Indigenous Rights Radio

Indigenous Rights Radio

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.

Episodes

October 24, 2025 41 mins
“En muchas partes del mundo, los pueblos Indígenas siguen viviendo en sus territorios ancestrales en zonas rurales. No obstante, la globalización está acelerando su migración hacia los centros urbanos”, y aunque se carece de datos precisos, las estimaciones de la Organización Internacional del Trabajo sugieren que “más de una cuarta parte de la población Indígena del mundo vive en zonas urbanas”. ¿A qué nos enfrentamos, las persona...
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Global news on the topic of Indigenous rights. In this edition, news from the US, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Kenya, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, the Philippines, Nepal, Bolivia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Colombia, Argentina, and Honduras.
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Indigenous Traditional Knowledge systems and languages are interconnected, carrying essential ecological and cultural wisdom. Our languages hold insights about ecosystems, biodiversity, and sustainable practices passed down for generations. When an Indigenous language disappears, communities— along with the entire world—lose the knowledge embedded within it. Safeguarding these knowledge systems is not only about cultural survival; ...
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October 23, 2025 22 mins
In this podcast, we spoke to Donald Soctomah and Dwayne Tomah, two prominent Passamaquoddy historians and cultural preservationists, about a remarkable piece of history: wax cylinders containing some of the earliest audio recordings of the Passamaquoddy people, dating back to 1890. Donald Soctomah, an author, tribal historic preservation officer, and former state legislator, has long worked to protect and revitalize Wabanaki cultur...
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En este programa de “Voces y Cantos de la Tierra Viva”, una producción de la emisora mexicana Radio Educación, se habla sobre la práctica ancestral de la partería tradicional y se denuncian las amenazas actuales, entre ellas la reciente entrada en vigor de la “Norma Oficial Mexicana 020”, que constituye un intento por deslegitimar el valor de los conocimientos de las parteras, con el apoyo y sustento de un marco normativo racista. ...
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October 13, 2025 55 mins
This Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Rematriation is launching Rematriated Voices, a five-episode web-based talk show exploring rematriation as an approach to truth, democracy, and balance with Mother Earth. This is a first-of-its-kind five-part talk show premiering on New York PBS affiliate WCNY on October 13, 2025, at 9 pm. Following the debut episode, weekly episodes will air on WCNY at 8pm every Saturday beginning November 8 through N...
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October 13, 2025 54 mins
The Rematriated Voices series brings together some of the most influential Indigenous voices of our time to share knowledge, values, and solutions urgently needed in a world grappling with division, ecological crisis, and social upheaval. Each episode highlights how Haudenosaunee principles, rooted in matrilineal culture, ecological balance, and collective responsibility, offer powerful frameworks for addressing issues such as demo...
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October 13, 2025 57 mins
“Indigenous Peoples’ Day is not only a time to honor our past and celebrate our people of today, but also to listen to Indigenous knowledge keepers who carry wisdom for navigating our future,” said Schenandoah. “Rematriated Voices uplifts these teachings as essential tools for healing divides, rematriating democracy, and restoring balance with Mother Earth.” This is Episode 4 of a 5 part podcast. Image: From left: Michelle Schenan...
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October 13, 2025 55 mins
Produced in collaboration with Access Audio, a storytelling initiative from the Special Collections Research Center at Syracuse University Libraries, the Rematriated Voices series will also be available through public radio programming and companion podcast on YouTube, Spotify, Apple and all major podcast platforms. This is Episode 3.
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October 13, 2025 54 mins
The Rematriated Voices series brings together some of the most influential Indigenous voices of our time to share knowledge, values, and solutions urgently needed in a world grappling with division, ecological crisis, and social upheaval. Each episode highlights how Haudenosaunee principles, rooted in matrilineal culture, ecological balance, and collective responsibility, offer powerful frameworks for addressing issues such as demo...
