Today is International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
"Racism has been a banner to justify the enterprises of expansion, conquest, colonization and domination and has walked hand in hand with intolerance, injustice and violence." -- Rigoberta Menchu Tum, Guatemalan Indigenous Leader and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.
The Telengit are one of the oldest Turkic peoples and belong to the southern Altai branch. Official census data estimates the current Telengit population at 2400 people, although by their own estimates that number is closer to 15,000 people. The Kosh-Agach (Ere-Chui) and Ulagan Districts of Altai Republic have the densest Telengit populations.
Ere-Chui –cradle of the Telengit
Adopted by General Assembly Resolution 61/295 on 13 September 2007
By Chantelle Bacigalupo
Ti qacachajij ri ojer qab’anikil pa ruwi’ri tzuqun’ik kichin ri qajotay
3ra Conferencia Internacional del Maíz de los Pueblos Indígenas, 7 al 9 de marzo de 2017
“Protegiendo nuestros orígenes ancestrales para garantizar la Soberanía Alimentaria de nuestras generaciones futuras.”
La Declaración de Tecpán
9 de marzo de 2017
Cultural Survival and Toronto-based WACC are pleased to announce the first round of grantees of our Community Media Grants Project partnership, an initiative strengthening international Indigenous community radio stations' broadcast infrastructure and systems. Ensuring that Indigenous communities have a viable and critical medium for dissemination of news, information, community events, historical documentation, education and entertainment, the project aims to enhance community efforts to establish and ensure sustainability of Indigenous community-controlled media.
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.