Cultural Survival supports youth around the globe who are striking this September 20, 2019 in a call for urgent action for the climate.
As one of its 5 core demands, the Youth Climate Strike Coalition urges Respect of Indigenous Land and Sovereignty. They call on legislators to:
By Dev Kumar Sunuwar
Indigenous media is technology used for the exchange of information among people, communication that may take place within family members, communities, and in the marketplace. In this article, Indigenous media does not refer to Indigenous oral or folk media, but encompasses those media or forms of media where expression is created, owned, controlled, and managed by Indigenous Peoples to produce and exchange culturally appropriate information in the languages that they speak and understand.
Media and Indigenous Peoples
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In September 2019, the UN Environment Programme will honour Champions of the Earth, outstanding environmental leaders from the public and private sectors, and from civil society who have had a transformative positive impact on the environment.
El 13 de septiembre del año 2017, hoy hace 12 años, en Nueva York, fue adoptada la Declaración de las Naciones Unidas Sobre los Derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas. Esta declaración tiene como predecesoras a la Convención 169 de la OIT y la Convención 107.
Desde el 4 de septiembre, 22 municipios en el nororiente de Guatemala han sido militarizados por el presidente de derecha Jimmy Morales después de declarar Estado de Sitio en la región mayoritariamente Indígena del país por un período de 30 días. Un Estado de Sitio suspende los derechos civiles, incluida la libertad de acción, la libertad de movimiento, el derecho de reunión y manifestación, portar armas, y apoya las detenciones legales y los interrogatorios de detenidos y presos, poniendo en riesgo la libertad, la seguridad, la vida y la paz del habitantes de las zonas afectadas.
Since September 4, 2019, 22 municipalities in Eastern Guatemala have been militarized by right-wing president Jimmy Morales after declaring a “state of siege” or martial law in the largely Indigenous region of the country, for a minimum period of 30 days. A state of siege suspends civil rights including freedom of action, freedom of movement, right to assembly and demonstration, carrying of arms, and supports legal detentions and interrogations of detainees and prisoners, putting at risk the freedom, security, life and peace of the inhabitants of the affected areas.
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.
