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Indigenous Rights Radio

Indigenous Rights Radio

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 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.Copyright Cultural Survival Politics & Government
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  • Cultural Survival Global News Bulletin December 2025

    Cultural Survival Global News Bulletin December 2025
    Dec 18 2025
    Global news on the topic of Indigenous rights. In this edition, news from the U.S, Canada, Kenya, Nepal, Cambodia Colombia, Brazil, Peru, Paraguay, and more. Produced by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Sunuwar). Music: 'Burn your village to the ground', by The Haluci Nation, used with permission.
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    16 mins
  • Green Colonialism - How New Mines In Sweden Threaten The Saami

    Green Colonialism - How New Mines In Sweden Threaten The Saami
    Dec 18 2025
    Green colonialism has significantly affected the Indigenous Sámi people of northern Europe by placing large-scale renewable energy and conservation projects on their ancestral lands without full consent. Developments such as wind farms, mining for “green” minerals, hydroelectric dams, and protected areas often disrupt traditional livelihoods like reindeer herding, which depend on intact migration routes and ecosystems. While framed as environmentally sustainable, these projects can continue patterns of land dispossession and marginalization, sidelining Sámi knowledge, rights, and self-determination in the name of climate action. Journalists Tristen Taylor, Ingrid Gercama and Nathalie Bertrams for their investigation “Green Colonialism: How New Mines in Sweden Threaten the Saami. Image: Caption: Lars-Ánte Kuhmunen, a Sámi reindeer herder and joik singer, stands in the middle of a reindeer corral in the mountains above Rensjön, northern Sweden. Photo credit: Nathalie Bertrams. Artist: Lars-Ánte Kuhmunen Album: Birrasis Produced by: Georg Buljio Year: 2005 Used with permission.
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    32 mins
  • Celebrating The Hardships We Endured - Slavery at Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa

    Celebrating The Hardships We Endured - Slavery at Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa
    Dec 18 2025
    Slavery played a significant role in the early history of Paarl, Western Cape, particularly during the 17th and 18th centuries under Dutch and later British colonial rule. Enslaved people—brought mainly from East Africa, Madagascar, India, and Southeast Asia, as well as Indigenous Khoisan people—were forced to work on farms, vineyards, and in households, forming the backbone of the local agricultural economy. Their labour was central to the development of Paarl’s wine and wheat industries. Despite harsh conditions, enslaved communities preserved and blended cultural traditions, languages, and spiritual practices that continue to influence the region today. The legacy of slavery in Paarl remains visible in its social history, cultural expressions, and the lived experiences of descendant communities long after emancipation in 1834. Hybré van Niekerk, a self-taught Historian and Culture tourist guide from Paarl, tells is more. Produced by Shaldon Ferris (Khoi/San) Interviewee: Hybré van Niekerk (of Slave/Khoi descent) Image: Het Gestucht Museum, Paarl. Music 'Burn your village to the ground', by The Haluci Nation, used with permission.
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    22 mins
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