[E-rundbrief] Info 2013 - International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples

[Matthias Reichl]

E-Rundbrief Info 2013 - Cultural Survival (USA): International Day of 
the World's Indigenous Peoples. As Indigenous Peoples, We Are Resilient

Bad Ischl, 9.8.2020

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Cultural Survival:

International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, 9.8.2020.

As Indigenous Peoples, We Are Resilient

https://mailchi.mp/culturalsurvival.org/wip2020?e=a8b5c6b083

Today, we celebrate the International Day of the World's Indigenous 
Peoples and all Indigenous leaders who have been fighting for our 
rights. Today, we remember the first meeting of the UN Working Group 
on Indigenous Populations that took place in 1982 in Geneva, 
Switzerland. Much progress has been made for Indigenous rights 
protections in the international arena, but too many countries remain 
behind in respecting, protecting, and fulfilling our rights. The 
COVID-19 pandemic has further exacerbated the disparities that exist 
between Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities.

Everyday I hear inspiring stories of the ways our communities are 
mobilizing to protect our elders and those most vulnerable. How 
communities, especially youth, are relearning and returning to our 
traditional knowledge and practices to grow traditional foods and 
medicine to feed their families and keep them healthy. It is the 
passing down of this knowledge over generations, as well as our 
relationships to all our living and nonliving, animate and inanimate 
relatives, that have made us resilient. This knowledge carries 
strength and wisdom, and can guide us on how to cope with today’s 
greatest challenges and to dismantle colonial and racists structures.

Human rights and Indigenous Peoples’ rights need to be respected and 
upheld today more than ever. We know change takes decades. Today, we 
celebrate all those who put their lives on the line defending Mother 
Earth from extraction. Today, we celebrate all the Indigenous 
activists and leaders who have worked tirelessly to get rid of racist 
mascots and other forms of dehumanization against Indigenous Peoples. 
Today, we celebrate Indigenous journalists who defy oppressive State 
governments to go on air on the radio and speak their languages to 
share knowledge and inform their people. Today, we celebrate all those 
who are fighting to reclaim their ancestral lands, uphold treaties, 
and succeed like Indigenous Peoples in Oklahoma and  the Maya Ixil and 
Chorti Peoples in Guatemala with their recent #LandBack wins.

Hain daa (Thank you) for your ongoing support and for joining us in 
this journey to secure a future that respects and honors Indigenous 
Peoples' inherent rights and dynamic cultures, deeply and richly 
interwoven in lands, languages, spiritual traditions, and artistic 
expression, rooted in self-determination and self-governance.

In solidarity and gratitude,

Galina Angarova (Buryat)
Executive Director


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