It’s confirmed. The only reason why Trump is in a hurry to replace Ruth Bader Ginsberg’s Supreme Court seat is because he thinks his pick will side with him when he contests the November election. The only remedy to…
The morning after the first night of the Democratic Party’s virtual convention has left many of us with hope — and fear. When you have staunch Republicans advocating for the Democratic nominee, it sends shivers, or it should, down…
As infuriatingly sad as it is that it took the public murder of George Floyd to wake the world that systemic racism is so entwined in our country’s culture: police culture, institutional educational culture, neighborhood zoning culture, corporate America…
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The Persisting Impact of Racial Construction in Latin America
May 7, 2018, 12:13 PM 0
By Audrey Duc Council on Hemispheric Affairs Although racism is not a new phenomenon in Latin America, the demonstration of racism has appeared in new ways according to the development of the continent. A recent example is Jair Bolsonaro,…
Cultural Survival Zapotec, Wixarica, Odami, and Nahuatl are four of the 68 Indigenous languages spoken in Mexico. Cultural Survival supports many Indigenous community radio stations around the world, including two organizations that are producing radio programs to be…
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As crowdfunder to finish documentary on assassinated Honduran environmentalist gets underway, new report sheds unexpected light
Nov 2, 2017, 1:07 PM 0
LatinaLista — On March 2, 2016, the globally recognized Honduran Lenca environmental activist, Berta Cáceres, was brutally assassinated because of her efforts to fight environmentally unfriendly interests from exploiting the natural resources of her ancestral lands The last environmental…
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Louisiana’s Native Americans blazing the trail as nation’s first ‘climate refugees’
Oct 23, 2017, 2:58 PM 0
LatinaLista — In today’s world, refugees are a fast-growing demographic. Yet, it’s not one often seen in North America. Unlike Syria, Iraq, Somalia, etc. where hundreds flee violence and invasion, it’s only when catastrophic natural disasters strike our shores…
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The Triqui presence in California’s San Joaquin Valley
Oct 11, 2017, 5:51 PM 0
By Eduardo Stanley LatinaLista Despite the government’s promises and laws, indigenous cultures in Mexico are marginalized. “Education is meaningful to keep people’s cultures alive, but there is nothing about Triqui culture in books and educational programs in Mexico,” said…
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Indigenous people invented the so-called ‘American Dream’
Oct 9, 2017, 9:41 AM 0
By Lewis Borck & D. Shane Miller The Conversation When President Barack Obama created Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), the 2012 program that offered undocumented young people brought to the U.S. as children a path into society, for…
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A New Life for Indigenous Languages in New York City
Aug 23, 2017, 10:25 AM 0
By Hanna Wallis NACLA José Juarez jots down notes in the last minutes before going on air. On the other side of a foam-padded wall, his colleague Leobardo Ambrosio pushes the dials of a soundboard up and down, preparing…
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Water is Life: Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and Allies Continue to Peacefully Protect Land and Water Amid Escalating Violence
Nov 7, 2016, 11:15 AM 0
By Detmer Yens Kremer Cultural Survival Since April 2016, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe has been opposing the Dakota Access Pipeline. This movement aimed at protecting the right to clean drinking water for all has escalated as militarized police forces…
By William Francis Keegan The Conversation The story of Christopher Columbus, as with all legends, involves a series of great successes and horrible failures. Columbus’s current favorability rating hovers somewhere close to those of Hillary Clinton and Donald…
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Indigenous women photographers provide snapshots into their lives & perspectives with new blog
Jul 18, 2016, 1:47 PM 0
LatinaLista — Though it seems to be popular these days to blame the Internet for all of society’s ills, there’s no denying that this technology is able to accomplish what no other one has done before — be truly…
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Mexico and Canada Sign Memorandum of Understanding about Indigenous Peoples Without Consulting First Nations
Jul 14, 2016, 8:11 AM 0
Cultural Survival On June 28th, 2016, the President of Canada, Justin Trudeau, and the President of Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto, issued a joint statement declaring that they have reached an accord regarding Indigenous Peoples. The statement affirmed “the importance of a…
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One indigenous group discovers the power of tech
May 24, 2016, 12:36 PM 0
LatinaLista — The Tahltan Language Conservation Initiative Project (Hereon TLCIP) is a grassroots conservation effort that will focus on the preservation of the severely endangered Tahltan Language. There are only 16 fluent native Tahltan speakers alive today and all…
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Crowdfunder: Why this Nicaragua indigenous group is fighting the Chinese
Apr 19, 2016, 12:13 PM 0
LatinaLista — In 2013, the Nicaraguan National Assembly gave the green light to Chinese billionaire Wang Jing to begin construction on the Nicaragua Canal, a 172.7 mile concrete ditch that would be four times longer than the Panama Canal….
