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The International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples is commemorated annually on 9 August. Ten years after the adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Nepal-based Indigenous Rights Radio Producer Dev Kumar Sunuwar reflects with prominent Nepali Indigenous leaders on the country's progress in the implementation of international standards for Indigenous Rights.

In many Indigenous communities, dual justice systems operate in tandem: the European system, a colonial imposition characterized by hierarchical, punitive, written codicies, and the Indigenous system, which is often based in tradition and holistic in nature.

Human Rights Lawyer Michelle Cook (Dine') elaborates on the interactions between these two systems, and explains how communities can use the language of human rights to challenge the colonial legal system imposition in order to gain a seat at the table as independent nations with internationally recognized justice systems.

Indigenous Rights Radio Producer Avexnim Cojtí Ren investigates the movement to repatriate sacred objects, remains, and cultural patrimony taken without consent from Indigenous Peoples by governments, collectors, and individuals. Concepts of ownership, histories of oppression, methods of legal recourse, and recent examples of repatriation attempts all play an important role in the prospects for the return of heritage items to Indigenous Peoples.

George ‘Bic’ Manahira describes how his community established the
world's first community-run octopus, sea grass, and mangrove reserve in partnership with Blue Ventures, a UK-based NGO, in order to strengthen the traditional sea-resource-based livelihood of the coastal Indigenous communities in Madagascar. They hope to expand and improve on the model in collaboration with other Indigenous groups and leaders in the coming years.

Ezekiel Tye Freeman is the executive director of Green-PRO, which helps Liberian communities develop sustainable livelihoods for self-reliance. Beekeeping training programs, for example, offer a lucrative and environmentally friendly economic alternative to mining or slash-and-burn farming for individuals. Freeman points to high levels of unemployment among Liberia's Indigenous population as a major problem that his organization wants to attempt to alleviate.

Indigenous Rights Radio Producer Dev Kumar Sunuwar interviews Joan Carling, former expert member at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, and former general secretary of the Asian Indigenous Peoples Pact. They reflect on the first 10 years of the implementation of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Carling advocates for increased policy cohesion and the prioritization of Indigenous rights in global policy-making on all fronts.

Indigenous communities in Honduras have stewarded the Muskitia, a rain forest which includes one of the richest concentrations of biodiversity in the world, for centuries. Osvaldo Munguia is a representative of MOPAWI, an organization that partners with Indigenous groups to protect this UNESCO world heritage site from being overtaken by logging, mining, and forestry business interests.

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"Remember Your Children," by Salidummay. Used with permission.
Introduction: "Burn Your Village to the Ground" by A Tribe Called Red. Used with permission.

A close relationship with local environments and ecosystems is more critical than ever in the face of a rapidly changing climate. This program features two perspectives from Indigenous communities that are practicing resiliency to global warming by adapting their traditional knowledge and science to put a changing climate into the context of their communities' history and lifeways.

INTERVIEWEES
Elizabeth Azzuz (Yurok), Cultural Fire Management Council
Jannie Staffansson (Saami), Arctic and Environment Unit of the Saami Council

Though collaboration is crucial to finding solutions for climate change, Indigenous People must be able to maintain, protect, and control their cultural heritage, sciences, and technologies. The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples provides a legal framework for intellectual ownership by Indigenous communities of their traditional knowledge. However, many additional cultural barriers to equal-footed climate change collaboration exist, such as the automatic devaluation of Indigenous science by Western science practitioners.

It was the Wampanoag People, the people of the first light, that encountered the Pilgrims when they arrived to Turtle Island (North America) from Europe in 1620. Since 1863, Thanksgiving has been celebrated as a national holiday in the United States, mythologizing the violent events that followed European arrival into a story of friendship and mutual sharing. But the reality is that the Wampanoags’ generosity was met with genocide, and this truth has been systematically suppressed in the US education system, government, and popular culture.

En esta entrevista conoceremos a Rose Cunningham, mujer Indígena Miskita de la zona caribe norte de Nicaragua que nos da ejemplo de como las mujeres Indigenas puedan dirigir el cambio social. Rose hace trabajo social y comunitario con las mujeres en la prevención de la violencia y la promoción de una cultura de paz,  ha demostrado su liderazgo y con ello logró ganar la alcaldía de su municipio, Waspam, en la rivera del Río Coco. Hoy Rose tiene clara sus líneas de trabajo y nos comparte la importancia de que las mujeres vayamos tomando los espacios que nos corresponden.

Indigenous South Africans gather in George on the Western Cape to commemorate the anniversary of the day slavery was ended. Shaldon Ferris (Khoi San) interviews one of the organizers of the remembrance ceremonies, Kierie Khoi (Khoi San) to discuss how the events will seek to heal trauma inflicted by the forced migration, coerced labor, and extrajudicial killings of Indigenous South Africans during the era of colonization and slavery.

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"Xul Kej" and "Kame" by Sotz'il. Used with permission.

