ECMIA 2015.Foro Permanente Pueblos Indigenas Y Cambios
El foro permanente para las cuestiones Indígenas de las Naciones Unida. Miriam Mazaquisa, Funcionaria del Secretariado del foro permanente nos habla sobre la función del foro y cambios significativos que tendrá lugar durante a partir del 2016, ella es Indígena Quichua del Ecuador.
Molly Of Denali Animated Program Wins Peabody Award
The PBS televisions show “Molly of Denali” was selected for a George Foster Peabody Award in the children’s and youth category this week.
Facing the Storm - The Story of the Tanka Bar
Tanka bars are probably the most recognizable Native American food products in the U.S.. In this radio program, Dawn Sherman, CEO of Native American Natural Foods, takes us through the Tanka's history, past challenges, as well as present day aspirations.
Producer: Shaldon Ferris (Khoisan)
Interviewee: Dawn Sherman (Lakota, Shawnee, Delaware)
Music : "Saami Drum" by Tyler, used with permission
"Burn your village to the ground" by A Tribe called Red, used with permission.
Playing It By Ear - An Interview With Flute Maker And Musician Fred Nez - Keams
Fred Nez-Keams is a Navajo Musician and Flute Maker. In this Interview, Veronica Valente learns all about Fred's journey.
Produced by Veronica Valente (Cultural Survival Intern)
Edited by Shaldon Ferris (Khoisan)
Interviewee: Fred Nez-Keams (Navajo)
Music: "Lights in the Forest" by Yarina, used with permission
Image: Screenshot of Fred Nez-Keams with a flute.
Historias tradicionales del territorio Awá
Dentro de sus propias culturas, los Pueblos Indígenas continúan con las tradiciones orales, es decir contar historias a sus hijos y nietos. Estas historias cuentan cómo surgieron los ríos y bosques o cómo los espíritus se quedan con los corazones o almas de los pobladores, tal y como lo narran aún los mayores del pueblo Awá en Ecuador.
A Modern Declaration Weaved Into An Ancient Custom - The UNDRIP Wampum Belt
According to ockbaywaywampum.com, "wampum is the bead cut from the Quahog shell, its distinctive purple and white bands create beautiful natural diversity in the material, which can be smoothed to a high polished shine. The Quahog clam is geographically limited to the coastal waters between Maine and Long Island and was harvested for food and made into jewelry by the coastal peoples of the North-Eastern region.
Telling Our Own Stories - An Interview With Filmmaker Leya Hale
Leya Hale, 36, 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 recent film, "Bring Her Home," addresses the epidemic of Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women in the United States.
More Funding Is Needed To Advance Indigenous Languages
The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) is a high-level advisory body to the Economic and Social Council.
The twenty-first session of the Permanent Forum is happening from April 25th to May 6th, 2022, at the UN Headquarters in New York.
This year's special theme is “Indigenous Peoples, business, autonomy and the human rights principles of due diligence including Free, Prior and Informed Consent”
We Need To Grow New, Young Speakers - Richard Grounds On Indigenous Languages
Over the past 25 years, Richard A. Grounds (Yuchi), Ph.D., has worked with Yuchi Elders to create new Yuchi speakers and bring his language back into his community, as well as advocating for Indigenous Peoples' language rights globally. He is currently Chair of the Global Indigenous Languages Caucus and Executive Director of the Yuchi Language Project. An article by Dr. Grounds on Yuchi language revitalization in the face of intellectual colonialism appears in Indigenous Languages and the Promise of Archives, from the University of Nebraska Press.
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.
¡Escuchemos a las infancias Indígenas!
En la Montaña de Guerrero, en México, las niñas y los niños Indígenas están haciendo literatura en sus propios idiomas; más al sur del continente, en Ecuador, las infancias y juventudes están aprendiendo la lengua de sus abuelos y abuelas: el kichwa. ¡Conoce estas experiencias a través de este programa especial de Radio de Derechos Indígenas de Cultural Survival!
Puede escuchar, descargar y compartir este programa de forma gratuita.
Música de introducción:
Coyote Brings Fire, by Chad Valdez
After the sun, the moon and the stars were placed in the sky, days and nights were made, as well as the four seasons. The weather changed and it was no longer agreeable. It became too warm or too cold. This was hard on the First people since they still lived in brush dwellings or in caves. The people started complaining about the weather but didn’t know what to do.
Voice and script:
- Chad Valdez, Navajo.
Split Decision - Audio Story By Chad Valdez
Chad Valdez (Diné) is a writer currently residing in Denver, CO, and working as a bookseller. He holds a Master's degree in Fine Arts in Fiction with a minor in Native American studies from New Mexico State University where he was the recipient of numerous awards and recognitions. He has taught undergraduate courses in English and Creative Writing where he was able to share his love of Indigenous storytelling and understanding of epistemology. His writing has appeared in Windward Review, CBR.com among other outlets. This is Chads audio story called 'Split Decision'.
Arte y Creatividad Waorani
Carlos "Wia" Cahuiya es un líder indígena de la nación Waorani en Ecuador y se considera un mensajero de su pueblo. Está agradecido por estas oportunidades en las que puede ser portavoz de su comunidad llevando sus aportes, pensamientos y arte también.
A Market For Vendors From Around The World
The Cultural Survival Bazaars are a series of cultural festivals, organized by Indigenous Peoples’ rights organization Cultural Survival, that provide Indigenous artists and artisans, cooperatives, and their representatives from around the world the chance to sell their work directly to the public.
