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Read more about Canada: Drilling Permits Issued on Tsilhqot'in Lands as Wildfires Rage

As wildfires are raging across four out of six Tsilhqot’in First Nation communities in Canada, the British Colombia provincial government has quietly authorized drilling permits to Taseko Mines Ltd, mining company who has made multiple failed attempts to launch a gold and copper mine on Tsilhqot’in territory.

Read more about What do the Sustainable Development Goals Mean for Indigenous Peoples?

This week marks the 2017 High Level Political Forum at the United Nations in New York, discussing the first year of implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The goals are part of an agenda looking towards eradication of poverty other indicators of well being for people and the planet by the year 2030, as an extension to the earlier Millennium Development Goals which concluded in 2015. The High-Level Political Forum is the central platform for follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals, and provides for the full and effective participation of all States Members of the United Nations and States members of specialized agencies.

Read more about The Full Participation of Belize's Indigenous People is Crucial to Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals

The government of Belize submitted a Voluntary National Report on the country’s progress towards realizing the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, to be presented at this week’s High Level Political Forum at the United Nations in New York along with 44 other countries.

Read more about Winds of Fire: Community Radio Jënpoj Spreads Words of Dignity in Mexico

adio Jënpoj (“winds of fire”) of Tlahuitoltepec, Mexico emerges from a space of reflection on communal life, as well as from the power dynamics and relationships with external institutions.

Read more about Honduras: European Development Banks Finalize Exit from Agua Zarca; Caceres' Daughter Attacked

On July 6, 2017, two of the banks financing the Agua Zarca hydroelectric dam construction in Honduras pulled their funding for the project. The European development banks, namely The Netherlands Development Finance Institution and the Finnish Fund for Industrial Cooperation, had been conducting an international and regional study for many months in order to determine whether or not to withdraw their support. On July 6th, they finalized their decision to cease support, and ultimately concluded that local officials and peoples of Honduras should be the ones to decide how the project continues. The banks said they halted their involvement in the the controversial dam in response to the attacks against local activists opposing its construction, including the murder of Berta Cáceres.

Read more about Indigenous Leadership for Indigenous Solutions

Indigenous leaders are bringing awareness to and fighting societal inj

Read more about Malian drummer Sidy Maiga to perform at Cultural Survival Bazaar in Tiverton

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Contact: Jess Cherofsky, 617-441-5400 x 15, jess@cs.org

Malian drummer Sidy Maiga to perform at Cultural Survival Bazaar in Tiverton
Craft fair features global Indigenous art and cultural exchange

(Listen to their music here!)

Read more about International Jewelers Convene at Craft Festival in Plymouth

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617 . 441 . 5400 x 15 //
jess@cs.org

International Jewelers Convene at Craft Festival in Plymouth
Cultural Survival Bazaar cultivates community and cultural exchange

Read more about World Indigenous Games Come to Canada in July

On July 1-9, 2017, Indigenous athletes from all over the world will meet in Edmonton, Canada for the 2nd World Indigenous Games, co-hosted by the Enoch Cree Nation, the University of Alberta and the City of Edmonton.

Declaracion de las Naciones Unidas sobre los Derechos de Los Pueblos Indigenas, en Kaqchikel

Read more about Declaracion de las Naciones Unidas sobre los Derechos de Los Pueblos Indigenas, en Kaqchikel

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