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A n n u a l R e p o r t 2001-2002 Celebrating 30 years of Cultural Survival

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ABOUT CULTURAL SURVIVALGoals & Strategies 2 From the Directors 3From the President, David Maybury-Lewis: Crisis of the Ethnosphere 4

PROGRAMS Research & Publications Cultural Survival Quarterly 5Cultural Survival Voices 6Ethnosphere Website 7Indigenous News from the Ethnosphere 8

Education & Outreach 1Education Program 9Student Conferences 10Teacher Training & Research Materials 11 Public Events - Bazaars 12Internship Program - Speakers series 1 3-14

Indigenous Tools & Services Special Projects 15-18Indigenous Speakers Forum 19

MEMBERSHIPMembership Profile 20

WHO WE ARE History of Cultural Survival 21 Boards 22Staff & Interns 23Acknowledgements 24-25How You Can Help 26

FINANCIAL SUMMARYOperating Income and Expenses 27

Contents

Publications & Research

Education & Outreach

Indigenous Empowerment

MEMBERSHIP

WHO WE ARE

FINANCIAL SUMMARY

Our Mission:In promoting the rights, voices, andvisions of indigenous peoples the worldover, Cultural Survival addresses thecritical need to acknowledge and honortheir cultural wisdom, knowledge of theenvironment, aesthetic sensibility, andspiritual orientation.

ABOUT CULTURAL SURVIVAL

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The diversity of cultures around the world isincreasingly endangered due to the use of vio-lence, forced resettlement, and the pressure toassimilate. This diversity constitutes the wealth ofall humanity. We, the global community, havemore than a moral obligation to respect and pro-mote cultural diversity—it is in our self-interest.

Publications & ResearchOur award-winning Cultural Survival Quarterly

magazine, along with the Cultural Survival Voicesnewspaper, serve to expand the public aware-ness of indigenous peoples' struggles for eco-nomic, environmental, cultural, and political self-determination. These publications bring the cen-tral insight of anthropology — the value of otherpeoples' lifeways and world views — to a generalreadership, reaching libraries, bookstores, andnewsstands throughout the United States andabroad.

Education and OutreachCultural Survival's Education and Outreach ini-

tiatives introduce educators, students, and thebroader public to indigenous issues. Through ourSecondary Schools Program, which has beenorganizing student conferences for the pastseven years, we educate students and teachersfrom around New England about indigenous cul-tures and related perspectives and controversies.Our teaching methods and participation in ourconferences motivate students to learn andexplore complex topics. To promote the teachingof indigenous cultures in the classroom, we havedeveloped a range of educational resource mate-rials, curricula that support national learningstandards, and we offer teacher training. We con-tinue to refine our curricula so that they can beused in high schools throughout the nation. Tocultivate the cross-cultural sharing of ideas and toraise the profile of indigenous issues, CulturalSurvival hosts, sponsors and presents at manypublic events and international conferences eachyear.

Indigenous EmpowermentBy providing administrative support and tax-

exempt status to indigenous groups and pro-indigenous organizations, we help them pursuetheir independent initiatives. Cultural Survival iscurrently sponsoring projects initiated by indige-nous peoples who seek to obtain land rights, pro-tect and manage their natural resources, marketsustainable products, increase literacy, gatheroral histories, or promote health care in their com-munities. We also organize the IndigenousSpeakers Forum, which brings indigenous lead-ers together to discuss common concerns andspeak with specialists, students, teachers, andthe general public in the Boston vicinity. CulturalSurvival also supports indigenous communities

under duress through advocacy campaigns pro-moted on our website and in our publications.

Ethnosphere InitiativeCultural Survival's Ethnosphere website draws

together all the programs of Cultural Survival, andis the principle means through which we pursueour mission today and into the 21st century. TheIndigenous Empowerment component of thewebsite will provide indigenous communities,leaders, and activists with a resource whichfocuses on the most significant issues that indige-nous people face. Benchmark cases, referencesto related books and articles, links to organiza-tions, legal documentation, and an extensivedatabase dealing with each issue will be avail-able. The Cultural Survival Quarterly will also beused, to construct what will be the world's mostcomprehensive database dealing with indigenousissues.

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GoalsCultural Survival has three major goals: 1. Spread awareness and provide formal documentation of the myriadchallenges confronting indigenouspeoples around the world.2. Engage and educate the next generation about the critical issues facing indigenous peoples and their importance within the global community.3. Provide empowerment tools that support indigenous efforts to effectivelyresist cultural degradation and threatsto their sovereignty.

Goals & Strategies

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From the Directors: Redefining Roles for a New Century

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At Cultural Survival's memorable 30th anniversary dinner partyon May 17, we launched the pilot phase of our most ambitiousproject to date, the Ethnosphere website. This comprehensiveinternet gateway will celebrate the richness of cultural diversi-ty in the world, and document threats to that diversity. Ourmajor partner in the Ethnosphere project, the NationalGeographic Society, presented Cultural Survival PresidentDavid Maybury-Lewis with a check for $100,000, affirming ouralliance and mutual desire to create an online gateway to vital-ly important information about the Earth's endangered andevolving human cultures. The website includes news, docu-mentary and experiential features, reference tools, and educa-tional resources, among other features.

The evening's award ceremony was a highlight. Lifetimeachievement awards were presented to the co-founders ofCultural Survival, David and Pia Maybury-Lewis, and humanrights awards were bestowed on two outstanding indigenousleaders: Rosita Worl and Jim Anaya. Anaya, the Samuel M.Fegtly Professor of Law at the University of Arizona, alsoserves as special counsel to the Indian Law Resource Center,a U.S.-based non-governmental organization with consultativestatus at the United Nations. Worl, a Tlingit of ShangukeidiThunderbird Clan and House Lowered From the Sun, is ananthropology professor at the University of Alaska Southeastand president of the Sealaska Heritage Institute. The awardswere presented by Denmark's Ida Nicolaisen, the EuropeanUnion's representative on the U.N. Permanent Forum onIndigenous Issues, and Mexico's Rudolfo Stavengahen, U.N .Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples Rapporteur.

While 2002 is a time for looking back over 30 years ofresearch and advocacy on behalf of the world's indigenouspeoples, it is also an opportunity for Cultural Survival to plan forthe future. Indigenous rights advocacy has gone from strengthto strength since 1972 and the momentum for justice andreform culminated in May 2002 with the inaugural meeting ofthe UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. This tremen-dous and long-overdue development has necessitated anoverall rethink of how, in pursuing our mission, CulturalSurvival can promote the work of this important institution.

One of Cultural Survival's core roles over the past 30 yearshas been to sponsor research on indigenous peoples — whothey are, where they are, what problems they face, and whatsolutions have been developed for them. With the aid of a net-work of indigenous collaborators and pro-indigenous scholars

to ensure the very best analyses, we have published theresults in the Cultural Survival Quarterly, which continues to beone of the leading journals of indigenous affairs. With theestablishment of the Permanent Forum, indigenous peopleshave, for the first time, a voice in the international arena — andthe need for basic information on indigenous peoples, and alsoscholarly analyses of indigenous issues, is at a peak.

Cultural Survival's Ethnosphere website will house an unpar-alleled, continually renewed source of reliable, quality informa-tion on indigenous peoples, their cultural worlds, breakingnews, and issues of concern. This innovative site will drawtogether the various departments and programs of CulturalSurvival, and will be the principle means through which we pur-sue our mission in the 21st century. The Cultural SurvivalQuarterly, our flagship journal, will be used, among othermeans, to construct a comprehensive database. We expectthis website to be the source of record for indigenous peoples,government and non-governmental organizations and institu-tions, and the environmental movement. It will be a keyresource for the United Nations Permanent Forum onIndigenous Issues.

The Ethnosphere website will also be an integral componentof our education initiative. Cultural Survival's educational mod-ule will impel students from around the world to utilize the web-site's features such as chat room e-pals, educational links, anda research database.

Perhaps the most distinctive feature of the Ethnosphere web-site will be its use as an empowerment tool for indigenous peo-ples. Essential components include links to relevant humanrights organizations and other important contacts; benchmarkcases documenting successes in indigenous activism across aspectrum of key issues such as land rights, health and envi-ronment, self-determination, and sovereignty; and self-helpmanuals that will walk indigenous leaders and activists throughthe process of successfully negotiating the attainment of theirgoals.

We are proud of our achievements over the past 30 years. Atthe same time, we are enthusiastic about the increasinglyimportant role we will play in securing the rights and empower-ing the voices of the world's indigenous peoples.

Ian S. McIntosh & Bart J. RyanCo-directors of Cultural Survival

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“The Ethnosphere is a notion perhaps best defined asthe sum total of all thoughts, beliefs, myths, and intu-itions made manifest today in the myriad cultures of theworld. The Ethnosphere is humanity's greatest legacy.”

- Wade Davis, Cultural Survival Board member National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence

Time and again history has recorded indigenous peo-ples being conquered and marginalized by powerfulstates with devastating results. Ethnocide, the extermi-nation of indigenous cultures, remains official policy inmany, if not most, parts of the world due in part to mis-guided views of indigenous peoples. This policy isdefended in many ways: indigenous peoples mustabandon their traditional beliefs and practices and mod-ernize for their own good; progress is inevitable andindigenous peoples cannot impede development; theethnic difference that indigenous peoples representdestabilizes the nation-state and causes dangerouspolitical conflicts. These arguments are demonstrablywrong.

