UNPFII 2025 - Uplift The Voices Of Indigenous Women
The Indigenous Media Zone will provide Indigenous media, journalists and platforms a working space equipped with WiFi during the 24th Session of the Permanent Forum. The space will also allow for interaction with non-Indigenous media. Cultural Survival attended UNPFII 2025 and interviewed some of the delegates that attended.
Produced by Shaldon Ferris (Khoi/San)
Interviewee: Chelsey Perry (Nisga'a)
Music 'Libres Y Vivas' by Mare Advertencia, used with permission.
'Burn your village to the ground' by The Haluci Nation, used with permission.
Guardians of the Land - The Story of the Seal River Watershed
Stephanie Thorassie is the Executive Director of the Seal River Watershed Alliance. Her work as an Indigenous leader and defender of the land has become the subject of a documentary film called “We Are Made from the Land: Protecting the Seal River Watershed.”
The film is a powerful documentary that tells an inspiring story of healing, community, and vision. It shows how Indigenous Peoples are working to protect the land and the caribou, while striving to create a more sustainable and equitable future for everyone.
We spoke to Stephanie recently.
UNSR: Indigenous Peoples Were Not Consulted on the TPP
UN Special Rapporteur Vicky Tauli Corpuz discusses the international trade deal known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership which is being negotiated by Canada,The United States, Mexico, Peru, Chile, Singapore, Brunei, Japan, Vietnam, Malaysia, Australia, Japan, and New Zealand. She confirms that Indigenous Peoples must be consulted before these deals are negotiated.
Finding Balance - An Interview with Jannie Staffansson
Women of the world want and deserve an equal future free from stigma, stereotypes and violence; a future that’s sustainable, peaceful, with equal rights and opportunities for all. To get us there, women need to be at every table where decisions are made. In this podcast, we speak to Jannie Staffansson (Saami), a renowned Indigenous climate change expert and a Cultural Survival board member. Staffansson tells us about balancing traditional lifeways today.
Produced by Shaldon Ferris