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Kaimana Barcarse interviews Menase Ntutu from the Maasai nation about the concerns of Indigenous Peoples living with disabilities, and how communities can collaborate to support the work of the Disability Caucus. Recorded at the 2015 UNPFII. 

Kaimana Barcarse interviews Doreen Demas of the Dakota Peoples in Canada about the focus, message, and goals of the Disability Caucus at the UNPFII. She discusses the growing impact and voice of the Indigenous with Disabilities activist community. Recorded at the 2015 UNPFII.

Kaimana Barcarse interviews Setareki Macanawai from Fiji. They discuss how the Disability Caucus hopes to extend its presence to regions and communities, in order to grow the network of Indigenous Peoples with disabilities. Recorded at the 2015 UNPFII. 

Kaimana Barcarse interviews Perty Maguru from Nepal about the unique dual identity that Indigenous Peoples with disabilities occupy. She hopes to help bring a voice to this community. Recorded at the 2015 UNPFII. 

Nancy Bordeaux (Sicangu Lakota) from South Dakota shares her work in domestic violence and sexual assault and gives advice on how to make a change. She speaks about historical trauma and its effects on Native American peoples today. Nancy works with women who are victims of domestic violence and human trafficking and hopes to lessen the economic and mental health disparities in Indigenous women.  We caught up with Nancy at the UNPFII 2015. 

Lemoine LaPointe, a Lakota of South Dakota and Minnesota, speaks about community conversations and their importance in providing support for Indigenous Peoples and their relationship with the surrounding region both in the present and in the future.  We met up with Lemoine at the UNPFII 2015.

Catherine Murupaenga-Ikenn speaks about successes at the 2015 UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. Communities in the Pacific region have united over common issues, different groups have made efforts to align as Indigenous Peoples as a body in international conferences, and Indigenous Peoples were represented in a major climate change conference.

Catherine Murupaenga-Ikenn speaks about successes at the 2015 UN Permanent Forum for Indigenous Issues, including the new participation on Indigenous Peoples of Japan and Taiwan in the conferences.

En enero 2016, representantes de radios comunitarias Indígenas de Centroamérica se reunieron en Gunayala, Panamá para ser partes del Primer Encuentro Centroamericano de Radios Comunitarias Indígenas. Aquí les presentamos el Comunicado de Prensa, en voz de Elsa Chiquito Rucal, directora de una radio comunitaria indígena en Guatemala y miembro del consejo Regional de la Red Centroamericana de Radios Comunitarias Indígenas, la cual resultado de este primer encuentro.

En Enero 2016 Para operativizar el cumplimiento de lo acordado en Primer encuentro Centroamericano de Radios Comunitarias Indígenas se conformó el Consejo Regional de la Red, integrado por un representante de cada país. A su vez Guatemala, Nicaragua y Honduras fueron electos consejo ejecutivo por un periodo de dos años, como garantes de agilizar la dinámica de Red.

En Enero 2016 miembros de radios comunitarias Indígenas de Centroamérica se juntaron en Guna-Yala, Panamá para formar el Primer Encuentro Centroamericano de Radios Comunitarias.

Carlos Morales de Costa Rica habla de la necesidad de involucrar a las mujeres en la radio comunitaria, destacando que las mujeres tienen derecho a ocupar espacios dentro de las radios.
Nota que es la responsabilidad de los hombres instar que las compañeras tengan su lugar, para que sea realidad.

En Enero 2016 miembros de radios comunitarias Indígenas de centroamérica se juntaron en Guna-Yala, Panamá para formar el Primer Encuentro Centroamericano de Radios Comunitarias.

En Enero 2016 miembros de radios comunitarias Indígenas de centroamérica se juntaron en Guna-Yala, Panamá para formar el Primer Encuentro Centroamericano de Radios Comunitarias.

En Enero 2016 miembros de radios comunitarias Indígenas de centroamérica se juntaron en Guna-Yala, Panamá para formar el Primer Encuentro Centroamericano de Radios Comunitarias.

En Enero 2016 miembros de radios comunitarias Indígenas de centroamérica se juntaron en Gunayala, Panamá para formar el Primer Encuentro Centroamericano de Radios Comunitarias.

Lauriz Díaz, miembro del Consejo Regional de Radios Comunitarias y representante del gobierno Guna. Ella explica varias estrategias para cumplir la expansión de participación de la mujer en las radios comunitarias la primera la autodeterminación de la mujer “tu tienes que tener tu autoridad de mujer”, esa es la estrategia destaca Díaz. Producido con la música de Warmigu.

