Based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Cultural Survival partners with indigenous communities to defend their lands, languages, and cultures, by assisting them in obtaining the knowledge, advocacy tools and strategic partnerships they require to protect their rights. Founded in 1972, The organization has partnered with tribal peoples in Amazonian rainforests, Tibetan nomads, reindeer herders in Mongolia, pastoralists and hunter-gatherers in Africa, aboriginal peoples in Australia, Native Americans and many others. In 2009, Global Response, another organization dedicated to protecting indigenous rights, merged with Cultural Survival.
Cultural Survival offers a range of programs including the Indigenous Rights Radio Program, which informs Indigenous listeners of their rights and works with communities to develop their own guidelines based on their unique experiences and cultural perspectives; the Endangered Languages Program, which partners with Native American communities in the United States to support their efforts in language reclamation and revitalization; and the Indigenous Artisan Bazaar Program, a series of cultural festivals that provide opportunities for Indigenous artisans to access additional markets, while encouraging the practice and transmission of artistic tradition and expression.
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