Cultural Survival, Inc.

14.02.2005 In light of December's Indian Ocean tsunami and the discovery that an earthquake registering 9.0 on the richter scale hit the Pacific Northwest in 1700, Vancouver Island's Huu-Ay-Aht people are hoping authorities will begin to take more seriously their ancient tale of a fifty foot wave that wiped out seven villages and left only one survivor in one of them.

04.02.2005 Despite opposition from key senators concerned about granting "race-based preferences," Hawai'i's representatives in Congress are confident that legislation granting their state's native residents federal recognition alongside American Indians and Native Alaskans will finally be approved this year.

21.01.2005 In 1997, the World Bank offered Bolivia a choice: hand over control of the country's water to private companies or lose the financial aid the Bank provided. The government complied and prices skyrocketed, leaving many Bolivian citizens high and dry. Last week, those citizens had had enough.

10.01.2005 The first Decade of Indigenous People came to a close at the end of 2004 with renewed global attention to the particular vulnerabilities and challenges faced by native communities around the world. But recognizing the need to do more--and implement real changes to improve the lives of indigenous people--a second Decade of Indigenous People was launched on January 1.

05.01.2005 Native Americans came out to vote in record numbers in November's elections, and several groups are working hard to capitalize on that momentum in an effort to bring native voices into the electoral fold in ever greater numbers and positions of influence.