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Cultural Survival @culturalsurvival.org · 19h

In Alaska’s wild north, over 40 Tribes are rising to protect their homelands from the Ambler Road, a 211-mile mining route that threatens caribou, salmon, and the lifeways of Alaska Native communities.

#DefendTheSacred #NoToAmblerRoad #IndigenousRights
apnews.com/article/alas...

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Cultural Survival @culturalsurvival.org · 1d

Stand with @protectoakflat.bsky.social, raise your voice, and join them in defending Mother Earth. Oak Flat (Chi'chil Biłdagoteel)— an area sacred to generations of Apaches — could be destroyed to open one of the largest copper mines in the world.

www.kjzz.org/tribal-natur...

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Indigenous Climate Action @indigenousca.bsky.social · 2d

🌊 Stand with Mikisew Cree First Nation (MCFN) and Oppose Treat and Release! 🌊

📅October 17, 2025
🕐1:00 – 4:00 PM MST
📍Kiyām Park, Fort McMurray, AB

MCFN is hosting a peaceful gathering to oppose the proposed Treat and Release of toxic tailings. 💧

#MikisewCree #WaterIsLife #NipiTapitam

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Cultural Survival @culturalsurvival.org · 2d

High in the northern mountains of Puebla, Mexico, Radio Tsinaka has been a voice of the Masehual people since 2012. Today, new generations carry the station forward, using the power of community media to strengthen autonomy and keep their culture alive.
https://radiotsinaka.org/nosotrxs/

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Cultural Survival @culturalsurvival.org · 2d

Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke (Māori), New Zealand's youngest Member of Parliament since 1853, is on the TIME100 Next 2025 list.

📖 Read more about her inspiring leadership in TIME:
time.com/collections/...

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GfbV Voices @gfbv-voices.bsky.social · 8d

in Nuuk in #Grönland entschuldigen sich die dänischen und grönländischen Spitzen für die #Verbrechen an grönländischen #Mädchen und #Frauen
ictnews.org/news/denmark...
@gfbv.de, @iwgia.bsky.social, @culturalsurvival.org, @minorityrights.bsky.social, @humanrightswatch.bsky.social

Denmark's leader apologizes to Indigenous girls and women in Greenland for forced contraception - ICT

Danish health authorities gave invasive contraception to Indigenous women and girls against their will dating back to the 1960s

ictnews.org

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Cultural Survival @culturalsurvival.org · 4d

Today is the National Day of Action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQIA+ (#MMIWG2S), a call to address the systemic issues driving this crisis. #MMIWActionNow

https://www.culturalsurvival.org/news/mmiwg2s-advocacy-action-sisters-spirit-day-october-4

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Cultural Survival @culturalsurvival.org · 5d

Joven Becaria Destacada
✨ Gabriela Garibello Daza (Muisca) from Colombia
💡Área de interés: Medicina tradicional, transferencia de conocimientos, prácticas ancestrales

💌https://tinyurl.com/5d9hcjnu

Cultural Survival @culturalsurvival.org · 5d

Youth Fellow Spotlight
✨ Gabriela Garibello Daza (Muisca) from Colombia
💡Areas of Focus: Traditional Medicine, Knowledge Transfer, Ancestral Practices

💌https://tinyurl.com/5d9hcjnu

#YouthFellowSpotlight #IndigenousYouth #TraditionalMedicine #CulturalSurvival

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Cultural Survival @culturalsurvival.org · 5d

Cultural Survival stands in solidarity with the Kichwa communities in Ecuador, defending their rights, territories, and dignity. We also denounce the escalating state repression.

https://truthout.org/articles/indigenous-led-movement-against-austerity-is-gaining-momentum-in-ecuador/

Indigenous-Led Movement Against Austerity Is Gaining Momentum in Ecuador

Indigenous protesters have been demonstrating and shutting down highways since Noboa lifted Ecuador’s diesel subsidies.

truthout.org

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Cultural Survival @culturalsurvival.org · 5d

Escucha el Noticiero regional sobre #PueblosIndígenas - septiembre 2025. #CulturalSurvival presenta notas relevantes de Norte, Centro y Sur América referentes a los derechos, afectaciones, luchas y logros de comunidades Indígenas en nuestra región
https://rights.culturalsurvival.org/es/node/4072

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Indigenous Climate Action @indigenousca.bsky.social · 6d

We’re launching a one-day campaign on October 9th! The countdown begins now!

