Dear CS Community,

As we all deal with the impacts of COVID-19, I want to take a moment to recognize the incredible work our on-the-ground grant partners are doing to continue to revitalize their Indigenous languages and cultures. 
 

Cambridge, MA – October 22, 2020.   
Cultural Survival, an international nonprofit, which advocates for Indigenous Peoples' rights, is participating in a nationwide, nonpartisan effort to increase voter engagement for the upcoming 2020 election in the United States. 

In English

Por Sasil Sánchez Chan

En estos días de pandemia, en los que el COVID-19 hizo evidente las múltiples debilidades que las organizaciones políticas denominadas Estado/Nación traen consigo, sobresalió uno de los temas que desde siempre ha generado debate, no sólo entre instancias oficiales, sino también entre los principales ejecutores y receptores: la educación formal.

En español

By Ariel Iannone Román

It has been a full year since I joined Cultural Survival and just five months into my journey, the COVID-19 pandemic hit and affected our lives in more ways than one. 2020 has caused unprecedented health, political and economic crises across the globe and this pandemic has deeply affected many Indigenous communities, causing an immediate threat to our well-being and survival. Cultural Survival, without missing a beat pivoted to supporting our partner communities and their responses to the virus. 

On Saturday, October 12th, Chali'Naru Dones of the United Confederation of Taino People, stands atop the plinth where the decapitated statue of Christopher Columbus once stood, on the Boston waterfront. The crowd responded, "City by city, town by town, Christopher Columbus must come down!" photo: Claire Gosselin / Mass Peace Action.
 

By David Detmold
 

The NDN Collective is an Indigenous-led organization that is leading the #LANDBACK Campaign to build a “movement for collective liberation,” which will officially launched on Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2020 (Monday, October 12^th ).

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 Wakinyan LaPointe