By Katya Yegorov-Crate (CS Intern)
By Edson Krenak (Krenak, CS Staff)
On June 4, 2022, Bruno Araújo Pereira, 41, and Dom Phillips, 57, went missing from the Itacoaí River in the Vale do Javari region in the extreme west of the Amazon, on the border with Peru. On June 14, 2022, their bodies were found.
Learn about the struggles of Indigenous communities impacted by a new wave of extractivism for transition minerals such as copper, nickel, cobalt, and lithium, which are key in battery development for electric vehicles and other technologies. We hear from activists and community leaders about what a Just Transition to the green economy should look like and how Indigenous Peoples’ rights are central to shifting investment portfolios towards net zero.
Moderator: Kate Finn (Osage), Executive Director, First Peoples Worldwide
Content Note: The content discussed below, and/or some of the web pages we link to, contain text and images documenting physical violence against Maasai people.
Content Note: The content discussed below, and/or some of the web pages we link to, contain text and images documenting physical violence against Maasai people.
By Katya Yegorov-Crate (CS Intern)
By Diana Pastor (Maya K’iche’, CS Staff)
Por Diana Pastor (Equipo de CS)
By Avexnim Cojti Ren (Maya K’iche’, CS Staff)
Our ancestors have left us a great legacy. Let us commemorate, respect, and celebrate the sacred Grandfather Sun who is moving into another cycle of change, reminding us of our Mother Earth's gentle movement around him. His times are our times, regardless of where we are on Mother Earth.
A diario, las vidas y los medios de vida de pueblos Indígenas corren peligro en Abya Yala, donde los sistemas coloniales siguen oprimiendo los derechos y su lucha por tener una vida digna y respetada. Cultural Survival es una organización que apoya la autodeterminación y derechos de los pueblos y comunidades Indígenas desde 1972.
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.