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About Cultural Survival:

Before the day is over, an indigenous person will be displaced or killed. Before the month is over, an indigenous homeland will be clear-cut, strip-mined, or flooded. Before the year is over, dozens of indigenous languages will vanish forever. Governments and powerful economic interests perpetrate this human and cultural devastation. Cultural Survival works to prevent it. We partner with indigenous peoples to strengthen their languages and cultures, educate their communities about their rights, and fight marginalization, discrimination, exploitation, and abuse.

Cultural Survival is a global leader in the fight to protect indigenous lands, languages, and cultures around the world. In partnership with indigenous peoples, we advocate for native communities whose rights, cultures, and dignity are under threat. To learn more about our projects, our Cultural Survival Quarterly magazine, and our 35 years of success go to www.cs.org. Cultural Survival is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization.

About Cultural Survival Quarterly:

A Magazine as Unique as Humanity Itself

Cultural Survival Quarterly brings you inside indigenous cultures around the world, sharing their ways of life, their spirituality, their celebrations, and their challenges, all with stunning photography and intimate insights from native writers and experts.

Cultural Survival Quarterly has been published for over 32 years by one of the oldest and most respected indigenous rights organizations, Cultural Survival (www.cs.org), and your subscription helps support our efforts to help indigenous peoples keep their lands, languages, and cultures.

And now, in a special introductory offer, we are giving you the chance to find out just how much of the world can be delivered for the unprecedented low price of only $7 a year, that’s over 84% off. (for U.S. Subscribers, $25 International).

You can begin your journey (or send a friend) simply by clicking here www.cs.org/Socialnet

Cultural Survival Programs:

Ngöbe Campaign

Native Language Revitalization Campaign

America’s first languages are on the brink of extinction. By 2050, scholars estimate that as few as 20 of America’s first languages will still be spoken. We must repair this damage while there is still time. Please go to www.culturalsurvival.org/ programs/elc/program  to LEARN MORE AND SUPPORT the Native Language Revitalization Campaign as with the National Native Language Revitalization Summit of May 2009 and recent strides in securing federal funds for projects to support repairs and renovations at American Indian language immersion schools throughout the U.S.

Guatemala Radio Project

Cultural Survival is partnering with Guatemalan NGOs to strengthen this network of 168 community radio stations across the country, many of which broadcast in one or more of the country’s 25 indigenous languages. The stations provide news, educational programming, health information, and traditional music, all reinforcing pride in Mayan heritage. We at Cultural Survival provide the equipment and organizational expertise; they provide the people and the passion. But the job has only begun. A loophole in Guatemalan laws allows the police to shut down stations and confiscate equipment, and they are doing this with increasing frequency. We need your help to shore up this fragile network of protection for Mayan communities and cultures. LEARN MORE AND CONTRIBUTE at www.culturalsurvival.org/programs/grp/program.

Why is education on indigenous peoples important?

Information regarding indigenous history and culture is lacking within social studies curriculum in the United States. Educators and scholars affiliated with Cultural Survival often comment that indigenous peoples, who comprise the vast majority of the approximately 5,000 cultures and languages of the world, are either excluded or misrepresented in most middle and high school materials. The CS Education Program seeks to fill this gap through curriculum resources, student connections to indigenous led-initiatives through our In-School Program, and teacher training workshops.



About Cultural Survival Special Projects



Cultural Survival provides organizational and administrative support, and acts as a fiscal sponsor to small, independent initiatives that contribute to our organization`s mission. These Special Projects work with indigenous groups and ethnic minorities to build effective organizations, manage natural resources, preserve their language and art forms, and become economically independent.



The Special Projects of Cultural Survival form an integral part of the organization’s Indigenous Empowerment efforts. The staff people who run the Projects work independently to support the mission of Cultural Survival, while CS provides infrastructural support, thus the need for a special relationship. The resulting relationship offers significant benefits to both CS and the Special Project.



Though Cultural Survival cannot offer Special Projects direct funding, we do provide a wealth of invaluable services at reasonable rates. For example, all Special Projects benefit from Cultural Survival’s tax-exempt status, and we share our ideas and expertise on topics ranging from the best way to structure a non-profit to the basics of successful fundraising.