The Wampanoag Peoples have lived in the region of what is now southeastern Massachusetts for more than 12,000 years. The year 2020 represents 400 years since colonizers voyaged on the Mayflower and founded Plymouth Colony as settlers on Native land. This anniversary is a time of reckoning with that history of violence, dispossession, removal. The story of Plymouth Colony cannot be told without the perspectives of Indigenous Peoples who were here as that ship arrived and who still remain.
Every indigenous child has the right to enjoy his or her own culture, practice his or her religion, and use his or her language.
This series of 24 PSAs in the Native American language Tewa, is based on the Outcome Document of the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, which took place in September of 2014 in New York. Translated from English, the PSAs highlight specific passages of the Outcome Document in an effort to inform audiences of exactly what the document contains and encourages action.
Jovenes Indigengas sufren disproporcionadamente de suicido. Aunque las razones del suicidio juvenil son complejas y difíciles de definir, la interferencia con las estructuras sociales y su destrucción han causado tensiones a lo largo de las subsiguientes generaciones y contribuyen notablemente a provocar actitudes suicidas. Escuchamos de lideres Indigenas contar sobre este problema como el tema oficial del session del Foro Permanente Para Cuestiones Indigenas, en el cede de Las Naciones Unidas, Nueva York, Abril 2015.