responsabilidad comunicacional a pesar de los riesgos que esto representa para los comunicadores y comunicadoras.
Cultural Survival recognizes and supports Indigenous community radio stations that inform and support their communities in their own languages with culturally relevant information to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Many community radio stations are continuing the responsibilities despite the risks that this pandemic represents for journalists and broadcasters. Indigenous community radio stations are often the only lifelines during emergencies and they have proven to be essential.
By Erica Belfi and Danielle DeLuca
Sinangoe is a small community formed by up to 200 A’l Cofan people, who live in the north of the Ecuadorian Amazon. In 2017, Asentamiento Ancentral Cofan de Sinangoe (The Ancestral Township of Cofan in Sinangoe) decided to form the Community Guards, a group dedicated to monitoring 50,000 hectares of their ancestral territory and identifying outsiders mining gold, deforesting, killing animals, and poisoning rivers.
After an incredible year of hard work and deep impact, I am excited to share with you Cultural Survival’s 2019 Annual Report!
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.