Indigenous peoples do not stand in the way ofprogress; rather they contribute to it if given the chance.Traditional cultures are not failed attempts at modernity,but valuable alternative visions of what it means to behuman. Suppressing dynamic cultural traditions richwith meaning not only disrupts the indigenous peoples,but also has a serious effect on the entire world's popu-lation. As additional worlds and cultures are lost, thecrisis of the Ethnosphere is deepened.

The survival of a culture is not a matter of preservinga traditional way of life, but rather enabling the people ofa culture to maintain and cultivate it. The danger weface in the modern world is not that archaic cultures aredisappearing, but that vibrant cultures are being forcedout of existence. If the trend is allowed to continueunchecked, then we shall lose cultural diversity — thatvast store of knowledge and practice — that ishumankind’s greatest and most remarkable resource.

Globalization and the increasing dominance of the lib-eralized marketplace present an ever-increasing threatto indigenous peoples and the holistic paradigm of sus-tainable development. Indigenous peoples, residing ontop of the world's most coveted resources, are at theepicenter of resource wars yet ironically remain amongthe most impoverished people on the planet. The result-ing global tensions have given rise to conflicts as well aspositive trends increasing civil society alliances and cre-ative resolutions to the current stand-off. These variedcultures in jeopardy are often victims of flagrant viola-tions of human rights and international laws.

Beyond the moral imperative to promote culturaldiversity there is an additional incentive — the health ofthe Ethnosphere. These diverse communities containvital wisdom needed for developing a sustainablefuture.

Despite opposition and subordination from powerfulstates and a largely unaware public, the ability of indige-nous peoples to fight back is slowly improving. In anenvironment of increased awareness of the rich andremarkable quality of indigenous people's traditions andthe problems they currently face, the time is ripe to takeaction to allow indigenous peoples to control and culti-vate their own lives. As a result of this burgeoninginternational indigenous movement and the compellingnature of its urgent message, an increasing number ofinternational development and global financial institu-tions are developing program policies regarding, and inconsultation with, indigenous peoples. Not only havemany expressed their desire to move more purposeful-ly in this direction, many have even made concreteprogress in this respect.

Many of the world's indigenous peoples are now rep-resented by indigenous-led local, regional, and interna-tional networks and coalitions, which identify commonissues and devise strategies for cultural survival. TheUnited Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issuesis a new advisory body to U.N. agencies that providesindigenous peoples, for the first time, an avenue withinthe U.N. system for communication with governmentnations. A growing international array of pro-indigenousorganizations — of which Cultural Survival has been aleading voice — assist and promote these organizationsand issues. The public's tolerance for cultural differ-ence and awareness of the importance of ensuring thesurvival of cultural diversity has vastly increased.These trends are positive moves toward resolving thecrisis of the Ethnosphere, and must be fostered so thattheir promise for a better future is not squandered.

How can the struggles of indigenous peoples to regaincontrol over their lives be supported effectively? Howcan the general public learn more about different cultur-al worlds and the importance of their continued vitality?And how can the crisis of the Ethnosphere be checked?Cultural Survival believes an important part of the solu-tion to these problems lies in communication via theinternet. More specifically, it lies in the capacity of theinternet to facilitate communication between a variety ofgroups and its ability to mediate the exchange of knowl-edge between a variety of audiences. These attributesmake it an ideal platform from which to launch theCultural Survival Ethnosphere, a web-based programthat has already enhanced access to well-researchedand well-presented information, improved communica-tion, and fostered continued innovation regarding poli-cies and practices of local and global institutions.

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From the President— David Maybury-Lewis: Crisis of the Ethnosphere

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Founded in 1982, Cultural Survival Quarterly(CSQ) is our award-winning journal. CSQ basesits mission on the belief that the survival ofIndigenous peoples depends on the preservationof their right to decide how to adapt traditionalways to a changing world. Articles explore theinterconnected issues that affect indigenous andethnic minority communities, including environ-mental destruction, land rights, sustainable development, and cultural preservation.

Each 80 page issue of CSQ focuses on a centraltheme. Supporting articles cover news, resources, andnotes from the field. In addition, CSQ reports on thelatest releases of books, videos, and world music.Approximately 7,000 copies of each issue are printedfor international distribution. As part of theEthnosphere project, past and current issues of CSQhave been made available online. More than 1,500CSQ articles are currently available on our website,www.cs.org.

Cultural Survival Quarterly

Spring 2002 The Kalahari SanThe San of southern Africa were one of thelast peoples to practice hunting and gather-ing in the 20th century. Although forced toabandon their nomadic ways, the San haveretained their language, culture, and religiousbeliefs. This issue begins with case studiesrepresenting the range of situations in whichcontemporary San live. Richard Lee(University of Toronto), Robert Hitchcock(University of Nebraska-Lincoln), and MeganBiesele (University of Texas-Austin andTexas A&M University) serve as guest edi-tors.

Summer 2002 Aboriginal AustraliaThe essays in this issue attempt to makeconnections across generations of indige-nous peoples and between indigenous andnon-indigenous groups. A special emphasisis placed on Aboriginal Australians and theirconcept of "Dreaming," which links creationand connection in the real world. This issueattempts to reconcile the people of Australiawith their history, their land, and each other.Articles are co-authored by indigenous andnon-indigenous people. The guest editor isDeborah Bird Rose.

Winter 2002 Maroons in the AmericasThis issue focuses on Maroons — descen-dants of escaped slaves — and their situationas minorities who are severely threatened bylogging and mining operations and by otherassaults on their territories and cultural iden-tities. Specialists on Maroons in Brazil,Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana,Jamaica, and Suriname bring their hopesand struggles to light. Richard Price(College of William and Mary) serves asguest editor.

Fall 2002 MelanesiaWestern Melanesia (New Guinea, Vanuatu,New Caledonia, and the Solomon Islands)has been one of the world’s most ethno-graphically investigated regions of theworld. This issue highlights how, despitethe political, economic, and physicalhazards brought about by Melanesia'sincreasing exposure to a global world,local communities have responded toaugment and enhanced their culturalidentity and uniqueness. James Weiner(Australian National University) servesas guest editor.

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Publications &Research

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Cultural Survival published the first issue of Cultural SurvivalVoices in November 2001. Like the Action Update, which itreplaced, Voices is published quarterly. Its scope, however, ismuch more comprehensive.

Voices is meant to serve several purposes: expand our audi-ence, increase membership, direct people to the Ethnospherewebsite, motivate readers to take action, generate interest anddonations for CS Special Projects, and serve as a generalbrochure for our organization. In order to accomplish thesegoals, we expanded the Action Update from a four-page blackand white newsletter to a 16-page (eight pages in color) news-paper and renamed it Cultural Survival Voices.

Voices is action-oriented. Members and interested parties areencouraged to engage in letter-writing campaigns to unsympa-thetic governments, or to divest from those companies that harmindigenous lifeways.

Voices includes everything the Action Update contained (mem-bership appeals, action suggestions, and appeals for featuredSpecial Projects). In addition, it features information about all 21Special Projects, a CS publications catalog, and highlights fromall CS programs (education, internships, and events) thatserveto promote the many facets of our organization to the generalpublic. News items keep readers in touch with current eventsthat impact indigenous peoples. All issues are available online.

This year we printed approximately 40,000 copies of eachissue of Voices. About 20,000 went to members, former mem-bers, and nonmembers from our mailing list. The remaining20,000 were distributed by anthropology professors to their stu-dents, along with a host of volunteers (mostly former CS interns)who delivered Voices around the United States. Volunteer distri-bution has proved to be beneficial for a number of reasons: itexpanded the distribution network, and strenghtened face-to-face interaction. The first time we asked for volunteers, demandfar exceeded our supply.

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Volume 1: Issue 1 FALL 2001 Cover story: Cease to Do Evil, Then Learn to Do Good

Volume 1: Issue 2 SPRING 2002Cover stories: The Courage to Resist: A Tibetan Nun's PrisonStruggle

Volume 1: Issue 3 SUMMER 2002Cover Story: Mau Forest Destruction: Human and EcologicalDisaster in the Making

Volume 1: Issue 4 FALL 2002Cover story: Congo's Civil War Imperils Ituri Livelihood

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“The information superhighway offers vast prospects as well as pitfalls and challenges to indigenous peoples. While it has beenused as an instrument to sustain hegemonic discourse from the center (Western, colonial, majority), it may also create spaces forvoices from the periphery. It is also possible to push an indigenouscounter-discourse in cyberspace. We could achieve this by increas-ing indigenous peoples' access to these resources, increasing theircapacity to manage the production and dissemination of information, and encouraging the infusion of indigenous languagesinto cyberspace.”