En Enero 2016 miembros de radios comunitarias Indígenas de centroamérica se juntaron en Gunayala, Panamá para formar el Primer Encuentro Centroamericano de Radios Comunitarias.

En Enero 2016 miembros de radios comunitarias Indígenas de centroamérica se juntaron en Gunayala, Panamá para formar el Primer Encuentro Centroamericano de Radios Comunitarias.

Maximiliano Ferrer de la comarca de Guna Yala en Panamá habla de maneras de aprovechar la información compartida en el encuentro. Explica la importancia de la radio comunitaria para compartir la experiencia Indígena. En 1980 se les frenó la adquisición de una frecuencia, hoy negocian con el nuevo gobierno, que hasta ahora les ha ofrecido tres espacios radiofónicos en dos emisoras propiedad del estado.

The world will indeed be a poorer place without the languages and cultures of Indigenous Peoples.
So it is necessary to celebrate and promote Indigenous Languages, thereby improving the lives of the peoples who speak the languages.
Producer:  Shaldon Ferris (KhoiSan, South Africa)

Interview: Kaimana Barcase, Hawaii and Denver Breda, South Africa.

Music : Whispers by Ziibiwan, used with permission.

Picture:  A man plays a Khwe finger piano, West Caprivi Strip. Photo by Julie Taylor 2007, Courtesy of Cultural Survival

The  18th session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues ran from  22 of April until 3 May 2019.
The theme was Traditional knowledge: Generation, transmission and protection.
This program is about the the importance of Indigenous languages in the digital era.

Producer:  Shaldon Ferris (KhoiSan, South Africa)
Sound Clip: Alili Kiskitalo (Sami), Co-chair of IYIL steering committee.
Music : Whispers, by Ziibiwan, used with permission.

The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues is the UN’s central body dedicated to all matters relating to the rights of the approximately 370 million Indigenous Peoples around the World.
In 2019, The 18th session of the Forum in New York will highlight the year that has been declared the International Year of Indigenous Languages.
Cultural Survival's Avexnim Cojti spoke to Richard Grounds from the Yuchi Nation, who tells us how this commemoration came about.

This radio program  is part of a series of programs produced by Indigenous Rights Radio, to commemorate the International Year of Indigenous Languages, 2019. In this program, we showcase the Newar Indigenous Language which is called, Nepal-Bhasa. The Newar are one of the 59 Indigenous Peoples recognized so far by the government of Nepal. They are the original habitants of Kathmandu valley, the capital city of modern Nepal. The Newar people have diversity in terms of religion, rituals and culture, but share one common language. 

Naro is spoken by the Ncao Khwe , which means the red people, sometimes referred to as the San people of Botswana.
This program provides a sound clip of Naro, and gives some information about the Indigenous People who speak the language.

PRODUCTION
Shaldon Ferris (KhoiSan)
Indigenous Rights Radio Intro track features "Burn your Village to the Ground" by @a-tribe-called-red. Used with permission.
Music: Lights in the Forest by Yarina. Used with permission.

Khwedam is spoken by the Bwabwata San People in Namibia. There are also some speakers in Botswana and South Africa.
This program provides a sound clip of Khwedam, and gives some information about the Indigenous People who speak the language.
PRODUCTION
Shaldon Ferris (KhoiSan)
Indigenous Rights Radio Intro track features "Burn your Village to the Ground" by @a-tribe-called-red. Used with permission.
Music: Lights in the Forest by Yarina. Used with permission.

This program includes short voice clips of four different languages spoken by four different sub-clans of Rai Indigenous communities of Nepal namely: Bantawa, Chamling, Kulung and Puma. Rai is one of Nepal’s 59 Indigenous Peoples, legally recognized by the government, but debate among Rai Indigenous communities still continues about Rai not being their ethnic identity, but posts given to the topmost leaders during the ancient kingship system of Nepal.

Tharu is the mother tongue of the Tharu people, and it is divided into 2 categories, namely Rana Tharu and Dangaura Tharu, both belonging to the Indo-aryan language family. The Tharu peoples  areamongst the largest indigenous communities in Nepal, they number 1.8 million people according to 2011 census. The Tharu are one of Nepal’s 59 Indigenous communities, comprised of 50 different clans with cultural differences. Each clan has slightly different dialects and tones when speaking their mother tongues. Among the 1.8 million, some 1.5 million speak their mother tongue.