Por Allen Perez

Con el fin de expresar e implementar acciones reales sobre las necesidades de los Pueblos Indígenas en el mundo, cada 9 de agosto se conmemora el Día Internacional de los Pueblos Indígenas. La temática de 2019 está dedicada a las Lenguas Indígenas, coincidiendo con la proclamación de éste como el Año Internacional de las Lenguas Indígenas.  En marco a esta conmemoración iniciamos este boletín radiofónico compartiendo  palabras de Dev Kumar Sunuwar, Indígena Sunuwar en Nepal, y miembro del equipo de  Cultural Survival: 

En español. 

By Katherine Hamilton

Nestled amongst the beauty of Boston’s historic coastline lies an intensifying disagreement over Long Island, one of the 34 islands comprising Boston Harbor Islands National and State Park, part of the U.S. National Register of Historic Places, and, less well known, the site of a former concentration camp and Native burial ground.

Protests near the sacred summit of Mauna Kea in Hawai’i are increasing in urgency as Native Hawaiians fight to prevent the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT). Mauna Kea is the tallest mountain in the Pacific and has traditionally been the site of religious ceremonies for Native Hawaiians, or Kanaka Maoli. The telescope has been scheduled for construction for over a decade, and has been the subject of legal contestation as Free, Prior and Informed Consent has not been given by Native Hawaiians.