Raymundo Rovillos and Vicky Tauli-Corpuz, Tebtebba Foundation/Indigenous Peoples International

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The Ethnosphere Initiative uses the internet to house an unparalleled andcontinually renewed source of reliable information about and for endangeredindigenous peoples. It simultaneously celebrates the richness and diversityof indigenous cultures and lifeways, and identifies threats to this diversity.Moreover, it uses real time interactive tools for advocacy, challenging stake-holders and the public at large to work toward a future in which indigenouspeoples 1) can maintain their languages and cultures in the face of assimi-latory pressures, 2) enjoy unrivalled access to their ancestral lands andwaters, and 3) pursue their own development agendas on their own terms.

This year at Cultural Survival, the Ethnosphere has served as an organiz-ing framework to Cultural Survival’s various programs. Through theEthnosphere, each Cultural Survival program has become better equippedto gather, analyze, and share information within the organization and with anincreasingly electronically linked global audiences. It also allows us to playa more central role in the documentation and dissemination of knowledgerelated to indigenous peoples, organizations, and international movements.

Ethnosphere research projects this year included interviews with indige-nous leaders, development of the online Indigenous News service, andselective country-level documentation on indigenous cultures, issues andpolitical organizing. To promote the Ethnosphere, we have built e-lists to pro-vide updates to our existing networks and continue to develop new contactsthrough the Internet and international conferences. In 2002 Cultural Survivalcreated a prominent Ethnosphere exhibit at the United Nations, which coin-cided with the first meeting of the First Permanent Forum on IndigenousIssues in New York. It then traveled to the U.N. in Geneva for other interna-tional conferences. These virtual networks provide consistency and follow-up to the face-to-face international meetings with partner organizations,helping to coordinate and disseminate materials.

Ethnosphere website

Components of the Ethnosphere WebsiteIndigenous Empowerment The Indigenous Empowerment component of the Ethnosphere website will provideindigenous communities, leaders, and activists with an unparalleled resource whichfocuses on the most significant issues that indigenous people face. The website willinclude benchmark cases, references to related books and articles, links to organiza-tions, legal documentation, and an extensive database dealing with each issue.

Research & PublicationsCultural Survival’s 30 years of research and documentation will serve as the foundationof our Ethnosphere database. In addition to Cultural Survival Quarterly, CulturalSurvival Voices, and Indigenous News, Cultural Survival’s research team continues tocollect articles, references, and links in order to create the most comprehensible data-base available. All documentation is searchable and organized by region, issue, andpeoples.

Education & OutreachThe Education and Outreach web component helps to educate the next generationabout the cultural diversity and continuing struggles of indigenous peoples through inter-active modules, curricula, online teaching manuals, e-pal links with indigenous youththroughout the world, and other educational resources. Cultural Survival’s Ethnosphere Homepage

Publications &Research

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Indigenous News is a weekly e-news service that coversbreaking events concerning indigenous peoples worldwide.It is posted on our Ethnosphere website, sent to a growinge-mail list, and picked up by other news services throughnews-sharing agreements. A news director and threeregional intern editors cover events by region (Americas;Africa, Europe & Middle East; and Oceania & Asia), writingseveral headlines and a feature article each week. The pur-pose is to broaden awareness of often under-reportedevents that directly impact the livelihoods of indigenous peo-ples, while shedding light on global issues and trends.

Content for the stories is gleaned from print and onlinemedia, local sources, and ‘listserves’. News items are alsosubmitted from our readers and growing e-mail subscriptionlist that includes indigenous leaders and pro-indigenousspecialists. When appropriate, readers are given information on advocacy campaigns related to news items.Generally these campaigns are managed by other pro-indigenous and human rights organizations.

Each week the news is archived in our Ethnosphere data-base and becomes searchable by peoples, place, andissue. This important feature keeps the Ethnosphereupdated and informs readers on current events. News,archives, and a comments section can all be viewed byregion on our website:

http://www.culturalsurvival.org/news/index.cfm Important priorities include the expansion of news-sharing

agreements and development of an automated online serv-ice through which Cultural Survival members and otherscan sign up to receive the news on their desktop, in region-specific format.

Indigenous News from the Ethnosphere

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Education Program

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The purpose of Cultural Survival's Education and Outreach initia-tives are to increase awareness of indigenous issues for futuregenerations. Through our Education Program we offer youth andeducators from around New England various ways to learn aboutindigenous cultures and the multiple perspectives surroundingindigenous issues. By engaging in these issues and attending ourconferences, students are motivated to learn and explore complextopics. To promote the teaching of indigenous issues in the class-room, we develop educational resource materials and curricula thatsupport national learning standards and provide teacher training.These resources help students make connections between indige-nous issues and their own lives. These educational programs aremade possible through generous support of the Josephine BayPaul and C. Michael Paul Foundation.

Twice a year, Cultural Survival brings high school students andteachers together with indigenous leaders and experts for a day ofdialogue, performances, and activities. Classes from each partici-pating school conduct research on a specific aspect of the confer-ence theme and present their findings at the event. This year marked the beginning of a new online approach to pro-

viding resources to educators about indigenous peoples by provid-ing curriculum materials through the Ethnosphere website. Freeaccess and global distribution to educators, indigenous peoplesand the general public will ensure the wider dissemination of thesematerials.

""What makes Cultural Survival special is that stu-dents and their teachers hear from the people of aculture themselves rather than relying mainly onwhat outside observers have to say. This offers aunique perspective that is invaluable. It leads students to realize that the indigenous people theyare learning from really are people, not characters ina movie or stock figures in a textbook description."Mary Anne Saul, Social Studies teacher, North Reading High School August 2, 2002

Education & Outreach

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In honor of Cultural Survival's 30thanniversary, the education programhad its own celebration in an excit-ing student conference called"MOOMBA!"— an AustralianAboriginal word meaning "festival"or "celebrate." Local high schoolsresearched and performed celebra-tions from around the globe.

May 17, 2002

Moomba! The Diversity of Celebrations

Schools:- Boston High School- Cambridge Rindge and Latin- Hudson High School- Marblehead High School- Martha's Vineyard Regional

High School- North Reading High School- Shackleton School- Urban League of Rhode Island

Speakers:-David Maybury-Lewis (Harvard Professor; Founder and President ofCultural Survival)-Meitamei Olol-Dapash (Executive Director of the Maasai EnvironmentalResource Center)-David J. Smith (award-winning teacher, author of If the World Were aVillage, and teaching consultant)-Haitian Dance Troupe (performance)-Arysteides Turpana (Representative of the Kuna)-Trinidadian Steel Drum Ensemble (performance) led by MackieBurnette, famed artist, teacher, and composer.

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Trinidadian Steel Drum Ensemble

Speakers :-IIan McIntosh (Director of Cultural Survival)-Clemente Wilson, Taina Hedman, and Iguaibiliguina Hedman,Mount Kuna (Organizers for the Movimiento de la Juventud Kuna,Panama)-Jesus Avirama, Kokonuco (Regional Council of Indigenous Peoples ofCauca, Colombia, Colombian Indigenous Organization, and the SocialAlliance of Indigenous People)-Maria Eugenia Choque, Aymara (Executive Director of Andean OralHistory and author)

Cultural Survival chose to focus the fall student conference on issuesand stakeholders in Plan Colombia, a controversial $1.6 billion aidpackage to fight drug production in Colombia. Students participated infive workshops focusing on the most pertinent aspects of PlanColombia: a "Militarization of the Region" simulation; "NaturalResources and Economic Motivations," which utilized guided imagery;"Destruction of Indigenous Cultures"; "Fumigation"; and "Drugs andRebellion." The workshop activities included role-playing and discus-sions. Two new high schools joined the spring student conference.

December 4, 2001

Plan Peoples: Coca, Plan Colombia, andIndigenous Peoples

Schools:- Austin Preparatory School- Boston High School- Cambridge Rindge and Latin- Hudson High School- Martha's Vineyard Regional

High School- South Shore High School- Urban League of Rhode Island

Student Conferences

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Maria Eugenia Choque with students

Education & Outreach

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In our work with educators we examine indigenous cultures andrelated issues then demonstrate their close relationship, thoughoften excluded or misrepresented, to many content areas andthemes studied in schools. The June 2002 teacher workshopfocused on use of a new Cultural Survival curriculum on Maasaipeoples. It included units on stereotypes and ways to explorethe term "indigenous." Teachers and CS staff examined the rel-evance of these materials to learning standards and specificstrategies for classroom implementation. The curriculum isdesigned in collaboration with the Harvard Graduate School ofEducation, using its Teaching for Understanding framework.Representatives from five school districts new to CS participat-ed in this workshop.

Teacher Training & Resource Materials

Speakers:-Meitamei Olol-Dapash (Executive Director of the MaasaiEnvironmental Resource Center)-Shannon Martin Croft (Researcher and ProjectCoordinator at Wide-Scale Interactive Development forEducators [WIDE] of the Harvard Graduate School ofEducation, specializing in education with new technologies)-Lisa Matthews (Cultural Survival Education Coordinator)-Larry Childs (Cultural Survival Ethnosphere Coordinator)

June 26 and 27, 2002

Teacher workshop

Tourism: A Challengeto Maasai Survival

Meitamei Olol-Dapash (Executive Director ofthe Maasai Environmental Resource Center)

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To reach out to our local andglobal communities, CulturalSurvival hosts and sponsorsmany public events eachyear. Public events promotecross-cultural sharing ofideas, raise the profile ofindigenous issues, andattract public support to spe-cific peoples and issues.These events includebazaars, indigenous speak-ers fora, student confer-ences, and a variety of otherconferences and events thatwe participate in or co-spon-sor.

