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During our recent visit to Kenya, Cultural Survival stopped in Kajiado County to speak to 
Noah Solonka Tompo(Maasai) from Transforming Pastoralist Women Initiative in Kajiado County, Kenya Maasai.
This organization also provides counseling services to Indigenous Youth who are addicted to drugs.
Produced by Shaldon Ferris (Khoisan)

Interviewee:Noah Solonka Tompo(Maasai)
"Anania2" by The Baba Project, used with permission.
"Burn your village to the ground", by The Halluci Nation, used with permission

Muchos sucesos y situaciones que involucran a los Pueblos Indígenas están pasando alrededor del mundo. ¿Sabe cuáles son?

Como parte del derecho a la información, Cultural Survival le presenta este noticiero del mes de septiembre de 2024 con notas relevantes de Norte, Centro y Sur América, África y Asia, el cual puede escuchar, descargar y compartir de forma gratuita.

Música de introducción: 

- “Burn Your Village to the Ground” de The Halluci Nation. Derechos de autor, propiedad de The Halluci Nation. Usada bajo su permiso. 

Muchos sucesos que involucran a los Pueblos Indígenas están pasando alrededor del mundo. ¿Sabes cuáles son?

Como parte del derecho a la información, Cultural Survival presenta este noticiero del mes de diciembre de 2024 con notas relevantes de Norte, Centro y Sur América, África y Asia, el cual puedes escuchar, descargar y compartir de forma gratuita.

Música de introducción:

- “Burn Your Village to the Ground” de The Halluci Nation. Derechos de autor, propiedad de The Halluci Nation. Usada bajo su permiso.

Redacción:

To combat violence against women and girls, governments and international organizations must strengthen the protection systems for Indigenous girls, promote culturally sensitive education, and support initiatives that empower Indigenous communities to prevent violence and ensure justice for affected girls.
Alice Tipap from the Maasai Community spoke to us about violence against women amongst Indigenous Maasai people.
Produced by Shaldon Ferris (Khoi/San)
Interviewee: Alice Nina Tipap (Maasai)
Music: 'Whispers', by Ziibiwan, used with permission.

In this series of podcasts, producers Damaris Lenantare and Mario Kuraki explore matters pertaining to gender diversity and language revitalization among Indigenous peoples of Northern Kenya.
Producers
1. Damaris Lenantare (Samburu)
2. Mario kuraki- (Samburu)
3. Sammy Rei (Luyha)

1. Nuria Golo (Borana)
2. Tume Roba (Gabra)
3. Clement (Meru)
4. Solomon Basele (Rendille)
5. Gismat Lerapo (Rendille)
6. Kenno Harugura (Rendille)
7. Paul Kasula (Samburu)
8. Hido Mamo (Borana)

In this series of podcasts, producers Damaris Lenantare and Mario Kuraki explore matters pertaining to gender diversity and language revitalization among Indigenous peoples of Northern Kenya.
Producers
1. Damaris Lenantare (Samburu)
2. Mario kuraki- (Samburu)
3. Sammy Rei (Luyha)

1. Nuria Golo (Borana)
2. Tume Roba (Gabra)
3. Clement (Meru)
4. Solomon Basele (Rendille)
5. Gismat Lerapo (Rendille)
6. Kenno Harugura (Rendille)
7. Paul Kasula (Samburu)
8. Hido Mamo (Borana)

In this series of podcasts, producers Damaris Lenantare and Mario Kuraki explore matters pertaining to gender diversity and language revitalization among Indigenous peoples of Northern Kenya.
Producers
1. Damaris Lenantare (Samburu)
2. Mario kuraki- (Samburu)
3. Sammy Rei (Luyha)

1. Nuria Golo (Borana)
2. Tume Roba (Gabra)
3. Clement (Meru)
4. Solomon Basele (Rendille)
5. Gismat Lerapo (Rendille)
6. Kenno Harugura (Rendille)
7. Paul Kasula (Samburu)
8. Hido Mamo (Borana)

