By Carmem Cazaubon (CS Intern)
By Carmem Cazaubon (CS Intern)
Por: Rolando Gutierrez Hernández, Director de las Radios Comunitarias del COPINH y Tania Carolina Hernández, Equipo Técnico COPINH.
El Consejo Cívico de Organizaciones Populares e Indígenas de Honduras “COPINH”, es una organización de base comunitaria conformada por el pueblo indígena Lenca, con presencia en 5 departamentos de Honduras. A lo largo de nuestra trayectoria como COPINH, hemos establecido pilares de lucha contra el capitalismo, patriarcado y el racismo.
The 2025-2026 MA Indigenous Legislative Agenda includes 5 priorities, please urge your state legislators to co-sponsor these 5 important bills today by signing this letter!
We at Cultural Survival are disheartened and dismayed that a North Dakota jury has found Greenpeace liable for defamation, ordering the non-profit organization to pay at least $660 million in damages to Texas-based oil company Energy Transfer.
By Edson Krenak (Krenak, CS Staff)
Government and industry will do whatever it takes to push through mining projects, but Indigenous opposition is strong in the heart of the Andes
By Brandi Morin (Cree/Iroquois), Photos by Ian Willms
By Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Koĩts-Sunuwar, CS Staff)
In Tanzania, the Maasai, one of Africa’s most iconic Indigenous Peoples, are relentlessly struggling to protect their ancestral lands, cultural heritage, and way of life. Despite facing challenges such as forced evictions, environmental degradation, and systemic marginalization—often justified under the guise of conservation and tourism development—there is still hope for dialogue and constructive solutions.
Canada has finalized negotiations on a free trade deal with Ecuador, but claimed human rights protections ring hollow in light of alleged state repression.
By Brandi Morin (Cree/Iroquois), Photos by Ian Willms
Come learn about international human rights mechanisms, including the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) and how they can aid in your advocacy efforts and put pressure on the U.S. government, both locally and nationally, to respect Indigenous Peoples’ rights.
We invite Tribal members and community advocates in preparation for the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Third Universal Periodic Review of the United States in November 2025.
Thursday, March 13, 2025, 6:00 pm
By Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Koĩts-Sunuwar, CS Staff)
By Esénia Bañuelos (CS Intern)
When prompted to consider outstanding individuals to honor for International Mother Language Day, I immediately thought of my first example of Indigenous-led language education: my own professor, Felipe H. Lopez, from whom I learned in his conversational San Lucas Quiaviní language course at Haverford College.
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.