At Cultural Survival'sfundraising bazaars, localartisans sell indigenous artand crafts, while the thou-sands who attend learnabout Cultural Survival andindigenous issues.Proceeds support CulturalSurvival programs. Thebazaars are full of life andcolor, and this year's wereno exception. The WinterBazaar took placeDecember 15-16, 2001, atHarvard University; theSpring Bazaar from May 17-19, 2002, at Harvard LawSchool; and the SummerBazaar from August 10-11,2002, in Tiverton, RhodeIsland. Attendance atBazaars this year exceeded12,000.

PUBLIC EVENTSCultural Survival sponsored, co-sponsored,or participated in each of the followingevents:

September 2001Mining Minerals and SustainableDevelopment Conference Quito, Ecuador

November 28-December 2, 2001100th Annual Meeting AmericanAnthropological AssociationWashington, DC, USA

December 4, 2001Cultural Survival Student Conference Plan Peoples: Coca, Plan Colombia, andIndigenous PeoplesGutman Center, Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts, USA

December 5, 2001Cultural Survival Indigenous Speakers ForumPlan ColombiaDavid Rockefeller Center for LatinAmerican Studies at Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts, USA

December 15-16, 2001Cultural Survival Winter BazaarPound Hall, Harvard Law SchoolCambridge, Massachusetts, USA

February 20, 2002Ecuadorian Film ScreeningBoston Public LibraryBoston, Massachusetts, USA

February 21-24, 2002Indigenous Peoples Global ConferenceUnited Nations, New York, USA

March 6-9, 2002Meeting of Comparative and InternationalEducation SocietyTheme: The Social Construction ofMarginality—Globalization's impact onthe disenfranchisedOrlando, Florida, USA

March 14, 2002International Day of Action Against Dams andFor Rivers, Water, and Life27 countries promoted 47 actions againstdams in their respective countries

April 5-7, 2002Tragedy in the Amazon: Yanomami Voices,Academic Controversy & Ethics of ResearchDavid Maybury-Lewis presented onCultural SurvivalCornell University, Ithaca, New York,USA

April 16-20, 2002International Conference on Medical Plants,Indigenous Knowledge and Benefit SharingThe Hague, The Netherlands

April 26-29, 2002Portuguese/African Encounters: AnInterdisciplinary CongressWatson Institute for International Studies,Brown UniversityProvidence, Rhode Island, USA

May 2-3, 2002 Bolivian Revolution at 50: Comparative Viewon Social, Economic, and Political Change David Rockefeller Center for LatinAmerican Studies, Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts, USA

May 11, 2002Wake Up the Earth FestivalBoston, Massachusetts, USA

May 13 - 24, 2002Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues United Nations, New York, USA

May 17-19, 2002Cultural Survival Spring BazaarScience Center Green, HarvardUniversityCambridge, Massachusetts, USA

June 26 - 27, 2002Cultural Survival Teacher TrainingCambridge Public Library, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

July 14 - 19, 2002World Civil Society ForumGeneva, Switzerland

July 22 - 26, 2002Working Group on Indigenous Populations United NationsGeneva, Switzerland

August 10-11, 2002Cultural Survival Bazaarand Tibetan Movie NightTiverton, Rhode Island, USA

Public Events: Bazaars

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“Cultural Survival is a place where I can express myself as a member of an indigenousgroup, the Ainu of Japan, and accumulate more experience working for the rights ofindigenous peoples. CS helps me understand how an indigenous rights organization canbe connected to indigenous communities, and what such an organization can offer them.My work here has reaffirmed my belief that indigenous issues are global issues. The CSstaff has entrusted me with the responsibility of working independently, thinking critically,and actively contributing my experiences and ideas.” Kanako Uzawa

According to intern coordinator Pia Maybury-Lewis, "Cultural Survival's internship program is asold as Cultural Survival itself." At its founding in1972, Cultural Survival was staffed entirely by vol-unteers who were the predecessors of today'sinterns. In the past 30 years more than 1,400young people have contributed their time and skillsto running the organization. This year, CulturalSurvival has welcomed 52 interns from 15 differentstates and 13 different countries. These internsare an integral part of our functioning and continueto enrich and enliven the organization with theirdiverse perspectives and experiences. They workin all departments, assume meaningful tasks, anddevelop important skills such as anthropologicalresearch, journalism, creating advocacy cam-paigns, and generating publicity.

While interns are unpaid, they are rewarded bytheir personal achievements and the vital knowl-edge they gain. Cultural Survival also hosts thepopular weekly intern luncheon where indigenousvisitors to New England, along with scholars andactivists are the guests of honor. We also frequet-ly arrange functions around their visits. The seriesprovides a forum for indigenous leaders and spe-cialists to present pressing issues affecting theindigenous world to interns, staff, and associatesof Cultural Survival. The lunches provide an addi-tional means to assure that interns and staff retaina direct connection with the peoples and issuesthat are the focus of our mission.

Summer interns and staff visit the S.H.A.R.E. farm in the the heart of the Cayuga region, upstate New York

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This year's speakers included:Dr. Ken Pepion, Harvard University-Harvard University's Native American Program

David Wilkie - Pygmies of the Ituri ForestIrene Staehlin, San Cultural Center - !Kung-San People of the Kalahari

Jennifer Clarke - Australian Law and Indigenous PeopleS.H.A.R.E. Farm board and advocates-

Frieda Jaques, Onondaga Clan MotherBernadette Hill, Huron Clan MotherLuanne Jamieson, Seneca Faith KeeperJulie Uticone, President of S.H.A.R.EBrooke Olsen, SecretaryJack Rossen, TreasurerMeghan McCune, Student Representative

Claudia Santana - Indigenous Peoples of the AmazonLucia Clarke -The Roma in ItalyProf. Mary Catherine Bateson, Harvard School of Education- Cross Generational Education

Bret Gustafson, Doctoral Candidate at Harvard University-Bolivian Politics and Indigenous Movements

Prof. Irv Devore, Harvard University - Primate SocietiesProf. Tom Barfield, Boston University - Current Events in Afghanistan and the Middle East

Bernie Perley, Doctoral Candidate at Harvard University - Preserving the Languages of Canada's First Nations

Prof. David Maybury-Lewis, Harvard University -The Backlash Against Cultural Survival

Prof. Doreen Stabinsky, College of the Atlantic - Genetically Modified Organisms: Food for Thought

Dr. Bart Ryan, Harvard University - Indonesia UpdateDr. Ted MacDonald, Harvard University - Awastigni Land Rights Case in Nicaragua

Dr. Lynn Theismeyer and Dr. Michio Umegaki, Keio University,Japan - Discussion and Short Films from Continuing Projects inThailand and VietnamKatie Ahern, Australian Lawyer - Aboriginal Land Rights Moises Valafana, Kogi, Colombia - Colombia

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In addition to the thought-provoking speakers, this yearinterns had the opportunity to visit the S.H.A.R.E. farm, theCayuga land claim site in upstate New York run by advo-cates for Native American land rights. Between July 22 andJune 24, 2002, two staff members and 17 interns visited the70-acre organic farm that will eventually be turned over tothe Cayuga Native Americans. The participants weeded,painted, and mucked a barn, as well as gained valuableinformation from various speakers.

Interns share a meal with Luanne Jamieson (Seneca Faith Keeper), Julie Uticone, BrookeOlsen, Jack Rossen, and Frieda Jaques (Onondaga Clan Mother) at the S.H.A.R.E. farm

This year’s internsrepresent 19 U.S. states and 13 countries

"I think that one of the mostmemorable parts of the tripwas listening to Freida, theOnondoga Clan Mother, andLuanne, the SenecaFaithkeeper, talk about theissues that are affecting them(land claim, cultural revitaliza-tion, etc). Their words wereinspiring, hopeful, and fulfillingin that they gave me the feelingthat what I was doing was real-ly making a difference."

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Cultural Survival serves as a fiscalsponsor while providing organizationaland administrative support to small,pro-indigenous organizations andindependent indigenous initiatives thatare well aligned with our mission.These projects assist indigenousgroups and ethnic minorities in buildingmore effective organizations, manag-ing natural resources, preserving theirlanguage and art forms, and becomingeconomically independent.

David Wilkie of the Ituri ForestPeoples’ Fund says "Prior to beingaccepted as a Cultural Survival SpecialProject we were able to raise onlyenough money to keep a single class-room with one teacher supported ...thanks to the grant writing advice ofCultural Survival, the InternationalFoundation awarded the fund a grantof $25,000. ... Without CulturalSurvival's help the Efe and Lese of theIturi forest would not have a primaryschool or a clinic."

Cultural Survival's Special Projectsare integrated with our CurriculumResource Program on IndigenousPeoples. Information gleaned from theprojects is frequently used to developour educational curricula.

