By Patricia Miranda Wattimena
Reposted from World Policy with permission from author.
By Patricia Miranda Wattimena
Reposted from World Policy with permission from author.
By Tricia Hornback, Ph.D
By Nii Gaani Aki Inini – Leading Earth Man (Dave Courchene)
Paintings by Henry Guimond, Turtle Lodge. Used with permission.
By Richard Arghiris. Reposted from Intercontinental Cry.
"They have destroyed our Indigenous crops and the government has done nothing to stop it,” said Elivardo Membache, an Emberá Cacique who is fighting to protect his ancestral lands from illegal settlers.
Nati Garcia (Maya Mam), Capacity Building Program Manager is from Ixtahuacan, Guatemala. She grew up most of her life on traditional territories of the Coast Salish peoples – sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh), and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) nations. Nati is enlivened by opportunities to explore authentic exchange, leadership, world bridging, social justice, advocacy for Indigenous Peoples and defense of land and water. She hopes to continue on this path in, collaborating, teaching, and learning at CS, on an International relation for social justice. Contact Nati at capacity@cs.org.
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