Q'eqchi Guatemalteco Cuñas20
Para que este derecho sea aplicado de manera justa, se debe de respetar lo siguiente: 1. Desde el inicio de un proyecto se debe consultar a los pueblos indígenas; 2. Se debe otorgar el tiempo necesario para que los pueblos indígenas reciban todo la información sobre los proyectos y sus impactos; 3. Se debe dar información en las formas tradicionales de cada pueblo; 4. Se debe evitar cualquier tipo de influencia en opiniones hacia los pobladores; 5. Se debe documentar cualquier decisión en forma detallada.
19. What FPIC Entails
For the right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent to be correctly applied, it is important to know that this right is applicable to all Indigenous Peoples. It must be adhered to with respect for indigenous communities’ own methods of communication and each person’s opinion must be heard. Furthermore, it means that there should be meetings with representatives of the government, companies, and Indigenous Peoples in order to arrive at an agreement that benefits the community.
The Lakota Lockup Project
The Lakota LockUp Project advocates for American Indians affected by the justice system, to support innovative approaches for cultural and historical trauma survival, rebuilding lives, economic justice, traditional family services, substance and alcohol abuse treatment, and equal access to education, thus strengthening communities.
Produced by Shaldon Ferris(Khoisan)
Voices Robert Angelo and Theresa Tracke(Lakota)
Music: "LIBRES Y VIVAS by MARE ADVETENCIA, used with permission.
"Burn your village to the ground", by The Halluci Nation, used with permission.
World Conference on Indigenous Peoples: Goals
Alta Outcome Document WCIP 2014
The Alta outcome document sets out key issues for Indigenous Peoples and solutions on topics including the rights to land, air, water, and livelihoods.
Día Internacional de la Paz: “Pon fin al racismo, construye la paz”
El Día Internacional de la Paz se celebra el 21 de septiembre de cada año con el fin de “conmemorar y fortalecer los ideales de paz a través de la observación de 24 horas de no violencia y alto al fuego”. Sin embargo, de acuerdo con la Organización de las Naciones Unidas, “lograr la paz verdadera conlleva mucho más que dejar las armas, requiere la construcción de sociedades en las que todos sus miembros puedan desarrollarse”, así como “la creación de un mundo en el que todas las personas sean tratadas con igualdad, independientemente de su raza”.
Landback - A Conversation with Demetrius Johnson
Demetrius Johnson (Diné) is a #LandBack Organizer at Rapid City, South Dakota-based nonprofit NDN Collective. Originally from Tółaní, Ganado, Arizona, Johnson began community organizing shortly after being elected President of Kiva Club around the disastrous Gold King Mine spill that affected his people in 2015. He is also a long-standing lead organizer for The Red Nation, a coalition of Native and non-Native activists, educators, students, and community organizers based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, advocating Native liberation.
Cultural Survival organiza “Diálogo sobre el CLPI” en Panajachel, Guatemala
Después de varios años de lucha del movimiento de radios comunitarias de Guatemala con el acompañamiento de Cultural Survival, finalmente se logró que en diciembre del 2021 la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos emitiera una sentencia que responsabiliza al Estado de Guatemala por violar los derechos a la libertad de expresión, la igualdad ante la ley y la participación en la vida cultural de cuatro Pueblos Indígenas operadores de radios comunitarias, y pide adoptar medidas reparatorias, entre ellas, medidas legislativas para asegurar el reconocimiento de las radios comunitarias; todos
What is the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples?
Alta Outcome Document WCIP 2014
The WCIP is a special session of the General Assembly which will focus specifically on the rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Indigenous Peoples Of Brazil - The Struggle For Peace Continues
Each year the International Day of Peace is observed around the world on 21 September. The UN General Assembly has declared this as a day devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace, by observing 24 hours of non-violence and cease-fire.
But achieving true peace entails much more than laying down arms. It requires the building of societies where all members feel that they can flourish. It involves creating a world in which people are treated equally, regardless of their race.
Cultural Survival's Edson Krenak gives us more on the situation in Brazil.
No Peace For Indigenous Peoples Of Nepal
Each year the International Day of Peace is observed around the world on 21 September. The UN General Assembly has declared this as a day devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace, through observing 24 hours of non-violence and cease-fire.
But achieving true peace entails much more than laying down arms. It requires the building of societies where all members feel that they can flourish. It involves creating a world in which people are treated equally, regardless of their race.
¿Quiénes son los Pueblos Indígenas en Situación de Aislamiento y Contacto Inicial?
En Perú, durante la llamada “época del caucho”, muchos Pueblos Indígenas huyeron hacia selvas y bosques para protegerse de la violencia, despojo y otras atrocidades; hasta la actualidad, varios de estos Pueblos continúan refugiados y se les conoce como PIACI, Pueblos Indígenas en Situación de Aislamiento y Contacto Inicial. El Estado peruano reconoce oficialmente a 20 pueblos en estas condiciones.