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Xavante Education Fund, BrazilCultural Survival sponsors the fund, which provides financial support to Xavante

who want to learn the necessary skills to empower themselves and decrease theirdependence on outsiders for health care. The fund supports Lino Tsere'ubudzi's edu-cation in becoming a nurse practitioner for the Xavante. After five years of post-grad-uate training, he will become the primary healthcare-giver in his village.

Suyá Project, BrazilIn collaboration with the Suyá of Mato Grosso, Brazil, Cultural Survival and other

organizations have established bilingual schools, provided funds for video equipmentfor the Suyá to document and publicize the invasions of their land and culture, helpedimprove the health of the Suyá through health monitors and communication with doc-tors, and established a pan-tribal Association of the Indian Lands of Xingu. The Suyáare still vulnerable to disease and threatened by attempts of others to invalidate theirland claims, continuation of support for these efforts is imperative.

Special ProjectsBlack Mesa Weavers for Life and Land, USA

Cultural Survival and the Diné (Navajo) of BlackMesa, Arizona, USA, co-founded the project in 1998to better the economic and social conditions of theDiné through preservation of traditional sheep-herd-ing lifeways and the sale of wool and weaving prod-ucts. The project has identified and tapped into aninternational major niche market, worked closelywith the International Human Rights AdvocacyCenter at the University of Denver in Colorado, andformed partnerships with other groups working todevelop more international markets. They are cur-rently collaborating with Hopi groups to protect andpreserve the environment and the region's ecosystem.

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Center for Traditional Textiles of Cusco, PeruThe Center focuses on preserving traditional Peruvian weaving by documenting the

history of the art in various regions. The Center also promotes awareness and edu-cation of the textile art by displaying collections and sponsoring weavers throughoutPeru to exhibit and teach art. The Center accepts donations through CulturalSurvival to further its research and purchase textiles .

Garifuna Journey, BelizeAfter the award-winning 1994 documentary

detailing first-person accounts of Garifuna cul-ture, the project has co-curated a traveling exhi-bition involving traditional artifacts, video instal-lation, photography, original artwork, poetry, andscholarly essays. By recording elements of theirculture and educating others, the Garifuna, anindigenous people of African and Caribbeandescent, hope to maintain their own culturalpractices.

Maya Manche Scholarship Fund, BelizeGovernmental support for the education of indigenous groups is lacking in southern

Belize. However, the Kekchi believe that through education, they can overcome theirstatus as the poorest ethnic group in Belize. By recognizing that high financial educa-tional costs are a fundamental barrier in creating Kekchi leaders and increasing self-determination, they have created a scholarship fund. Cultural Survival is assisting incollecting donations for the scholarship fund.

Pumé Project, VenezuelaThe Pumé of southwestern Venezuela, also known as

Yaruro, depend heavily on the land, living by huntingand gathering, fishing, and manioc cultivation. The proj-ect and Cultural Survival developed the Pumé Fund forachieving legal land ownership and retaining aVenezuelan attorney to pursue land tenure rights. Theyalso plan to establish a program in which medical sup-plies and visits by Venezuelan health professionals areregularly available to the Pumé.

Sna Jtz'ibajom (House of the Writer) Chiapas Writer's Cooperative, Mexico

The Teatro Lo 'il Maxil has toured Mexico and the UnitedStates. With a mission to entertain and inform audiences,members produce plays about ancient Mayan history, folktales, and contemporary social issues. The project has alsocreated a literacy program that has taught 5,500 men,women, and children, and has published anthologies of folk-tales and oral history, as well as two collections of plays.According to Tziak Tsa-pat Ts-it, "By working for the good ofthe Mexican community and providing knowledge of Mexicanculture to the world we strengthen our own people." The proj-ect accepts donations through CS from those dedicated topromoting the right of indigenous self-expression.

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Special ProjectsAinu School Project, Japan

The Ainu face discrimination by mainstream Japanese and consequently hide theirbackground while traditional aspects of their cultural practices are lost. They need sup-port so they may better protect their group rights and culture. The project raises aware-ness of Ainu issues by documenting cultural practices and teaching others about diversi-ty. The project will establish an Ainu school in Tokyo to preserve the traditional language.

Orang Asli Assistance Fund, MalaysiaThe project intends to strengthen Orang Asli organizations, education, legal actions,

health care programs, publicity, lobbying, and emergency assistance. The communityeducation programs, taught by volunteer teachers, are based in four villages in the stateof Perak (plans call for programs in eight more locations). Volunteers provide formal andinformal education for children ages three to 12, and informal education for youth groupsand adults with no prior formal education. In March 2001, Tijah Chopil, the school’sfounder, co-convened the National Conference on Biodiversity and IndigenousKnowledge, speaking on the Orang Asli's possible participation in the Malaysian Ministryof Health's program to integrate traditional medicine into governmental health services.

Philippine TAFT Project, PhilippinesThe project surpassed its numerous reforestation goals. There are now five TAFT

Project sites. The TAFT Project has also provided education for 12 Higaonon children.According to one leader, "The tribal community implements and administers these proj-ects, and is feeling a sense of empowerment for the first time in decades." Donationsthrough Cultural Survival help pay for tree seedlings and food for residing families.

Tibetan Rug Weaving Project, NepalIn Chungba Valley, geographic isolation prevents many children from receiving formal

schooling. Cultural Survival has undertaken a plan to build a new residential school forarea children. The project will create an endowment from rug sales to provide scholar-ships for children from middle school through high school. Rug sales would also help cre-ate an adult learning and vocational training center for basic literacy, math, and account-ing.

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Tibetan School Project, TibetIn 1987, a school was established in the village of Katsel, Medrogonkhar. The project's

objectives are to provide educational opportunities, food, clothing, and basic health carefor the children of the Katsel school, as well as provide assistance to other rural Tibetanschools. In addition, a medical dispensary, full-time nurse, and part-time doctor are avail-able to administer medical care for the students, staff, and villagers.

Totem Peoples’ Preservation Project,Siberia and Mongolia

The project seeks cultural preservation ofthe eastern Siberian and Mongolian totempeoples, the Dukha, and retention of thedeclining reindeer population. On October29, 2001, CS welcomed five visitors fromSiberia in a cultural exchange organized bythe Massachusetts-based NGO Sacred EarthNetwork. Topics covered educating childrento love their culture, protecting sacred sites,exercising spiritual practices, pursuing eco-nomic activities, supporting traditional use ofnatural resources, and strengthening legisla-tion for the establishment of an ethno-culturalcenter.

Wangurri Garden Project, AustraliaAustralian Wangurri clan elder Timothy Buthimang is pursuing his vision: ensur-

ing that self-sufficient Aborigines are utilizing the land and sea. His WangurriGarden Project has established fruit and vegetable gardens to support the move-ment of Aborigines back to their homeland, to alleviate the need to return to cen-tral communities for provisions, and to ease the adjustment to a bush life. CulturalSurvival’s supporters contributed $2,760 following the Action Update appeal inearly 2001.

Wangurri Garden Project participants

Dukha girl with a reindeer

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Djenné Project, MaliThe Djenné Project is a CS research and advocacy initiative that seriously questions plans to build

a large dam at Talo along the Bani River in Mali. Responding to local and international concerns,Cultural Survival commissioned a study by an expert team from the International DevelopmentOffice at Clark University in Massachusetts, USA. The report revealed that the Talo Dam projectwould be detrimental to the natural environment with likely negative affects on 20,000 downstreamfarmers, fisher peoples and other residents. It could also lead to the destruction of the DjenneMosque, the largest adobe structure in the world. The African Development Bank, the primary proj-ect funder, responded to the report by placing a moratorium on construction allowing time for furtherstudy. Unfortunately the Malian Ministry of Rural Development has rejected the Clark report find-ings and has not adequately responded to the five main issues raised therein: 1) lack of participa-tion and public acceptance by residents situated downstream in Djenné, 2) an additionalEnvironmental Impact Assessment to better explore potential adverse affects, 3) fair monitoring andaccountability by all stakeholders, not just direct beneficiaries, 4) a cost-benefit analysis taking intoconsideration downstream effects, and 5) the governmental protection provision of the DjennéMosque as a designated World Heritage site under UNESCO. Members of the Clark team spentthe summer in Mali and their findings will inform the next phase of this special project.

Efe Medical Project, Democratic Republic of CongoThe Efe are the least Westernized of pygmy groups. Because they have no medical care of any

kind, simple infections result in prolonged pain and severe suffering. In fact, an estimated 50 per-cent of children die before reaching adulthood. However, most cases are preventable. With a fundfor a medical dispensary in the Ituri forest at Akokora, the primary mission is mitigating the sufferingfrom malaria, yaws, tropical ulcers, and bacterial infections. The primary source of funding for theseinterventions comes from the sale of William Wheeler's landmark portrait of the Efe, entitled EfePygmies: Archers of the African Rain Forest, available through Cultural Survival.

Ituri Forest Peoples’ Fund, Democratic Republic of CongoEfe and Lese farmers in the Ituri rainforest wish to ensure that their children receive education

and primary health care. Responding to a lack of government assistance, they created a fund toestablish and run their own clinic and primary school. They accept donations through CulturalSurvival: $50 cures 10 cases of malaria, $25 pays for a teacher's salary for one month, and $15buys one month's worth of school supplies.

