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Tribes Lose Dakota Access Pipeline Decision – Win on Federal Front

September 12, 2016

On September 9, 2016, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a ruling denying the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s request for a preliminary injunction to stop construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. However, immediately following the release of the Court’s decision, the Departments of Justice, Army, and Interior released a joint statement indicating that construction of the pipeline on Army Corps land bordering or under Lake Oahe will not go forward until the Army Corp can determine whether it will need to reconsider important issues raised by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and other tribal nations.

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Cultural Survival Announces Project Manager of Community Media Grants Project

September 6, 2016

Cultural Survival is pleased to announce Avexnim Cojti as the Project Manager for our new Community Media Grants Project, an initiative that will strengthen international Indigenous community radio stations’ broadcast infrastructure and systems.

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Argentina: Urge Harvard to Be a Responsible Investor

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Protest in the capital of Corrientes, Argentina. The sign reads, "In Corrientes, Harvard = looting."

The Iberá wetlands system in Argentina is one of the world’s largest freshwater bodies, but it is under threat. Vast monocrop pine and eucalyptus plantations have virtually eliminated biodiversity in more than half of the wetlands, devastating freshwater levels and dramatically affecting the livelihoods of the Guaraní Indigenous People who have lived in relationship with the lands for generations and depend on these ecosystems. Who's responsible? None other than Harvard University.

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Latest CSQ Articles

Battling the Nicaragua Canal

40-2 Our Cultures, Our Lands, Our Rights (June 2016)

This article contains excerpts from an investigative documentary radio program produced by Cultural Survival Indigenous Rights Radio Producer, Rosy Gonzalez.

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BETWEEN LAND AND SKY: Imagining Indigeneity “Everywhen”

40-2 Our Cultures, Our Lands, Our Rights (June 2016)

Imagine for a moment that you are standing outside in the blue-grey dawn of the Australian Great Sandy Desert. The temperature hangs in the low 60s and the surrounding light is inky and hard to see through. Above you, the sky is still littered with stars as far as the eye can see. As you stare up at them, you begin to lose track of where the earth ends and the sky begins.

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