Sergio Rojo lives in a small town called Santa Maria de Jesús, on the slope of the long dormant Volcán de Agua just outside of Antigua, Guatemala.
Sergio Rojo lives in a small town called Santa Maria de Jesús, on the slope of the long dormant Volcán de Agua just outside of Antigua, Guatemala.
Promoting Indigenous Language Rights in Practice Wednesday, June 22
Language Rights Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill
Join Cultural Survival and the Library of Congress in celebrating innovative tribal language programs, and the Native American language heroes revitalizing America’s ancient linguistic heritage. Celebrate their efforts, learn about the challenges they face, and share in their successes. Library curatorial staff will point to resources within the institution's vast collections, with a focus on manuscripts, photos, and other archival material that tribal language programs can incorporate into local
Felix Cabrera founded Radio Mujb'ab'l yol in his home town of Concepción Chiquirichapa, Quetzaltenango, in early 2000. During the armed conflict in Guatemala, Felix had fought alongside many other rural Indigenous farmers for agrarian reform. When the Peace Accords were signed in 1996, Felix put down his arms and took up a microphone.
Join Cultural Survival, filmmaker Anne Makepeace and the Wôpanâak Language Reclamation Project for the Independent Film Festival Boston's screening of WE STILL LIVE HERE: Âs Nutayuneân. Discussion to follow.
Saturday, April 30
2:15 p.m.
Brattle Theater, 40 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
(Subway: Harvard Square, Red line)
Visit the Independent Film Festival website to purchase tickets ($10.00).
Next door to the community radio station La Doble Via in San Mateo, Quetzaltenango, Francisco Garcia and his family are busy planting potatoes on a Sunday afternoon.
We Still Live Here: Âs Nutayuneân, the story of the Wôpanâak Language Reclamation Project’s journey to bring their language home again, will inspire audiences this month at the Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival and the Environmental Film Festival in our Nation’s Capitol.
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.