Kasiisi/ Kanyawara School Building Project (KKSBP), UgandaThis project focuses on universal primary education for subsistence-farming families living around

Kibale National Park. These families have invested in two schools, built six classrooms, and pro-vided secondary school scholarships for two children each year. The project invites supporters to"come build blocks with Cultural Survival" and donations for the building project are acceptedthrough CS.

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Eyasi Basin Indigenous Peoples Fund, TanzaniaThis project is a new initiative for Cultural Survival in 2002 and aims to raise and distribute funds

to the Wahadzabe and Wadatoga to aid them in their efforts to protect their way of life.

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Each year, Cultural Survival hosts forums andconferences that inform various audiencesabout issues that profoundly affect the lives ofindigenous peoples. Themes often touchupon issues of international scope such asmining, dams, language loss, or war. Theselected speakers are indigenous leaderswho have direct knowledge of a particularissue. These fora provide indigenous leadersthe opportunity to meet and discuss issues ofcommon concern with other leaders as wellas international specialists, students, and thegeneral public.

On December 5, 2001, at the DavidRockefeller Center for Latin American Studiesat Harvard University, Cultural Survival pre-sented a Speakers Forum on PlanColombia. Participants included indigenousleaders from Panama, Colombia, and Bolivia,as well as local scholars. Indigenous speak-ers included Kuna Clemente Wilson, TainaHedman, and Iguaibilinguina Hedman(Organizers for the Movimiento de laJuventud Kuna, Panama); Jesus Avirama(representative of Coconuco and theRegional Council of Indigenous Peoples ofCauca, Colombia); and Aymara MariaEugenia Choque (author from Bolivia andthe Executive Director of Andean OralHistory). This consciousness-raising eventpresented to scholars and specialists differentperspectives of people involved in or affectedby Plan Colombia, including Colombian gov-ernment and military, civil society, small farm-ers, drug traffickers, and the United Statesgovernment and military.

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The members of Cultural Survival com-prise a community of individuals andorganizations concerned with indige-nous issues. Members stay informedby reading our publications and con-tribute to the cause of indigenous rightsfinancially, intellectually, and throughtheir own activism. Members are ourlargest working network and includeindigenous leaders, university profes-sors, college libraries, educators andstudents, and former Cultural Survivalstaff and interns.

Membership is the means by whichwe distribute most copies of theCultural Survival Quarterly (CSQ).Approximately 400 of our members areuniversity or public libraries. Our mem-bership base has been steadily grow-ing over the past four years. In additionto receiving the CSQ and CS Voices,members will soon be invited to sub-scribe to CS Indigenous News, a week-ly Cultural Survival e-mail publication.

Membership dues: $45/year for individual,$60/year institution, $25/year student or senior3,100 members53% pay $45/year individual rate23% pay $60/year institutional rate22% pay $25/year student or senior rate2% choose to pay between $60 and $993% choose to pay between $100 and $4990.6% (20) choose to pay between $500 and $9990.5% (14) choose to pay more than $1000

87% in U.S.A.15% in Massachusetts13% in California8% in New York3% each inWashington,Pennsylvania, Illinois2% each in Michigan,Oregon, Minnesota,Maryland, ArizonaMembers in all 50states (plus PuertoRico, D.C., Guam)

Of our 3,100 members:15% are libraries5% are anthropologists1% are educators

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The impulse for the founding of Cultural Survival arose during the 1960s withthe “opening up” of the Amazonian regions of South America and other remoteregions elsewhere. As governments all over the world sought to extractresources from areas that had never before been developed, the drastic effectsthis trend had on the regions' indigenous peoples underscored the urgent needto defend the human rights of these "victims of progress." Cultural Survival wasfounded to help indigenous peoples in their struggles.

Throughout the 1970s, Cultural Survival's original foundersDavid Maybury-Lewis (President), Evon Vogt, Jr. (Treasurer),Orlando Patterson (Clerk), and Pia Maybury-Lewis (ExecutiveSecretary) functioned out of a space made available by Harvard'sPeabody Museum. The organization was incorporated in 1972 asa tax-exempt NGO in Cambridge, Massachusetts. CS launched apublication program consisting of the Cultural Survival Newsletterand a series of Special Reports. Cultural Survival also introducedits annual craft fairs, which display and sell indigenous arts andcrafts.

During the 1980s, Cultural Survival entered a new phase. Itreceived core support from the Ford Foundation along with other

outside funding. This enabled usto expand our mission. Cultural Survival movedinto new and larger quarters and added addi-tional staff. A new initiative, Cultural Survival'sMarketing Program, was launched to helpindigenous groups receive a greater profit fromtheir sold goods. However, after considerabledebate among the board and staff and due tocomplications with the supply, it was decided tono longer support this program.

In the 1998, Cultural Survival hired a new Director, Dr. Ian S. McIntosh, ananthropologist with in-depth knowledge of indigenous issues in Australia andSoutheast Asia. The organization continued tosponsor basic research on indigenous peopleswith the aid of a network of indigenous collab-orators and pro-indigenous scholars who

insured that the very bestanalyses of indigenous issueswere available from CulturalSurvival. The results of thisongoing research were pub-lished in the Cultural SurvivalQuarterly, which continues tobe the leading journal ofindigenous affairs in the UnitedStates, and in the organization's monograph series. In thisperiod, Cultural Survival also emphasized development of theEducation and Outreach Program, which informed studentsand the public at large about indigenous issues and their sig-nificance to the global community. Meanwhile, the InternshipProgram continued to draw on talented and dedicated young

people from around the world to work with Cultural Survival as they had eversince its founding.

In 2002, Dr. Bart Ryan, an anthropologist and faculty member at HarvardUniversity whose areas of specilization includes Islam and Southeast Asia,was empolyed as Co-director. Presently, Cultural Survival continues to demon-strate leadership in crafting innovative strategies to address indigenous con-cerns, albeit with greater emphasis on more innovative communication andinformation technologies. The Ethnosphere website (www.cs.org) houses agrowing and continually renewed source of reliable, quality information onindigenous peoples. This website draws together all the departments and pro-grams of Cultural Survival, and is the primary new strategy through which wewill support our programs and achieve our mission in the 21st century. TheEthnosphere site will be the primary source of record for anyone interested inindigenous people and the considerable problems they still face at the begin-ning of the 21st century.

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History Of Cultural Survival

Pia Maybury-Lewis, co-founder,with a Xerente child, Brazil 1956

David Maybury-Lewis, co-founder,with son Biorn visiting the XavanteIndians, Brazil 1958

Who We Are

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Founders David & Pia Maybury-LewisOrlando PattersonEvon Z. Vogt, Jr.

Board of DirectorsDavid Maybury-Lewis, President

Edward C. Henderson Professor of Anthropology Department of AnthropologyHarvard University

S. James AnayaSamuel M. Fegtly Professor of Law James E. Rogers College of LawUniversity of Arizona

Wade DavisExplorer-in-ResidenceNational Geographic

Sarah Fuller, ClerkPresident and CEODecision Resources, Inc.

Pat GercikManaging DirectorM.I.T. Japan Program

Elizabeth GradyChair, Social Studies DepartmentCambridge Public Schools

Jean JacksonProfessorM.I.T. Anthropology Program

Richard Lee, Treasurer Katy Moran

Executive DirectorRenew The Earth

P. Ranganath NayakManagement Consultant & Philanthropist

Achola Pala OkeyoSenior Gender Policy AdvisorUnited Nations Development Program

John O'Connor Founder & PresidentGreenworks, Inc.

(John’s presence will be missed: he passed away Nov. 30, 2001)

Mary Anne SaulTeacher, Social Studies DepartmentNorth Reading High School

Sylvia ShepardEducation Publishing Consultant

Irene M. StaehelinCo-founder & Board Member!Khwa ttu San Culture Center

John W. TerborghCenter for Tropical ConservationDuke University

George E. TurnbullFox, Turnbull & Company

Rosita Worl (Tlingit Nation)President Sealaska Heritage Foundation

Advisory BoardHarvey Cox

Victor S. Thomas Professor of DivinityHarvard Divinity School

Roberto Cardoso de OliveiraTheodore Downing

Research Professor of Social DevelopmentUniversity of Arizona

Philippa FriedrichJohn Marshall

PresidentDocumentary Educational Resources

Orlando PattersonJohn Cowles Professor of SociologyHarvard University

Francesco PellizziMarguerite Robinson

HIID Institute Fellow Emeritus

Louis B. SohnDirector of Research and Studies of the International Rule of Law CenterGeorge Washington University Law School

Irene M. StaehelinCo-founder & Board Member!Khwa ttu San Culture Center

Lynn StephenProfessor of AnthropologyUniversity of Oregon

John W. TerborghDirector, Center for Tropical ConservationDuke University

Stefano VareseProfessor, Native American Studies University of California, Davis

Evon Z. Vogt, Jr.Professor of AnthropologyDepartment of AnthropologyHarvard University