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El 1° de septiembre de 2025 entró en vigor, en México, la Norma 020 “Para establecimientos de salud y el reconocimiento de la partería en la atención integral materna y neonatal”, que regulará la partería profesional y tradicional, y que limitará el ejercicio de esta labor principalmente en el caso de parteras Indígenas. Se trata de una Norma que, desde su planteamiento, desconoció las voces, necesidades y exigencias de las partera...
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Global news on the topic of Indigenous rights. In this edition news from USA, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Morocco, Philippines, Nepal, Bangladesh, Guatemala, Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Ecuador, and Nicaragua. Music 'Burn your village to the ground' by The Haluci Nation, used with permission.
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The global Land Back movement is a collective and deeply rooted effort by Indigenous communities to reclaim ancestral lands that were taken through colonization, forced removal, and broken treaties. Far beyond a call for restitution, Land Back is about restoring sovereignty, cultural revitalization, and environmental stewardship. It is a continuous and evolving struggle to reassert Indigenous rights and reaffirm the sacred, recipro...
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September 30, 2025 8 mins
Andi Murphy is a journalist and producer for Native America Calling, known for her work highlighting Indigenous perspectives through storytelling and media. In this interview, she shares insights into the deep connections between Indigenous food traditions, cultural identity, and the land. These foodways—rooted in centuries of knowledge and sustainable practices—represent more than sustenance; they are expressions of history, resil...
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Indigenous knowledge plays a vital role in addressing climate change—not only because Indigenous communities are often on the frontlines of its impacts, but also because they are experts in resilience and adaptation. For generations, these communities have cultivated a deep, place-based understanding of their environments, guided by observation, stewardship, and sustainable practices. Today, their centuries-old wisdom is increasing...
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Muchos sucesos que involucran a los Pueblos Indígenas están pasando alrededor del mundo. ¿Sabes cuáles son? Como parte del derecho a la información, Cultural Survival presenta este noticiero del mes de septiembre de 2025 con notas relevantes de Norte, Centro y Sur América, África y Asia, el cual puedes escuchar, descargar y compartir de forma gratuita. Música de introducción: - “Burn Your Village to the Ground” de The Halluci Nat...
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En la Montaña de Guerrero, en México, una región habitada por los pueblos indígenas me’phaa, na savi y nahua, las mujeres se enfrentan no sólo a violencias histórico-estructurales, sino también a la violencia machista que ha arrebatado la vida de varias de ellas. De acuerdo con el Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Montaña Tlachinollan, del 2005 al 2025 se han registrado a 142 mujeres víctimas de femicidio. En este programa de “Voces...
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Con el apoyo de Radio de Derechos Indígenas de Cultural Survival, en este episodio, Fenima Churqui Choquehuanca nos invita a reflexionar sobre la importancia de cuidar el agua en la comunidad de Colquencha, La Paz, Bolivia. A través de testimonios de vecinos y vecinas, conocemos las preocupaciones frente a la explotación de piedra caliza y sus impactos en la salud, el río y la Madre Tierra. Puedes escuchar, descargar y compartir e...
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Con el apoyo de Radio de Derechos Indígenas de Cultural Survival, en este episodio, Fenima Churqui Choquehuanca nos invita a reflexionar sobre la importancia de cuidar el agua en la comunidad de Colquencha, La Paz, Bolivia. A través de testimonios de vecinos y vecinas, conocemos las preocupaciones frente a la explotación de piedra caliza y sus impactos en la salud, el río y la Madre Tierra. Puedes escuchar, descargar y compartir ...
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Desde las faldas del Popocatépetl, la comunidad de Santa María Zacatepec nos comparte su historia de lucha por el agua, la vida y el territorio. "Las heridas de la Madre Tierra" cuenta la lucha de Santa María Zacatepec, Puebla, por defender el agua ante empresas extractivas y la complicidad del Estado. Radio de Derechos Indígenas de Cultural Survival te invita a escuchar este testimonio de resistencia y esperanza. Puedes escuchar,...
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