Cultural Survival

Cultural Survival
Founded	1972
Type	Non-governmental organization
Focus	Indigenous rights
Location	Cambridge, United States;
Area served	Worldwide
Website	culturalsurvival.org

Cultural Survival (founded 1972) is a nonprofit group based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, which is dedicated to defending the human rights of indigenous peoples.

History[]

Cultural Survival was founded by anthropologist David Maybury-Lewis and his wife, Pia,^[1] in response to the opening up of the Amazonian and South American hinterlands during the 1960s, and the drastic effects this had on Indigenous inhabitants. It has since worked with Indigenous communities in Asia, Africa, South America, North America, and Australia, becoming the leading US-based organization defending the rights of Indigenous Peoples around the world. Headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Cultural Survival also has a satellite office for the Guatemala Radio Project in Guatemala.^[2]

As of 2012, Cultural Survival had a four-star rating from Charity Navigator.^[2]

PONSACS[]

The (PNS), a research division of Harvard's Center for International Affairs, was created by Gene Sharp in 1983.^[3] Its focus was the use of nonviolent sanctions as a substitute for violent interventions. Sharp also founded the independent non-profit Albert Einstein Institution (AEI) a few months later, which became the funding body for the Program.^[4]

In 1995 (some years after Sharp's departure) PNS merged with Cultural Survival, creating the Program on Nonviolent Sanctions and Cultural Survival (PONSACS). PONSACS focussed on "nonviolent alternatives for the preservation of all peoples and their cultures", flourishing for ten years before eventually closing in 2005.^[3]

References[]

^ Credo Reference - Maybury-Lewis, David H.P. b. 1929, Hyderabad, Pakistan
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Cultural Survival". Charity Navigator. Archived from the original on 9 December 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "In Memoriam: Gene Sharp, 1928–2018". Weatherhead Center for International Affairs. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
^ The First Five Years: 1983–1988 and Plans for the Future: President's report (PDF) (Report). The Albert Einstein Institution. 1988. Retrieved 26 April 2021.

External links[]

Official website
"Program on Nonviolent Sanctions and Cultural Survival". SourceWatch. 1 July 2005.

[1] Credo Reference - Maybury-Lewis, David H.P. b. 1929, Hyderabad, Pakistan

[cnav-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Cultural Survival". Charity Navigator. Archived from the original on 9 December 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2012.

[memoriam-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b "In Memoriam: Gene Sharp, 1928–2018". Weatherhead Center for International Affairs. Retrieved 26 April 2021.

[aei1983-4] The First Five Years: 1983–1988 and Plans for the Future: President's report (PDF) (Report). The Albert Einstein Institution. 1988. Retrieved 26 April 2021.

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Cultural Survival

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