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Staff & InternsGENERAL MANAGEMENT & ADMINISTRATIONIan S. McIntosh (Yerevan, Armenia) & Bart J. Ryan (Cambridge, Massachusetts), Managing Directors

Sofia Flynn, Bookkeeping/Personnel

Jamie Brown, Information Technology

MEMBERSHIPMark Camp, Coordinator

PROGRAMSPublications & ResearchCultural Survival Quarterly:Deidre d'Entremont, Editor and Art Director

Tara Tidwell, Managing EditorBartholomew Dean, Book Reviews

EditorSarah Hay, Advertising and Single

Copy SalesKenneth Ramsey, AdvertisingMark Camp, Subscriptions

Cultural Survival Voices:Mark Camp, Managing EditorDeidre d'Entremont, EditorJamie Brown, DesignSarah Hay & Kenneth Ramsey, Advertising and Distribution

Cultural Survival Series onEthnicity and Change:David Maybury-Lewis & TheodoreMacdonald, Jr., General Editors

Ethnosphere Initiative:Larry Childs, Pilot CoordinatorJamie Brown, Website Design

Jon Mingle & Alexis John Hooi,Indigenous News Editors

Rossana Andia, Zivile Maciukaite,Abra Lyman, Fidel Porcuna, SarahMurray, News ReportersLucia Clark, Research, Canada &

EuropeAndrew Mudge, Threatened Voices:The First UN Permanent Forum onIndigenous Issues, Film Documentary

ProducerBelinder Dhanoa, Film Documentary Writer

Education & OutreachEducation Program:Lisa MatthewsResearch Coordinator

Kenneth RamseyOutreach Coordinator

Internship Program, Public Events,Bazaars: Pia Maybury-Lewis

Indigenous Tools & ServicesSpecial Projects:Ian S. McIntosh, Coordinator

1. Ainu School Project, JapanShizue Ukaji

2. Black Mesa Project, United StatesCarol Halberstadt

3. Center for Traditional Textiles of Cusco, Peru

Nilda Callañaupa4. Center for AndeanEthnomusicology, Peru

Raul Romero

5. Djenné Project, MaliJean-Louis Bourgeois

6. Efe Medical Project, D.R. CongoWilliam Wheeler

7. Ersari Turkmen Vegetable DyeWeaving Project and Tibetan RugWeaving Project, Tibet

Chris Walter8. Eyasi Basin Indigenous PeoplesFund, Tanzania

Nic Blurton-Jones9. Garifuna Journey, Belize

Andrea Leland, Kathy Berger10. Ituri Forest Peoples Fund, D.R.Congo

David Wilkie, Gilda Morelli, BryanCurran, Robert Bailey

11. Kasiisi/Kanyawara School Project,Uganda

Elizabeth Ross, Richard Wrangham12. Philippine TAFT Project,Philippines

Datu Efren Mandipensa13. Pumé Project, Venezuela

Pei-Lin Yu, Russell Greaves14. Sna Jtz'ibajom, Chiapas Writers' Cooperative, Mexico

Robert Laughlin15. Totem Peoples’ PreservationProject, Mongolia

Daniel Plumley16. Wangurri Garden Project,Australia

Timothy Buthimang17. Wara Collection Project, Brazil

Hiparidi Top'tiro18. Xavante Education Fund, Brazil

Laura Graham

Indigenous Speakers Forum:Ian S. McIntosh, CoordinatorAdvocacy Campaigns:Mark Camp, Coordinator

InternsRossana Andia, Anne Batchelder,Sydney Beveridge, Juan MartinBotero, Miranda Bureau, OleksandrByelyakov, Jack Caughran, LuciaClark, Susan Charneco, Ga-YoungChoi, Christopher Cronin, Joanna Eng,Erin Fitz-Henry, Jennifer Frederick,Alexandra Garita, Kelly Gillooley,James Hannon, Alexis John Hooi,David Ibarrola, Leah Kabran, NoahKaufman, Rodela Khan, EdenKnudsen, Molly Krautmeyer, SethLaymon, Sarah Lawrence, JessicaLeight, Zivile Maciukaite, MichelleMalalis, Victoria McLoughlin, JonathanMingle, Charlotte Moore, Luz MariaMorendo Medrano, Sarah Murray,Marin O'Brien, Helen Palfreyman,Natalie Peretsman, AgnieszkaPortalewska, Neil Ragsdale, RebeccaRouse, Sarah Sandri, Mark Sanders,Claudia Santana, Sonia Sharman,Sarah Summers, Judith Schutter, MegTierney, Amy Todd, Louisa Trackman,Kanako Uzawa, Joel Weingarten,Sarah Weiss, Claire Wheeler, JamesWilliams, Sarah Wilson, JonathanVuotto

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Foundations, Corporations& InstitutionsDonors ($20,000+)Anonymous Josephine Bay Paul & C.

Michael Paul FoundationNational Geographic Society

Donors ($2,001-$20,000)A.G. Edwards TrustBechtel FoundationChoban & AssociatesFiduciary Trust Company

InternationalNordlys Foundation, Inc.Peace Development FundSmithsonian InstituteSTA Travel/Council TravelSwanee Hunt Family

Foundation

Donors ($500 - $1999)Bart's Water SportsThe Boston Family OfficeThe Charlotte Forsythe

Fund, a fund of the Headwaters Fund

Countertop SoftwareCultural IntrigueEagle Creek Inc.Easton FoundationHarvard University Divinity

SchoolHarvard University

Graduate School of Education

Harvard University Department of Anthropology

Harvard University Peabody Museum

Headwaters FundIllinois Humanity CouncilLannan FoundationLippincott FoundationMerrill Family Charitable

FoundationMills Family FoundationThe Middle Passage

FoundationThe Roy A. Hunt FoundationTurtle ToursWinky Foundation

Donors ($100 - $499)Amelia Earhart TheatreAscend CapitalThe Boston FoundationCambridge Trust CompanyChapel of All SaintsIllinois Humanity CouncilFair Share FoundationDisorder Of The Foot & AnkleIdyll, Ltd.Fair Share FoundationHarvard University/East

Asia Regional StudiesIllinois Humanity CouncilL. A. BurdicksLa Guitarra Selecta, Inc.Occidental College LibraryRMF Foundation

Rollins CollegeRussell Family Private

FoundationShare It Now FoundationSt. Michaels Christian ServiceTulane UniversityUniversity of CaliforniaVanguard Public FoundationWeiss, Peck, & Greer LLC.

Individuals Donors ($20,000+)Maria Chabot

Donors ($2,001-$20,000)Alicia J. CampiHarry CohenJan CrawfordLida CrolRobert DryfoosNicholas G. Blurton JonesLinda A. KrolSusan KubanisDavid & Pia Maybury-LewisJohn O'ConnorBarbara RogoffKristina L. Simmons &

Michael Sheridan Colin TurnbullJohn T. Watson

Donors ($500 - $1999)Jean-Louis BourgeoisLouise BourgeoisNico Burssens Snoeck-Ducaju & Zoon N.V.Melissa K. CollierElizabeth CooperAsho CraineJ. Bart CulverMark & Vicki DodgeRobert DryfoosKaren Ito EdgertonPeter EllisonDonald FrischmannMargaret GibsonBarbara L. GlaserLaurel GonsalvesPatricia E. HaseltineTorrence HuntJean E. JacksonGreg JamesNicholas G. Blurton JonesLucille & Lawrence KaplanLida A. KrolLedlie & Roxana LaughlinRichard LeeRichard F. LemanBryan LockwoodStephen H. LoringEdward F. Macnichol Jr.Nancy Maizels & Alan WeinerJesse MarkowErnst MayrConstance McAninchArlene McLaren

Bruce P. MerrillGerrish H. MillikenRosemary MuddP. Ranganath&

Sandra NayakMichael O. NimkoffNancy S. NordhoffJerome & Janet RegierBarbara RogoffElizabeth RossMary K. RyanDan Scheib & Lynda A. KellyDan SchiavoPeter L. SheldonG. William SkinnerJanine SmithIrene StaehelinCynthia H. SunderlandGerrit StoverIrma TurtleJoan W. WoffordPhilip YoungPei Lin Yu

AcknowledgementsThe following list gives special recognition to the foundations, individuals, universities, corporations, and others who have provided financial or in-kind supportamounting to $100 or more for our work and programs during the fiscal year 2001-2002. We also greatly appreciate the generosity of our more than 3,000 memberswho are too numerous to mention here. Every contribution increases Cultural Survival's capacity to realize its mission. Donations this year ranged from the basicstudent membership of $25 to an anonymous contribution of £100,000 (aproximately $142,000).

