Members of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, Yekuhsiyo Rosa Francour, Stara Cornelius, Daisee Francour at the 2018 Indigenous Peoples March in Washington D.C..
By Laura Navitsky and Ariel Iannone Román
From the dairy farms in New York to the vast fields of the Central Valley of California, Indigenous migrant farmworkers are among the most overworked, underpaid, vulnerable, and disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Indigenous essential workers put food on the table every day for us, our children, and our elders, but in return face poor working conditions due to discrimination and harassment, all of which has been exacerbated by the pandemic and the wildfires on the West Coast.
It's time to recognize that celebrating the life of Christopher Columbus is the same as celebrating the erasure of Indigenous existence. There has been much movement around the country to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples' Day but more work remains to be done. We are excited to share some local and national events celebrating Indigenous Peoples and Indigenous Peoples Day.
By Marianna Sanborn
In mid-September, an account of the deplorable conditions of immigrant detainee camps in Georgia was made public, bringing to light the alleged continued use of sterilization on immigrant women.
By Wakinyan LaPointe
Today, hair is one of our greatest sources of healing, but also, one of our greatest struggles. Remembering a time when the United States forced Indigenous Peoples and youth to cut their hair during the boarding school era, and the legacy of resiliency and healing we now find ourselves in.
By Ariel Iannone Román
By Ariel Iannone Román
By Phillippa Pitts
By Somaya Jimenez
On July 3, 2020, Indigenous land and treaty defenders held protests on the Black Hills near Mount Rushmore in response to a Trump rally hosted on the sacred Indigenous land without obtaining free, prior and informed consent of local Indigenous people.
Cultural Survival joins Indian Country in celebrating the long-overdue retirement of the racist team name and mascot as the Washington football team’s identity and branding. We are encouraged by progress being made on the national front and hope that other national sports teams such as the Atlanta Braves, Kansas City Chiefs, and Cleveland Indians take immediate steps in the same direction.
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.