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Crowdfunder: Reconnecting indigenous artifacts with their rightful owners
Dec 17, 2015, 1:31 PM 0
LatinaLista — Campaign: Reconnecting Indigenous Collections to their Source Communities How do artworks wind up on museum walls? How are objects chosen for display and who makes such decisions? What individuals/groups are highlighted in these exhibitions? When Indigenous objects…
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Crowdfunder: Chronicling the amazing journey of 15 Latin American indigenous women who became solar engineers
Nov 24, 2015, 2:28 PM 0
LatinaLista — Campaign: DOÑA LUZ : Solar Mama Stories, Latin America 1.2 billion people on this planet live without electricity. In Latin America alone, the number reaches 24 million people. What is it like to live without electricity or light in…
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UN Special Rapporteur Exposes Indigenous Rights Violations During Official Country Visit to Honduras
Nov 19, 2015, 4:28 PM 0
Cultural Survival Conflicts over land rights, violence and impunity, and lack of adequate social service were major topics of discussion with the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Ms. Vicky Tauli Corpuz during her official…
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Let there be light! Peru’s University of Engineering and Technology (UTEC) “plant lamps” shine in the Amazon
Nov 12, 2015, 4:15 PM 0
By Hillary Ojedga Peru This Week Remember that cool innovation that UTEC did involving a billboard that produces pollution-free lettuce? Well, the university’s researchers are at it again with another sustainable project. This time in the Amazon. Lima’s…
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New interactive map creates global awareness of indigenous land rights
Nov 11, 2015, 3:40 PM 0
LatinaLista — University of Georgia historian Claudio Saunt reveals in his 2014 book West of the Revolution: An Uncommon History of 1776, how the United States, between 1776 and the present, seized roughly one eighth of the habitable world by treaty and…
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Guest Voz: As another year passes debating merits of Colombus Day, the Americas need a new perspective
Oct 19, 2015, 9:45 AM 0
By Marcela Figueroa LatinaLista When I was a kid, as all kids in Mexico that went to public schools, I used to sing a song for Cristopher Colombus on October the 12th every year. The song used to say…
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UN report finds indigenous women suffer broad spectrum of human rights abuses
Sep 30, 2015, 12:18 PM 0
By Alexis White-Mobley Cultural Survival Native American and Alaska native women are 2.5 times more likely to be raped or sexually assaulted than other women in the US; 86% of reported cases are perpetrated by non-Natives. A 2014 study…
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New horror film based in Peru’s Amazon stars cannibalistic natives while stirring up controversy
Sep 29, 2015, 1:09 PM 0
By Hillary Ojeda Living in Peru Last week, a group of natives in Boca Manu in the Peruvian Amazon took hostage about 40 tourists. They were demanding that the construction of a local road be finished. After two…
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Peruvian indigenous share ancient knowledge in fight against climate change in new book
Aug 27, 2015, 5:21 PM 0
LatinaLista — Indigenous people have long been considered the caretakers of the planet. Traditions are passed from generation to generation on exactly how to care for Mother Earth. Until recently, those traditions have not been widely shared with the…
