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The Voice of Ckuri: The Revitalization of the Kunza Language in the Salta Puna Region, Argentina
We agreed to meet at a linguistics conference in the city of Salta. Our common interests were joining the sessions on glottopolitics and sociolinguistics and scant opportunities to discuss current research on the country’s indigenous languages. We wondered whether the topic had made it on the research and academic linguistic event’s agenda, after the United…
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Facing COVID-19: A Time of Spiritual Fortitude
Originally published on NDN Collective, an organization that works to develop the collective power of Indigenous Peoples. We encourage all of our relatives throughout Turtle Island and beyond to take every precaution to protect yourselves, your loved ones, families, and entire communities. NDN Collective Statement on COVID-19 and Indigenous People As the new COVID-19 (Coronavirus)…
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Decolonizing Health II: Community Efforts in Abya Yala
Slowly we perceive―like the rising of the river when it comes down from the mountain―that the rain at the top of the summit hasn’t ceded, and that we must prepare for the sudden flow. After the initial storm, like the soft roots that creep between the stones until they are broken, ideas, actions, and the…
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“We need each other to heal:” Native Americans help Native Americans overcome domestic violence
By Anikka Abbott, Cronkite News | Originally published on Dec. 23, 2019 LAS VEGAS – An opening prayer welcomes 75 Native American men and women from across the nation, gathered at a hotel to learn how to use tradition to heal from trauma – and to help others heal, too. “My grandmother was killed by her husband,” said…
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The Selk’nam People, Once Declared Extinct, Reclaim Recognition
FROM THE EDITORS: Due to its geographical location, right in Ona-sin land (Tierra del Fuego), the Selk’nam People’s contact with the white man was marked by the forced transit of explorers and traders. Newcomers hunted local fauna to the point of extinction, species on which the Ona People depended on for sustenance. In the late…
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Mexico: “We Are Blacks from the Coast” Project
Mexico: During the colonial era, demographically, the majority population was the Indigenous People, the second-largest was of African origin, and the third was whites and mestizos of European descent. Mexico had two Black presidents: the Generals Vicente Guerrero and Juan Álvarez (called “El Pinto” because he suffered from vitiligo. Because of the white spots on…
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Honduras: Guancasco Lenca, A Peace Ritual Between Indigenous Peoples
Photos by Pável Uranga Before the arrival of the Spaniards to Abya Yala, indigenous peoples maintained their cultural customs and traditions, as old as more than two thousand years before our era, even older in some areas. With the arrival of the Spaniards, everything was desecrated: peoples, cultures, historical records (pyramids, codices, languages, traditions, written,…
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Singing Hip Hop in Native Languages to Reclaim Identities
Musical expressions are liberating and help build resilience. Some musical expressions have managed to unleash social change and others, to shape identities and resistance, but above all music is contributing significantly to keeping Native languages and expressions alive. Indigenous languages are living, active languages that grow and are renewed, for example, when young people take…
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Water, Mexico and Its Many Hidden Names
By Yásnaya Elena A. Gil,* presentation at the Mexican Congress on February 28, 2019, to mark the international year of indigenous languages. Nëwemp “the place of water”, mixe. Giajmïï “about water”, chinateco. Nangi ndá “the land in the middle of water”, mazateco. Kuríhi “inside water”, chichimeco. Nu koyo “humid town”, mixteco. It was the name…