We’ll be raising as much as possible in just one day – Donations will be matched up to $5,000! Starting today every dollar gets us one step closer to our goal. 💛

Donate here:
www.indigenousclimateaction.com/donate

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Cultural Survival @culturalsurvival.org · 6d

Brandi Morin (Cree/Iroquois) and land defenders from Bolivia will discuss how environmental destruction caused by mining waste and extraction is driving cultural and territorial loss, forced displacement, and growing threats to their communities.
Join us: tinyurl.com/bolivia1022

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Cultural Survival @culturalsurvival.org · 7d

Desde Cultural Survival denunciamos la masacre contra nuestres hermanes a manos del gobierno de #Ecuador. Nos solidarizamos y exigimos el cese al fuego y el respeto a los derechos humanos fundamentales.

https://cs.org/es/news/basta-de-criminalizar-les-defensores-indigenas-del-territorio-en-ecuador

¡Basta de criminalizar a les defensores Indígenas del territorio en Ecuador!

In English

cs.org

Cultural Survival @culturalsurvival.org · 7d

Cultural Survival condemns the massacre against our relatives in #Ecuador. We stand in solidarity, support their struggle, and demand that the Ecuadorian government cease fire and respect their fundamental rights.

https://cs.org/news/stop-criminalizing-indigenous-land-defenders-ecuador

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Cultural Survival @culturalsurvival.org · 8d

On International #PodcastDay (September 30), check out these podcasts!
https://cs.org/news/5-indigenous-led-african-podcasts-follow

For African Indigenous creators, these platforms serve as a means to sustain ancestral wisdom, amplify oral traditions, and strengthen cultural identity.

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Cultural Survival @culturalsurvival.org · 8d

#OrangeShirtDay calls us to confront the dark legacy of residential schools in Canada and the U.S., to honor the strength of Indigenous survivors and their families, and to remember the Native children who never came home. #EveryChildMatters #TruthAndReconciliation

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Cultural Survival @culturalsurvival.org · 8d

For over 150 years, U.S. and Canadian government-mandated boarding schools forcibly removed more than 150,000 Indigenous children from their families, cultures, and languages, subjecting them to assimilation through trauma and violence. #EveryChildMatters #TruthAndReconciliation #OrangeShirtDay

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Cultural Survival @culturalsurvival.org · 9d

#OrangeShirtDay is a day of remembrance and grief for the thousands of lost Indigenous children and widespread intergenerational trauma in our communities created by the abusive residential/boarding "schools" in Canada and the US.

Join @mahtowin1.bsky.social today

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Cultural Survival @culturalsurvival.org · 9d

Simone Senogles (Anishinaabe) dedicated herself to uplifting Ogimaakwewiwin—the leadership and power of #IndigenousWomen and fems—while protecting Mother Earth.

https://cs.org/publications/cultural-survival-quarterly/indigenous-women-taking-charge-protection-future

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Cultural Survival @culturalsurvival.org · 9d

We are deeply saddened by the passing of Simone Margaret Senogles, who passed away in Bemidji, Minnesota, on Saturday, September 20, 2025, at the age of 54. We extend our heartfelt condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her.

www.ceasefuneralhome.com/obituaries/S...

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Lead the Charge @leadthecharge.bsky.social · 14d

Today a new global coalition of organizations including Solutions for Our Climate, @mightyearth.org, @greenpeaceeastasia.bsky.social,
@publiccitizen.bsky.social, @culturalsurvival.org
& @steelwatch.bsky.social launched a campaign calling on Hyundai to clean up its dirty, dangerous supply chain.

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Auntie Aimee @auntie-aimee.bsky.social · 14d

Thank you for the opportunity to discuss such important topics, @mongabay.com & @culturalsurvival.org

#Indigenous
#twoeyedseeing #walkingintwoworlds #Indigenousknowledge
#conservation
#communityradio
#IndigenousRightsRadio

Mongabay @mongabay.com · 14d

Aimee Roberson, executive director of Cultural Survival, joins Mongabay’s podcast to discuss how her organization helps Indigenous communities maintain their traditions, languages and knowledge while living among increasingly Westernized societies.

Bridging Indigenous and Western knowledge with science and radio

Aimee Roberson, executive director of Cultural Survival, joins Mongabay’s podcast to discuss how her organization helps Indigenous communities maintain their traditions, languages and knowledge while…

news.mongabay.com

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Cultural Survival @culturalsurvival.org · 25d

On this 18th Anniversary of the #UNDRIP, Aimee Roberson (Choctaw and Chickasaw), Executive Director of #CulturalSurvival, calls upon governments around the world to fully adopt and implement laws and policies that guarantee the rights and sovereignty of Indigenous Peoples.

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Cultural Survival @culturalsurvival.org · 26d

In celebration of the 18th anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples #UNDRIP, #CulturalSurvival highlights recent wins for Indigenous Peoples worldwide. #LandBack #IndigenousRights

Read about those wins: cs.org/news/top-win...

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