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Donors ($100 - $499)Mary AdderleyJudith Aissen &

James T. CliffordGraham & JeanAlvordLouise Todd AmblerJanet K. AmighiRebecca ArnoldiElisha & Elizabeth

AtkinsLotte BailynJanet BainJohn BalintKeith BallCarmen BarrosGrace BascopeRoger BatzBrent BerlinRose BetheJim & Diana BillippGail A. BindermanLinda C. BlackErika E. BourguignonDeborah J. BordeauDawn BowenMarkley H. BoyerVictoria R. BrickerBeverly BridgerDorian BrooksLisa D. BrooksCynthia & Franklin

BrowningMaria BullenLinda BurkettLouise M. BurkhardCristina E. CallanPeter CanbyFrancis A. CancianRobert CampbellPeter & Lucia CaseFay M. ChandlerMurray ChapmanJohn & Jean Childs

Theodore CoakleyMichael D.CoeCelemency CogginsElizabeth H. CokerWilliam C. ColemanJohn & Jeanne CoseoTheodore CraigJean CrandallMartha CrayArthur M. CrockerWilliam H. CrockerRon CrunhutElizabeth Csicsery-

RonaySusan & Tom CurrenCarrie Nicole DailyVernie DaleAndrew & Adrianne

DavisAlison E. DavisRobert DentanTerry B. EastmanRuth EckertElizabeth EddisonMait EdeyRisa S EllovichKirk & Karen EndicottBrenda EngelGlenn & Maria ErsoAnne & William EwingSigo FalkWilliam & Barbara

FashPhyllis Ann FastDorothy FedermanPatricia & T. LuxFeiningerMichael M.J. FischerDouglas FitzsimmonsJohn & Diane

ForsdaleBarbara FranksRobert FreidmanJohn Fries

Gabriel P. FrommerWilliam & Sarah FullerIvan GaylerTeresa GilmanMirra GinsburgHelen W. GjessingMichalene GlennonWalter GoldschmidtJanice GonsalvesByron & Mary Jo

GoodFelicitas D. GoodmanLesli GordonPamela Giering

GossmanJames H. Goulder, Jr.Elizabeth GradyMargaret J. GrahamSidney M. GreenfieldLinda GreenhouseLouise GreggRon Grunhut &

Carmen BarrosWalter W. HainesElizabeth H. HarrisonEdith R. HedgesDagmar HelgagerCarol HendricksonSusan J. HerlinEva HershJohn HertzfeldDennis HolemanRichard A. HorvitzMeta HoughRosanne HowardRobert W. HoweW.W. HowellsDaniel B. HrdyAase & A.W.F.

HugginsJohn HuntJoan Ann HyraCheri & Keith

Jameson

Daniel E. JamesonCarl R. JantzenJocelyn JerryMary N. KachadurianJohn E. KaemmerJack & Sara KellerGary & Glen KingDavid KohlbergLawrence KoplikAndrea KulinJames B. LaughlinRobert LaughlinSan San LeeWilliam B. LenoirElizabeth LeonardMargaret A. LeonardJames LevyConstance LewisLeonard LiebermanCher LindholmMatthew LindholmRach LinnNancy Yu-Ning LiuIrena LombrosoRobert LoneyM. Brinton LykesPatricia J. LyonElizabeth A. Mackay-

GrayBlue MagruderJohn MaherGeorge E. MalloukAllen MaretJoan MarlerSandra Matteson Elaine K. MartinezErnest R. MayRoma MayurJanet U. McalpinJoseph & Susan

McGeeKerry C. McgrathAnn MerrittMatthew C. Michelsen

Gerrish H. MillikenKevin MillerMarvin MinskyJohn & Ellen MootKaren MossRosemary MuddAnna Marie MulvihillConnie MutelAnna NathansonEmmy Howe-NeseedSalomon NahmadCarl F. NelsonChristine Scott Nelson

& Carl F. NelsonJill E. NewhouseElizabeth NicholsJohanna NicholsDavid Teget NicholsonJean F. NutiniFelicia OldfatherSutti OrtizNancy OxfeldMichael PerloffPauline E. PetersRichard & Irene PipesDaniel R. PlumleyGudrun PolakTom V. PottsWelling T. PopeEsther Christopher

PullmanWilliam B. RadcliffeDena O. RakoffDavid A.F. RaynoldsAna Maria G. ReedCelia ReichM. Janneke & Robert

ResnickRachel Z. RitvoFred RobertsMarguerite S.

Robinson Aldon N. RoatMargaret Rodgers

John P. RogersBarr & June

RosenbergDavid RosensteinEllen Freeman RothKathleen RousseauRustum & Della RoyGloria A. Rudisch MDCatharine D. RushDavid RushJeremy SabloffPaul SachosPaul L. SaffoJane SagerTom SargentMary Anne SaulMaria SauzierFanette Sawyer Martha Russell ShareLou ScharpfGlenn SchiavoFred SchneiderPaul ScottJudith ShapiroDonald ShepardSusan ShermanParker ShiptonDaniel SilverChristopher SimpsonTeresa M. SmithPauline SpiegalMary G. SpragueSamuel StanleyKeith E. StanleyJane StarkeyCharles SteinMarilyn StewartMr. & Mrs. W. St. GoarGeorge StraussJudith StronachCynthia SunderlandJanet Taft & H.

Rennyson Merritt IIIRobert Tamkin

Karen Taussig-LuxElmer TaylorWill TaylorJohn W. TerborghKathy TholinKatharine TrueThompsonElizabeth ThorndikeGregory & Helene

ThorntonGeorge TurnbullWilliam UrySandra UtechMarie De

VandoeuvresLeslie VenselCharles VerharenEvon & Catherine

VogtPeter Von MertensRobert WalmsleyKay B. WarrenCynthia WeinsteinJames & Rosalind

WeirTome WeisnerDolores WeltyLisa WersalCarol M. WhitneyDar WilliamsGeorge Carter WilsonDr. & Mrs. LM WinstonRobert L. WinzelerCameron W. WolfeMary Andrews WolffJosephine E. WoodPam WoodKay Harrigan WoodsLedie L. WoosleyPei Lin YuSusan E. ZarutskiePatricia ZilinskiSteven Zuckerman

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Cultural Survival Inc. is a nonprofit, tax-exemptorganization (23-7182593) and all contributions aretax deductible to the maximum extent of the law.Cultural Survival encourages contributions fromthe general public, foundations, corporations, andothers. We will be pleased to consult with any indi-vidual considering a gift to Cultural Survival.Please direct your inquiry toMark Camp, Membership Coordinator Cultural Survival215 Prospect StreetCambridge, MA 02139Tel.617-441-5412, Fax. 617-441-5417E-mail: [email protected]: www.cs.org.

There are many ways you can support the work ofCultural Survival. Below are some suggestions:

Become a memberYou can greatly help Cultural Survival by becom-

ing a member. Annual membership rates are $45for individuals, $25 for students and seniors, and$60 for institutions. You will receive a full-year sub-scription (four issues) to the award-winningCultural Survival Quarterly, along with advancedmailings and discounts to special events.

Year-End AppealA gift to the Year-End Appeal, our primary

fundraising campaign, supports programmatic ini-tiatives and organizational infrastructure. The cam-paign is held in late November, and is essential tolaying the foundation for the development ofseedling projects and special events in the upcom-ing year.

Employee Matching Gift ProgramCheck with your employer to find out whether it

will match your charitable contribution.

Endowment FundFoundations, corporations, and wealthy individu-

als are encouraged to contribute generously tosupport the long-term sustainability of the organi-zation through contributions to our endowment.

In-Kind ContributionCultural Survival has benefited in the past from

in-kind contributions made in different areas suchas computers, office equipment, graphic designservices, and pro bono legal work. Printing dona-tions can greatly offset the expenses of producingCultural Survival Quarterly journal.

Internship Program and VolunteersIf you are unable to make a monetary contribu-

tion, donate your time and expertise as an internor a volunteer for a special event. You will learnabout current indigenous issues while helping theorganization achieve its goals.

Corporate SponsorContact us about underwriting an event or

Special Project. Year round, Cultural Survivalseeks corporate and individual support for eventsranging from film series to annual gala events. OurSpecial Projects also require funding to continuetheir impressive work in various communitiesthroughout Africa, the Americas, and Asia.

Memorial Gifts and Insurance BeneficiariesYou might designate Cultural Survival as a bene-

ficiary of your estate or life insurance policy.

Planned Giving and BequestsDonor-advised accounts, remainder trusts, and

other forms of planned giving support the organi-zation while benefiting the donor as well. On spe-cial occasions, honor a friend or relative with a giftto the organization or to a Special Project.

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Cultural Survival depends on volunteers to dis-tribute its newspaper. For example, teachers maydistribute them to their students, they may be leftin coffee shops or libraries, or they may be handedout at work. Contact Cultural Survival for 100 freecopies.

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Financial Summary

Revenue and Expense information will be available fol-lowing our annual audit in October or November 2002.

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This financial report, Statement of Activities for yearended August 31, 2002, will be extracted from our audit-ed financial statements prepared by Feeley & Driscoll,P.C., Certified Public Accountants/Business Consultants.Copies of the full financial statement will be availableupon request. Cultural Survival is very appreciative ofthe generous institutions and individual donors whosesupport makes our work possible.

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Annual Report 2001-2002 Production teamLarry Childs, Editor Jennifer Burtner, AdviserAgnieszka Portalewska: Graphic DesignJudith Schutter: Publications Sydney Beveridge: Education Louisa Trackman: Outreach Michelle Malalis: Indigenous Tools & Services Amy Todd: Who We Are & Membership Tara Tidwell, Leah Kabran, & Mark Sanders:Copy Editors

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