En este programa te damos a conocer los efectos del cambio climático que sufren comunidades de Honduras y México, y te hablamos de cómo ellos están trabajando este tema en marco a prevención y sobrevivencia ante estos impactos.  
Recursos
Cambio Climático, Artículo de Naciones Unidas 
Musicalización
"Canmandalla" de Yarina. Usado con permiso. 
Voces

Por la tarde de ayer 17 de enero, 2018, la policía Guatemalteca detuvo a la lideresa comunitaria Maya Q’eqchi’ María Cuc Choc, que ha acompañado la defensa del territorio y la Madre Tierra del Pueblo Q'eqchi' de Izabal.

Recursos
Izabal: María Magdalena Cuc Choc, Defensora De La Tierra Fue Detenida

Musicalización
Música de Introducción: “Burn Your Village to the Ground” por A Tribe Called Red. Usado con permiso.

Edición
Rosario Sul González

En este corte informativo te damos a conocer la denuncia pública ante  las agresiones sufridas por Patricia Gualinga, activista Indígena de Ecuador, y su familia. Se conoce a Patricia a nivel Internacional por su fuerza y convicción al denunciar la extracciones ilegales en la Amazonía ecuatoriana. Conoce más de esta denuncia en este micro informativo.

Musicalización:

Peter Buffett is a Co-President of the NoVo Foundation, which works to foster a transformation from a world of domination and exploitation to one of collaboration and partnership. As part of this work, NoVo supports work in Indigenous communities across North America, including community-led programs that center Indigenous girls and women. Suzanne Benally (Navajo and Santa Clara Tewa) is a leader in U.S. Indigenous rights advocacy, and serves as the Executive Director of Cultural Survival.

February 13th is World Radio Day. Radio has contributed to the resilience of Indigenous communities all over the world-- hear some of these stories in this program commemorating the 6th annual World Radio Day.

Music
"Remember Your Children" by Salidummay. Used with permission.

Indigenous Rights Radio English Intro track features "Burn your Village to the Ground" by @a-tribe-called-red. Used with permission.

Las amenazas a la integridad física y moral de los líderes y lideresas Indígenas en el mundo son claras y aún continúan, pero lo que es más claro es el compromiso de cada uno/a con su comunidad. En este especial de 13 minutos te daremos a conocer los acuerdos internacionales que les protegen y acompañan en sus luchas así como alguno de sus logros y principales demandas.   

Recursos

Rosie Sula introduces this report with a beautiful chant about the legends of Lake Sebu, an important feature within the traditional territory of the T'boli people of the Philippines.

Vicky Tauli-Corpuz, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, visited several states in Mexico to report on progress made in areas of Indigenous rights since her predecessor's trip to the country in 2003. Though the Mexican government has not fulfilled the majority of recommendations made by the former UNSR, Tauli-Corpuz notes the empowerment of autonomous municipalities since 2003 as an improvement over previous years.

En ete progra te damos a conocer sobre casos exitosos que ha tenido la Corte Interamericana. Acá te dejamos una experiencia en Nicaragua sobre tierras de una comunidad Indígena , Awas Tingni, que no poseeia un título. 

Voces

Rigoberto Gonzales, representante del Centro para la Autonomía y el Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indígenas, Nicaragua

Musicalización

​-  ​Sik´inik , ​K'oxomal Winaqil. Utilizado con su autorización

​-  ​Nan Tat,  ​K´oxomal Winaqil. Utilizado con su autorización

Quieres conocer cómo funciona la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos, acá te lo contamos. 

Voces

Gustavo Sambrano, investigador y experto en tema de pueblos Indígenas, Lima Perú

Musicalización

​-  ​Sik´inik , ​K'oxomal Winaqil. Utilizado con su autorización

​-  ​Nan Tat,  ​K´oxomal Winaqil. Utilizado con su autorización

​-  ​Canmandalla, Yarina. Utilizado con su autorización

En este programa te contamos sobre el Consentimiento Libre, Previo e Informado y que establece la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos sobre esto.

Voces

Gloria Amparo Rodríguez, profesora e investigadora en la Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá Colombia 

Musicalización

​-  ​Sik´inik , ​K'oxomal Winaqil. Utilizado con su autorización

​-  ​Nan Tat,  ​K´oxomal Winaqil. Utilizado con su autorización

​-  ​Canmandalla, Yarina. Utilizado con su autorización

En Panamá se están haciendo esfuerzos para  hacer valer los derechos Indígenas, te invitamos a conocer qué estás experiencias por medio del uso de los Instrumentos Nacionales e Internacionales.  Nuestro entrevistado destaca la importancia de plantear una estrategia de comunicación para que el gobierno nacional asuma la importancia sin olvidar el trabajo mancomunado y combinar cortes nacionales e internacionales.

Voces

Héctor Herrera Santoyo, abogado de la Asociación Interamericana para la Defensa del Ambiente AIDA

En este programa queremos darte a conocer algunas recomendaciones para el uso de Sistema Interamericano de Derechos Humanos entre las que se destaca en la importancia de buscar que las leyes internacionales se aplique no sólo a los gobiernos si no también a las empresas.  

Voces
Osvaldo Jordán de Alianza para la conservación y el desarrollo ACD,  Panamá

Musicalización