Indigenous Peoples Day 2022
In this radio program we review the latest developments around Indigenous Peoples Day. We also hear what Christopher Columbus wrote about Indigenous Peoples of America in his diary.
Producer: Shaldon Ferris (Khoisan)
Music: "Lights in the Forest",by Yarina, used with permission.
"Burn your village to the ground", by The Halluci Nation, used with permission.
Implementation of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Alta Outcome Document WCIP 2014
States should work with indigenous communities to ensure that national laws reflect the rights of Indigenous Peoples as laid out in the UN Declaration on the rights of Indigenous Peoples.
United Nations Action Supporting the Implementation of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Alta Outcome Document WCIP 2014
The rights of Indigenous Peoples must be enacted fully and mechanisms which monitor and review the implementation of these rights are needed to ensure that States are complying with international law.
Los Pueblos Indígenas en aislamiento necesitan un territorio
En Perú, durante la llamada “época del caucho”, muchos Pueblos Indígenas huyeron hacia selvas y bosques para protegerse de la violencia, despojo y otras atrocidades; hasta la actualidad varios de estos pueblos continúan refugiados y se les conoce como Pueblos Indígenas en Situación de Aislamiento y Contacto Inicial (PIACI).
Indigenous Peoples' Free, Prior, and Informed Consent
Alta Outcome Document WCIP 2014
The right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent means that Indigenous Peoples are able to use their lands and resources however they choose, and that they are included in a consultation process if any development projects are proposed on their land.
UN Permanent Observer Status for Indigenous Peoples and Nations
Alta Outcome Document WCIP 2014
Permanent Observer status for Indigenous Peoples would mean that Indigenous Peoples could have direct participation through their own governments and councils.
Indigenous Peoples' Right to Education
Alta Outcome Document WCIP 2014
Indigenous Peoples have the right to establish their own education and knowledge systems in order to accurately teach future generations about their histories, values, beliefs and languages.
20. Tips
In order for this right to be applied fairly, it should respect the following: 1. From the start of a project, there should be a consultation with the Indigenous People of the area; 2. There should be sufficient time devoted to ensuring that the community receive all of the information about the projects and its impacts; 3. Information should be distributed in accordance with the traditional ways of each community; 4. Any form of trying to influence the opinions of the people should be avoided; 5. All the details of decisions taken should be recorded.
Building Worldwide Networks
World Conference of Indigenous Women 2013
Lisa Arroyo - Quechua from Peru
Lisa Paloma Abregu Arroyo, a Quechua woman, came to the World Conference of Indigenous Women looking to connect with indigenous representatives from around the world who are working on cultural conservation and defending indigenous rights. For Arroyo and her community, these efforts are both important and encouraging.
Saami Women Roles
World Conference of Indigenous Women 2013
From the Saami community in Norway, Gudrun E E Lindi believes that by collaborating with women from other indigenous communities, she can make a global impact and create positive change.
International Human Solidarity Day 2022
The Sustainable Development Agenda is centered on people and the planet, underpinned by human rights, and supported by a global partnership determined to lift people out of poverty, hunger, and disease. It will, thus, be built on a foundation of global cooperation and solidarity.
Solidarity is required from States to fulfill what they agreed to in 2007, the implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Produced by Shaldon Ferris (Khoisan)
Voice: Morisca Christians
"Lights in the forest by Ziibiwan, Used with Permission
Plan decenal de idiomas Indígenas en Colombia
De acuerdo con la Organización de las Naciones Unidas (ONU), en el mundo se hablan cerca de 7 mil idiomas, y pese a que los Pueblos Indígenas constituyen menos del 6% de la población mundial, ellos hablan más de 4000 lenguas. La ONU reconoce la importancia de las lenguas Indígenas para la cohesión y la inclusión social, los derechos culturales, la salud y la justicia, por lo que proclamó el período comprendido entre el 2022 y el 2032 como el Decenio Internacional de las Lenguas Indígenas.
La conferencia mundial de los pueblos indígenas: Objetivos
El documento final de Alta contiene varios asuntos importantes para los pueblos indígenas y las soluciones, incluso de los derechos de la tierra, el aire, el agua y las subsistencias.
Telling Our Own Stories - An Interview With Filmmaker Leya Hale
Leya Hale lives in St. Paul. She was born and raised in the Los Angeles area. She is Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota and Navajo. She is a storyteller, a documentary filmmaker, and a producer with Twin Cities PBS (TPT), where she’s been working for the past eight years. Her film, "Bring Her Home," addresses the epidemic of Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women in the United States.