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Ancestral remains of six Khoi and San individuals, exhumed between 1868 and 1924 and held at the Hunterian Museum in Glasgow, Scotland, have been returned to South Africa. The remains were formally repatriated in October 2025, marking a significant event for national healing and the restoration of dignity for the affected communities. The remains, which include those from the Northern and Western Cape, have been returned to the Iziko Museums in Cape Town and will be reburied in the Northern Cape at a later date.

Cultural Survival welcomes Alicia Moncada (Wayuu), who has joined as our new Director of Advocacy and Communications. She brings over 13 years of experience in human rights advocacy, research, and communication, with a focus on Indigenous Peoples' rights, gender justice, and climate justice. Moncada was born in Venezuela, sought refuge in Mexico, and is now based in London, England. Her academic background includes degrees in Law and Women's Rights, with specialized training in International Human Rights Law and International Humanitarian Law.
Produced by Shaldon Ferris (Khoi/San)

Cultural Survival welcomes the newest member of our Board of Directors, Dr. Lyla June Johnston. Lyla June is an Indigenous musician, author, and community organizer of Diné (Navajo), Tsétsêhéstâhese (Cheyenne), and European lineages. Her multi-genre presentation style has engaged audiences around the globe towards personal, collective, and ecological healing. She blends her academic work in Human Ecology and Indigenous Pedagogy with the traditional worldview she grew up with to inform her music, perspectives, and solutions.

En este programa de “Voces y Cantos de la Tierra Viva”, una producción de la emisora pública mexicana Radio Educación, se aborda una realidad urgente y dolorosa que enfrentan cientos de personas Indígenas monolingües en México: la criminalización y privación de sus derechos fundamentales por no contar con intérpretes y traductores en su lengua materna.

Puedes escuchar, descargar y compartir este programa de forma gratuita.

Música:
- Bajo responsabilidad de la producción.

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Indigenous Hawaiian leader Mililani Trask speaks about Indigenous women leaders and matriarchal societies.

Estas entrevistas tratan de la reunión de la Asamblea General de la ONU conocida como la Conferencia Mundial de los Pueblos Indígenas, que se realizó el 22 y 23 de septiembre del 2014. Se escuchará análisis y crítica del estatus de observador que tuvo la mayoría de la gente indígena que asistió; la intervenciones de los representantes de México y Costa Rica; y estrategias para hacer cumplir a los estados con el Documento Final.

Interview at the United Nations Permament Forum on Indigenous Peoples, May 2015 in New York. Listen to a members of the Indigenous Peoples Global Network speak about how they want to be included as Indigenous Peoples with Disabilities in the broader movement.

Entrevista con un líder joven de derechos indígenas en un evento se llama Waqib'kej en Guatemala, un estancia de grupos Mayas con propósito de coordinar la lucha por los Pueblos Mayas con enfoque en derechos Indígenas. Esta entrevista es sobre la juventud rebelde y los derechos de mujeres en Junio 2015.

Entrevista con hombres de Honduras y Veracruz, México, quienes están trabajando para la eliminación de la idea de machismo en comunidades Indígenas. Dice que es importante que las mujeres tengan una voz en la comunidad y las decisiones del municipio. También dice que quieren luchar para la igualdad de géneros.

Entrevista con Mirna Cunningham de Nicaragua sobre su trabajo de promoción y aplicación de derechos humanos, especialmente derechos de las mujeres, de Pueblos Indígenas.

Entrevista con Ahida Quilche, un recipiente de un premio liderazgo en el Foro Internacional de Mujeres Indígenas en 2014. Ella trabaja directamente con el pueblo y comunidad y cree en la lucha para proteger derechos Indígenas. Ella está conocido como líder Indígena más imporante de su país de Colombia.

Maria Eugenia Choque de Bolivia habla sobre derechos que están establecidos por instrumentos internacionales para que Pueblos Indígenas pueden aplicarlos en sus propios comunidades. La implementación de estos derechos es muy dificil, pero Maria dice que es importante seguir luchando por la defensa de comunidades y Pueblos Indígenas del mundo.

States should work with indigenous women and their communities to enable programmes around capacity building and strengthening of leadership. Indigenous women need to be included in decision making processes, at each level and in all areas.

Lemoine LaPointe, a Lakota of South Dakota and Minnesota, speaks about community conversations and their importance in providing support for Indigenous Peoples and their relationship with the surrounding region both in the present and in the future.  We met up with Lemoine at the UNPFII 2015.

Mujeres Indigenas se reunen en el VII Encuentro de Mujeres Indigenas de las Americas, Ciudad de Guatemala, Noviembre 2015.

Dayamani Barla, Indigenous tribal journalist and activist from Jharkland, India, discusses how Indigenous Peoples have been displaced from their traditional farming lands in the name of dams, mining and other development projects.

Produced by Dev Kumar Sunuwar and Jagat Dong from Nepal, for Cultural Survival after attending the Indigenous Terra Madre conference held in November, 2015 in Meghalaya, North East India.

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.