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Cultural Survival joins PAYXAIL YAJAWKONOB' CHUJ, AKATEKO, Q'ANJOB'AL, POPTI' (the traditional government of the Chuj, Akateko, Q’anjob’al, and Popti’ Nations) as well as the International Maya League and E

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Read more about Invitación a Elevando Voces 5: Caminos de Ciencia a Acción

El 5to Taller anual de Elevando Voces: Ciencia Colaborativa con Sabiduría Indígena para soluciones Climáticas, será realizado en el Centro Nacional de Investigación Atmosférica en Boulder, Colorado, del 13-15 de Abril, 2017. El taller será convocado en alianza con Cultural Survival (Sobrevivencia Cultural) y el Consejo Internacional del Tratados Indios.

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Read more about Cape Minstrel Festival: A Cultural Explosion in Cape Town

The Southernmost part of Africa comes alive every year on the 2nd of January, and 2017 was certainly no exception.The Cape Minstrel Festival is an annual celebration that takes place in the mother city of South Africa, Cape Town.

Read more about On the Border of India and China, the Adi Face a Confluence of Issues

“It is never about resolving differences and working together. Never! It is always about India and China,” mourns an elder from Siskin village as he crosses a bridge close to the border of India and China. The Adi community collectively weaves these bamboo bridges every year across the pristine Siang River.

Read more about Costa Rica’s Supreme Court Stops Hydroelectric Project for Failing to Consult Indigenous Peoples

On November 1, 2016, the Constitutional Chamber of Costa Rica’s Supreme Court provided some good news to a Terraba (Teribe) Indigenous territory when it stopped the state-run Costa Rica Electricity Institute (ICE by its Spanish acronym) from going forward with the Diquis hydroelectric project for failing to consult Indigenous communities who would see part of their lands flooded.

Read more about No callarán nuestras voces: Indígenas triunfan en las elecciones generales de Nicaragua – Posicionamiento de Brooklyn Rivera

Introducción por Laura Hobson Herlihy y traducción de la introducción por Sasha Marley

A finales del 2016, un partido político minoritario de denominación indígena, YATAMA, por sus siglas en la lengua miskitu (Yapti Tasba Masraka Nanih Aslatakanka/Hijos de la Madre Tierra), logró un triunfo importante en las elecciones generales de Nicaragua, confrontando de forma eficaz al estado totalitario del régimen sandinista.

Read more about We will not be silenced: Indigenous Peoples Triumph in Nicaraguan Elections-- A Statement by Brooklyn Rivera

At the end of 2016, a small Indigenous political party, Yatama (Yapta Tasbi Masraka Nanih Aslatakanka/Sons of Mother Earth), achieved a victory in the Nicaraguan general elections and effectively confronted the dictatorial Sandinista state.

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