By Victor Maquin

Communication is a human right and is a fundamental element for the exchange of knowledge and information, in the pursuit of sustainable development of the people of Abya Yala. Knowledge makes us free and ignorance makes us slaves by denying our freedom of expression and the free exchange of thought, promulgated in international law. These ideas were promoted during the International Summit of Indigenous Communication, which was held on October 10-12 in Cusco, Peru, within the framework of the UN International Year of Indigenous Languages.

Por Victor Maquín

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Contact: Jess Cherofsky // 617.441.5400 x 15 // jess@cs.org

Cultural Survival Bazaar Welcomes Artists Working to Maintain Their Traditions

Association for the Survival of the Cultural Heritage of the Nyindu Indigenous Peoples (ASPHAN), Democratic Republic of Congo 

The Batwa Nyindu of the Mwenga territory in South Kivu fear that dominant languages are steadily phasing out the Kinyindu language, and with it the Nyindu identity.

Por Sócrates Vásquez García

“Desde la Patagonia hasta Alaska, los comunicadores Indígenas nos hemos autoconvocado como comunicadores Indígenas para decirle al mundo que estamos aquí en, existimos como pueblos.”

By Sócrates Vásquez García

"From Patagonia to Alaska, Indigenous communicators have called ourselves as Indigenous communicators to tell the world that we are here, we exist as Peoples."

By Dev Kumar Sunuwar
 

The first ever Ainu Indigenous food festival, Indigenous Terra Madre Asia and Pan Pacific, was held October 11-14, 2019, in Ainu Moshir, the land of the Ainu Peoples in Hokkaido, Japan. Hosted by the Ainu Women’s Association, Menoko Mosmos, in collaboration with Slow Food Nippon, Slow Food and the Indigenous Terra Madre Network, the event was held to commemorate World Food Day. The first Indigenous Terra Madre was held in Jokkmokk, Sweden, the land of the Sami Peoples in 2011, then was followed by an event in Shillong, India, in 2015.

Varias organizaciones en Guatemala han rechazado  las políticas antidemocráticas  del presidente Jimmy Morales, a raíz de en lugar de luego de los allanamientos del Ministerio Público hacia la emisora comunitaria Xyaab’ Tzuultaq’a del  Estor, en el departamento de Izabal el 26 de septiembre del año en curso.

By Phoebe Farris

TEN AT SEVEN, established in 2019, is a curatorial project that consists of an exhibition, publications, and social gatherings in the New York City home of Susan J. Weiler. In this private intimate setting, artists, scholars, and invited guests engage in discussions about the intersections of social justice activism and the arts.

Sembrando Vida y Paz Foundation (Funsevipaz)-- Kamëntša Nation, (Colombia)

¡Los compañeros ya  estaban entusiasmados durante las prácticas, se notaba que ellos ya estaban al aire (…)! manifestó Elena Brito, representante legal de la Asociación Q’imb’al, quien participó en el taller de locución y formatos radiofónicos que se realizó el 17 y 18 de septiembre de este año, en las instalaciones de la Asociación, en Nebaj, Quiché, Guatemala.

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