By David Courchene
It is said in the lodges of our people that we have reached a tipping point. Earth changes are already in effect, and serious changes must take place if we are to create a sustainable world.
There is nothing more important at this time than to address climate change.
Today, much of our planning should consider preparing for these changes that are inevitable. That is our first challenge.
Then, laying down a foundation for the future in becoming better stewards of the land.
By Dev Kumar Sunuwar
Indigenous media is technology used for the exchange of information among people, communication that may take place within family members, communities, and in the marketplace. In this article, Indigenous media does not refer to Indigenous oral or folk media, but encompasses those media or forms of media where expression is created, owned, controlled, and managed by Indigenous Peoples to produce and exchange culturally appropriate information in the languages that they speak and understand.
Media and Indigenous Peoples
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In September 2019, the UN Environment Programme will honour Champions of the Earth, outstanding environmental leaders from the public and private sectors, and from civil society who have had a transformative positive impact on the environment.
El 13 de septiembre del año 2017, hoy hace 12 años, en Nueva York, fue adoptada la Declaración de las Naciones Unidas Sobre los Derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas. Esta declaración tiene como predecesoras a la Convención 169 de la OIT y la Convención 107.
Desde el 4 de septiembre, 22 municipios en el nororiente de Guatemala han sido militarizados por el presidente de derecha Jimmy Morales después de declarar Estado de Sitio en la región mayoritariamente Indígena del país por un período de 30 días. Un Estado de Sitio suspende los derechos civiles, incluida la libertad de acción, la libertad de movimiento, el derecho de reunión y manifestación, portar armas, y apoya las detenciones legales y los interrogatorios de detenidos y presos, poniendo en riesgo la libertad, la seguridad, la vida y la paz del habitantes de las zonas afectadas.
Since September 4, 2019, 22 municipalities in Eastern Guatemala have been militarized by right-wing president Jimmy Morales after declaring a “state of siege” or martial law in the largely Indigenous region of the country, for a minimum period of 30 days. A state of siege suspends civil rights including freedom of action, freedom of movement, right to assembly and demonstration, carrying of arms, and supports legal detentions and interrogations of detainees and prisoners, putting at risk the freedom, security, life and peace of the inhabitants of the affected areas.
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Estimada comunidad de Cultural Survival:
En nombre de la Junta Directiva, me complace anunciar que Galina Angarova se unirá a Cultural Survival como nuestra nueva Directora Ejecutiva, con sede en el Área de la Bahía de San Francisco.
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.
