By Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Koĩts-Sunuwar, CS Staff)
By Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Koĩts-Sunuwar, CS Staff)
The Keepers of the Earth Fund (KOEF) is proud to announce our 2025 partnerships with Indigenous communities. At Cultural Survival, we value cultivating long-term relationships with our partners.
By Ellen Moore, Reposted from Earthworks
On Obi Island in Indonesia, residents in Kawasi Village, the ancestral land of the Tobelo Galela Indigenous Peoples, are calling for action from Harita Nickel. The company operates a large nickel mining and processing operation on the island near the village.
“Our parents died with the dream of living in freedom, of living a peaceful and dignified life. It has not happened yet, but we will not give up. Rather, we will stand strong, steadfast until the end. Let our voice echo and be heard in Bolivia and throughout the world: we will not give up.” Wayna Tambo
The Keepers of the Earth Fund (KOEF) is proud to announce our 2025 partnerships with Indigenous communities. At Cultural Survival, we value cultivating long-term relationships with our partners.
David Favreau, Logistics and Operations Assistant, formerly worked at Cultural Survival as the Bazaar Program Manager for 11 years. After coordinating 99 Cultural Survival Bazaars, recruiting thousands of new members, and raising millions of dollars for Indigenous artists, in 2015, Dave moved to France with his wife to pursue a career in professional hockey. David studied Cultural Anthropology, Sociology, Communications, and Creative Writing at Framingham State University and played NCAA hockey for Framingham State. He also enjoys songwriting and creating music with a variety of instruments. Reach Dave at david.favreau@culturalsurvival.org.
The Keepers of the Earth Fund (KOEF) is proud to announce our 2025 partnerships with Indigenous communities. At Cultural Survival, we value cultivating long-term relationships with our partners.
Today is International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples (August 9). Every day, we honor the sovereignty, richness, and beauty of Indigenous Peoples, languages, and lifeways.
By Koohan Paik-Mander
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.