Indigenous Peoples are a unique and important segment of humanity. Their rich heritage, their ways of life, their observance towards this planet, their insights and their direct experiences can serve as lessons for modern society to take notice of and weave into its own infrastructure.
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Article Source: Cultural Survival Magazine
For the past few months Cultural Survival has been in merger discussions with a Colorado-based international nonprofit organization called Global Response. We are very pleased to announce that this month Global Response becomes a new program of Cultural Survival.
For almost 20 Global Response has mounted international letter-writing campaigns on behalf of Indigenous and minority communities whose environments are threatened by resource extraction, imposed development, and other actions. They have succeeded in stopping dams, mines, and logging operations around the world, protecting dozens of communities and ecosystems.
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Article Source: The Anchorage Daily News
It's a hot topic, especially in the cold Arctic. How do oil and gas developers do business and have positive relationships with Alaska Natives who own a large chunk of the land and natural resources in the state, but need that land to remain unpolluted and wildlife-rich to preserve their way of life?
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Article Source: InterPress Service
NEW DELHI, Sep 12 (IPS) - The fight against the world's biggest steel maker, ArcelorMittal, is being waged from a tiny tea stall in Ranchi, eastern India.
It is run by Dayamani Barla, a journalist and activist, and is the office of the Adivasi Moolvaasi Ashthitva Raksha Manch (AMARM), which loosely translates as a platform for the protection of the rights and identity of indigenous peoples. As AMARM'S convenor, Barla, in her forties, is at the forefront of a campaign to stop an 8.2 billion dollar steel plant project by transnational ArcelorMittal that will uproot 40 villages and 70,000 indigenous people in mineral-rich Jharkhand state.
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Article Source: Cultural Survival
Written - June 2009
Cultural Survival and the National Alliance to Save Native Languages extend a warm thank you to all who supported the 2009 National Native Language Revitalization Summit in Washington, D.C.
The National Native Language Revitalization Summit this May covered a lot of ground and was, by almost any measure, a great success. For example, Monday’s visits to the National Anthropological Archives and the Library of Congress’ American Folklife Center and Veterans History Project brought more than 100 language advocates from across Indian Country into dialogue with some of the nation’s foremost experts on tribal cultural and linguistic materials in national archives, and introduced opportunities to submit archival materials to federal repositories such as the Veteran’s History Project. Participants in the Veteran’s History Project site visit received field kits on conducting interviews with veterans and discussed ways to incorporate Native language study and documentation into the interview and archiving process. Others received tours and research guidance at the National Anthropological Archives and the Library of Congress’ American Folk Archive.
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Article Source: CNN
Written by - Kim Segal and John Zarrella - May 8th, 2009
HOLLYWOOD, Florida (CNN) -- The slot machines are ringing, music is blasting at the crowded poolside bar, and people are dancing to celebrity DJs at hip nightclubs. But this is not a scene on the Las Vegas strip. This action is taking place on an Indian reservation.
Business at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida, is booming and contributing to the Seminole Indian Tribe's great wealth.
Now the Seminoles are taking that wealth -- and the power that comes with it -- and using it to do something that has not been done before: organizing Native American tribes with the intent of spreading economic opportunities across Indian Country.
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