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. 

A global news bulletin on the topic of Indigenous Rights. 
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Mexico
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Philippines
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and many more.

Global news on the topic of Indigenous Rights.
In this edition news from:
Mexico
Honduras
Nepal
Philippines
and more.

In 2019 Cultural Survival started helping the San people in a remote part of Namibia to start their own radio station. The idea was to build a web radio station first and then apply for a license from the broadcasting authority in Namibia.
In this podcast we hear from Disco Koki (!Xun), one of the trainees, who came to South Africa to receive training at XK FM, the South African government-funded radio station, that was set up to give the San people a voice.
"Lights in the forest by Ziibiwan, Used with Permission

Eden FM is the Southern Cape community radio station. The station was started in 2003 as an Initiative by Community leaders and business people in George, Oudtshoorn and Mosselbay. It soon grew to become the largest community radio station in the Western Cape Province.
Eden FM's presenters and staff about the impact that radio has had on the community where they broadcast.
All music is supplied by Eden FM.

In this radio program, Tukunbo Dada of Paramount FM in Nigeria, talks to veteran radio personality Niyi Dahunsi, deputy Director of Programmes, Radio Nigeria Ibadan zone, and they reminisce on what the broadcast Industry has meant to them over the years.
Presenter: Tokunbo Dada
Interviewee: Niyi Dahunsi
Music supplied by Aceboy, with permission
"Burn your village to the ground", by The Halluci Nation, used with permission

Of the estimated 7,000 known languages globally, 32 percent of them, which means as many as 2,300 languages are spoken by Indigenous Peoples living in Asia. But lately, because of many reasons, Indigenous languages are disappearing at an alarming rate globally.

In this report from Positive FM 102.5 FM in Akure Nigeria, the producers went to the streets to talk to the people about the state of education in Nigeria.
Produced by Positive FM in Nigeria.

News bulletin on the topic of Indigenous Rights.
In this edition we cover:
South Africa
Kenya
Guatemala
and more.

"Burn your village to the ground", by The Halluci Nation, used with permission

The evidence is indisputable, the areas occupied and managed by Indigenous Peoples span 24% of the global terrestrial surface, and they are home to 80% of the world’s remaining biodiversity.
Cultural Survival attended COP15 in Montreal, Canada, and spoke to some of the delegates.
Produced by Bryan Bicxul (Maya Tz'utujil)
Edited by Shaldon Ferris (Khoisan)
Interviewee: Giovanni Reyes (Kankaney Igorot)
Image from ICCA Consortium
"Lights in the forest by Ziibiwan, Used with Permission
"Burn your village to the ground", by The Halluci Nation, used with permission