For the first time in recent history, Governor Charles Baker proclaimed November Native American Heritage Month in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
For the first time in recent history, Governor Charles Baker proclaimed November Native American Heritage Month in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
You can build the foundation of Cultural Survival and leave an important legacy for future generations. A gift from your estate, through a variety of estate planning vehicles such as wills, trusts, life insurance, and retirement assets, supports our mission while offering tax advantages to you and your family.
Thank you for your interest in supporting Cultural Survival! There are several ways to get involved. If you have interest in any of the volunteer options below, please email: mvitello@cs.org with “Volunteer” in the subject line.
Fecha de Cierre de Aplicación: Diciembre 15, 2017
Application Deadline: December 15, 2017
In conjunction with Cultural Survival, you are invited to a very special evening event Friday, November 10 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Santa Fe Community Foundation featuring Maori elder and activist Pauline Tangiora and special guests. Ms. Tangiora will hold a dialogue around how each of us can rise up in our own community and become empowered in our actions, including and especially our youth. Q & A will follow. This is a rare opportunity to host Grandmother Pauline in Santa Fe.
Cultural Survival welcomes Nati Garcia, Indigenous Youth Community Media Fellowship Coordinator, as the newest member to our staff. Nati is Maya Mam from Ixtahuacan, Guatemala. She was born in a refugee camp in Campeche, Mexico as her family fled Guatemala in the 1980’s due to the military genocide operation that targeted Indigenous communities. At the age of 3 years old, her family received refugee in Canada.
The following is an excerpt from two chapters of the newly published The Archipelago of Hope (2017) by Gleb Raygorodetsky, an enlightening global journey revealing how the inextricable links between Indigenous cultures and their territories are the foundation for climate change resilience around the world. The Indigenous traditional territories are islands of biocultural diversity in the ever-rising sea of development and urbanization.
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.