Cultural Survival stands in solidarity with the citizens of Guatemala and requests that Iván Velásquez is not removed from the International Commission Against Impunity/Comisión Internacional contra la Impunidad en Guatemala (CICIG)
In 2015, Keepers of the Earth Fund awarded its first grants supporting community-led Free, Prior and Informed Consent and Self-Governance strategies, established three Shareholder Advocacy Leadership Training Centers, and funded a variety of Indigenous values-based community development projects.
In 2016, Keepers of the Earth Fund awarded 33 grants totaling $229,150. Three of these grants were awarded for the continued operations of three established Shareholder Advocacy Leadership Training (SALT) Centers, an initiative begun in 2015, in three regions of the world. The centers represent the Fund's first multi-year awards. They operate in Canada, Mexico and Guatemala.
By John McPhaul
In October 2016, a number of Costa Rican Indigenous representatives attended a meeting in the regional hub of Buenos Aires in southern Costa Rica. Called by the government’s Ministry of the Presidency as part of a consultation process, the meeting was an opportunity for Indigenous Peoples to voice their opposition to a giant dam proposed on the Diquis Reservoir that would inundate part of their land.
August 9, 2017
On International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, WACC and Cultural Survival are highlighting the importance of communication in helping to promote and advance the rights of indigenous people around the world.
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.