In this series of podcasts, producers Damaris Lenantare and Mario Kuraki explore matters pertaining to gender diversity and language revitalization among Indigenous peoples of Northern Kenya.
Producers
1. Damaris Lenantare (Samburu)
2. Mario kuraki- (Samburu)
3. Sammy Rei (Luyha)

1. Nuria Golo (Borana)
2. Tume Roba (Gabra)
3. Clement (Meru)
4. Solomon Basele (Rendille)
5. Gismat Lerapo (Rendille)
6. Kenno Harugura (Rendille)
7. Paul Kasula (Samburu)
8. Hido Mamo (Borana)

In this series of podcasts, producers Damaris Lenantare and Mario Kuraki explore matters pertaining to gender diversity and language revitalization among Indigenous peoples of Northern Kenya.
Producers
1. Damaris Lenantare (Samburu)
2. Mario kuraki- (Samburu)
3. Sammy Rei (Luyha)

1. Nuria Golo (Borana)
2. Tume Roba (Gabra)
3. Clement (Meru)
4. Solomon Basele (Rendille)
5. Gismat Lerapo (Rendille)
6. Kenno Harugura (Rendille)
7. Paul Kasula (Samburu)
8. Hido Mamo (Borana)

In this series of podcasts, producers Damaris Lenantare and Mario Kuraki explore matters pertaining to gender diversity and language revitalization among Indigenous peoples of Northern Kenya.
Producers
1. Damaris Lenantare (Samburu)
2. Mario kuraki- (Samburu)
3. Sammy Rei (Luyha)

1. Nuria Golo (Borana)
2. Tume Roba (Gabra)
3. Clement (Meru)
4. Solomon Basele (Rendille)
5. Gismat Lerapo (Rendille)
6. Kenno Harugura (Rendille)
7. Paul Kasula (Samburu)
8. Hido Mamo (Borana)

Muchos sucesos que involucran a los Pueblos Indígenas están pasando alrededor del mundo. ¿Sabes cuáles son? Como parte del derecho a la información, Cultural Survival presenta este noticiero del mes de marzo de 2025 con notas relevantes de Norte, Centro y Sur América, África y Asia, el cual puedes escuchar, descargar y compartir de forma gratuita. Música de introducción: - “Burn Your Village to the Ground” de The Halluci Nation. Derechos de autor, propiedad de The Halluci Nation. Usada bajo su permiso. Redacción: - Rosy Sul González, maya kaqchikel, Cultural Survival, Guatemala.

Muchos sucesos que involucran a los Pueblos Indígenas están pasando alrededor del mundo. ¿Sabes cuáles son? Como parte del derecho a la información, Cultural Survival presenta este noticiero del mes de junio de 2025 con notas relevantes de Norte, Centro y Sur América, África y Asia, el cual puedes escuchar, descargar y compartir de forma gratuita. Música de introducción: - “Burn Your Village to the Ground” de The Halluci Nation. Derechos de autor, propiedad de The Halluci Nation. Usada bajo su permiso. Redacción: - Rosy Sul González, maya kaqchikel, Cultural Survival, Guatemala.

Muchos sucesos que involucran a los Pueblos Indígenas están pasando alrededor del mundo. ¿Sabes cuáles son?

Como parte del derecho a la información, Cultural Survival presenta este noticiero del mes de julio de 2025 con notas relevantes de Norte, Centro y Sur América, África y Asia, el cual puedes escuchar, descargar y compartir de forma gratuita.

Música de introducción:
- “Burn Your Village to the Ground” de The Halluci Nation. Derechos de autor, propiedad de The Halluci Nation. Usada bajo su permiso.

Muchos sucesos que involucran a los Pueblos Indígenas están pasando alrededor del mundo. ¿Sabes cuáles son?

Como parte del derecho a la información, Cultural Survival presenta este noticiero del mes de julio de 2025 con notas relevantes de Norte, Centro y Sur América, África y Asia, el cual puedes escuchar, descargar y compartir de forma gratuita.

