By Edson Krenak Naknanuk

Cultural Survival recieved the news today that in an unexpected and beautiful gesture, Barenaked Ladies announced on Twitter that they would share proceeds from their single 'Gotta Be Patient' with Cultural Survival. 'Gotta Be Patient' is a collaboration between Grammy award-winning singer Michael Bublé, Barenaked Ladies, and Warner-Latino Mexican artist Sofia Reyes.

On March 12-13, 2020, in La Esperanza, Intibucá, Honduras, 11 Lenca women from radio stations in 7 different communities gathered for two-day workshops on community radio communication with a focus on gender equity organized by Cultural Survival, the Red de Desarrollo Sostenible Honduras (RDS), the Association of Community Media of Honduras (AMCH), and the Central American Network of Indigenous Community Radio Stations.

By Alexandra Carraher-Kang

The Eastern Woodlands Rematriation Collective sustains “the spiritual foundation of traditional livelihoods through sustainable food and agroecological systems” in the New England area. The Collective’s projects are rooted in the reclamation of traditional food, wild medicines, and ecological knowledge through exchange, mutual aid, and apprenticeship within Tribal territories of the northeast. These projects focus on local infrastructure needs of their various food cultivation spaces with the goal of building capacity through trust and care to others.

By Bia'ni Madsa 'Juárez López
 

By Dev Kumar Sunuwar

When Victoria Tauli-Corpuz was appointed to the mandate of UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in May 2014, she perhaps thought that it would be smooth going,  reporting on the situation of the world’s Indigenous Peoples and then drawing relevant conclusions. But after a six-year appointment as special rapporteur, according to her, the mandate is “an uphill battle.” 
 

Por Bia'ni Madsa' Juárez López

Tlaola es una pequeña comunidad Nahua del estado de Puebla en México, que se posicionó a nivel internacional gracias a un grupo de mujeres de esta comunidad que aceptaron el reto de recibir el evento internacional “Terra Madre Indígena de América”, que por primera vez se realiza en este continente. El rol de las mujeres y los jóvenes Indígenas en la protección de los sistemas alimentarios tradicionales fue el eje central del encuentro.
 

Since 1970, every year on April 22, people across the globe join together to celebrate Mother Earth. In 2009, the UN General Assembly proclaimed April 22 as  International Mother Earth Day . For many Indigenous Peoples, we celebrate this gratitude every day. "As our bodies originated of her, we properly regard her as our Earth Mother. Her life is our life.