Each event features traditional and contemporary crafts, artwork, clothing, jewelry, home goods, and accessories from dozens of countries.
Doctor Ruby Gibson On Somatic Archaeology
Within each body is an archaeological site that holds the details and wisdom of our extraordinary life story, composed of generational, spiritual, and personal experiences. Historical amnesia locks these stories in the body, manifesting as pain, disease, addictions, emotional patterns, and repetitive circumstances. Somatically excavating your personal legend unearths memories of the past that can be reconciled and healed in order to create a new myth-for your body and for your Earth
The above quote describes a book called ‘My Body, my earth, by Dr Ruby Gibson.
Noticiero regional sobre Pueblos Indígenas, junio 2025
Muchos sucesos que involucran a los Pueblos Indígenas están pasando alrededor del mundo. ¿Sabes cuáles son? Como parte del derecho a la información, Cultural Survival presenta este noticiero del mes de junio de 2025 con notas relevantes de Norte, Centro y Sur América, África y Asia, el cual puedes escuchar, descargar y compartir de forma gratuita. Música de introducción: - “Burn Your Village to the Ground” de The Halluci Nation. Derechos de autor, propiedad de The Halluci Nation. Usada bajo su permiso. Redacción: - Rosy Sul González, maya kaqchikel, Cultural Survival, Guatemala.
Made by Hand - Quality Crafts at Cultural Survival Bazaar
The Cultural Survival Bazaars are a series of cultural festivals, organized by Indigenous Peoples’ rights organization Cultural Survival, that provide Indigenous artists and artisans, cooperatives, and their representatives from around the world the chance to sell their work directly to the public. Come and Shop Indigenous at our Bazaar in Newburyport Massachusetts, on the 19th and 20th of July 2025, and then again at Tiverton Four Corners, on July 25th, 26th and 27th, 2025. In this podcast we hear from Annawon Weeden, who will be attending the Bazaar this year.
Noticiero regional sobre Pueblos Indígenas, marzo 2026
Muchos sucesos que involucran a los Pueblos Indígenas están pasando alrededor del mundo. ¿Sabes cuáles son?
Como parte del derecho a la información, Cultural Survival presenta este noticiero del mes de marzo de 2026 con notas relevantes de Norte, Centro y Sur América, África y Asia, el cual puedes escuchar, descargar y compartir de forma gratuita.
Música de introducción:
- “Burn Your Village to the Ground” de The Halluci Nation. Derechos de autor, propiedad de The Halluci Nation. Usada bajo su permiso.
Noticiero regional sobre Pueblos Indígenas, abril 2026
Muchos sucesos que involucran a los Pueblos Indígenas están pasando alrededor del mundo. ¿Sabes cuáles son?
Como parte del derecho a la información, Cultural Survival presenta este noticiero del mes de abril de 2026 con notas relevantes de Norte, Centro y Sur América, África y Asia, el cual puedes escuchar, descargar y compartir de forma gratuita.
Música de introducción:
- “Burn Your Village to the Ground” de The Halluci Nation. Derechos de autor, propiedad de The Halluci Nation. Usada bajo su permiso.
Quechua 01. Imakunamantataq parlakurqa Conferencia Mundial nisqapi?
Grabado en Quechua. La Conferencia Mundial sobre los Pueblos Indígenas fue una reunión de la asamblea general de Las Naciones Unidas en la que las preocupaciones e intereses de Los Pueblos Indígenas fueron discutidos, junto con las mejores prácticas sobre la manera de aplicar la Declaración de La Naciones Unidas sobre Los Pueblos Indígenas.
Quechua 02. ¿Jinapis imapunitaq qhillqasqa karqa Documento Final nisqapi Conferencia Mundial, maychus parlakuspa karqa Pueblos Indígenas?
Grabado en Quechua. El documento final de la Conferencia Mundial sobre los Pueblos Indígenas analiza los mecanismos de las naciones unidas que ya existe para implementar la Declaración de las Naciones Unidas sobre los Derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas, y discute maneras en que los pueden ser mejorados.
Quechua 03. Kutitawampis riqsichin Documento Final
Grabado en Quechua. El propósito del documento final de la conferencia mundial sobre los Pueblos Indígenas es consolidar el progreso que ya ha sido realizado en la implementación de la Declaración de las Naciones Unidas sobre los Derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas, modificar medidas existentes, y crear compromisos nuevos. El documento recomienda maneras en que podemos convertirse las palabras de la declaración en acciones.
Quechua 04. Kutitawampis riqsichin Documento Final
Grabado en Quechua. Un proceso de verdadero consultación y cooperación significa que los estados deben obtener consentimiento libre y previo a través de las instituciones representativas de los pueblos indígenas.
Esta serie de anuncios de servicio público está basada en el documento final de la Conferencia Mundial sobre los Pueblos Indígenas, que tuvo lugar en septiembre de 2014 en Nueva York. Los anuncios subrayan pasajes específicos del texto del documento final para informar audiencias de precisamente lo que contiene el documento y para fomentar acción.
Quechua 05. Compromisos kaqkunataq kachkanku Documento Final
Grabado en Quechua. Los artículos de la Declaración de las Naciones Unidas sobre los Pueblos Indígenas deben ser representados en las políticas y leyes nacionales, y ser bien conocidos en el gobierno legislatura, judicial, y civil.