Música de introducción:
- “Burn Your Village to the Ground” de The Halluci Nation. Derechos de autor, propiedad de The Halluci Nation. Usada bajo su permiso.

Ben Koissaba shares insight on how Indigenous peoples at the United Nations can better navigate the permanent froum and other UN spaces.

Researcher Elizabeth Hacker describes research about how Indigenous individuals create their own frameworks to define "well-being" to counter Western ideas of well-being. She found three important concepts for Indigenous well being are, Meeting basic material needs; social harmony and sense of belonging; and cultural identity. Dev and Elizabeth discuss examples from her research in India and Kenya.

In January 2015, Cultural Survival sponsored the first radio forum on free, prior, informed consent to ever hit Kenya’s airwaves in the Maasai langugae Maa. Broadcast on Mayian FM and Nosim FM

Produced by: Ben Koissaba, Emmanuel Kisemei, Ole Kintet, Daniel Tenaai, and Rahab Kenana

Suzanne Benally is a leader in Indigenous Rights advocacy, and serves as the Executive Director of Cultural Survival. She shares her thoughts on the challenges and opportunities facing Native American communities and Indigenous Peoples in general in the context of the Trump administration. Interview by Shaldon Ferris (Khoisan), Indigenous Rights Radio producer based in South Africa.

Websites:

Indigenous solidarity has coalesced into a powerful movement thanks to the activism and perseverance of Indigenous leaders from communities around the world. Indigenous leaders that are defending land, language, culture, and the environment face acute persecution, both from governments directly and from extrajudicial actors.

La soberanía de la Nación Sioux está amenazada por el Gobierno de EE.UU. y los intereses corporativos mientras el proyecto del Dakota Access Pipeline sigue avanzando. Rossy González (Maya Kakchiquel), productora de Radio de Derechos Indígenas, revisa la situación política de Standing Rock y su contexto histórico con unas activistas prominentes, y ofrece sugerencias sobre cómo las personas pueden apoyar a la Nación Sioux en su trabajo para detener la construcción del oleoducto.

In linking conservation efforts to the economic goal of using biological resources sustainably, the Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) sets out three main objectives: the conservation of biological diversity, the sustainable use of the components of biological diversity, and the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources. How do Indigenous Peoples' rights tie into the Convention on Biodiversity?

Kandi “EagleWoman” White (Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara) is a leading voice in the fight to bring visibility to the impacts that climate change and environmental injustice are having on Indigenous communities across North America. Kandi began her work with the Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN) as the Tribal Campus Climate Challenge Coordinator, engaging with more than 30 Tribal colleges to instate community based environmental programs and connect Indigenous youth with green jobs.

The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) is a high-level advisory body to the Economic and Social Council.
The twenty-first session of the Permanent Forum is happening from April 25th to May 6th, 2022, at the UN Headquarters in New York.
This year's special theme is “Indigenous Peoples, business, autonomy and the human rights principles of due diligence including Free, Prior and Informed Consent”

Over the past 25 years, Richard A. Grounds (Yuchi), Ph.D., has worked with Yuchi Elders to create new Yuchi speakers and bring his language back into his community, as well as advocating for Indigenous Peoples' language rights globally. He is currently Chair of the Global Indigenous Languages Caucus and Executive Director of the Yuchi Language Project. An article by Dr. Grounds on Yuchi language revitalization in the face of intellectual colonialism appears in Indigenous Languages and the Promise of Archives, from the University of Nebraska Press.

A proposed lithium mine at Peehee Mu’huh (Thacker Pass), Nevada, has attracted much attention. But those with the deepest ties to the land - descendants of those murdered at the Thacker Pass Massacre - have not been heard. In this podcast, we hear from Gary McKinney (Western Shoshone/ Northern Paiute) about the stuggles to protect sacred lands in the age of a lithium boom due to the transition to the "green" economy.