Cultural Survival (founded 1972) is a
nonprofit group based in
Cambridge
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,
, United States, which is dedicated to defending the
human rights
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of
indigenous peoples
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.
History
Cultural Survival was founded by anthropologist
David Maybury-Lewis
David Henry Peter Maybury-Lewis (5 May 1929 – 2 December 2007) was a British anthropologist, ethnologist of lowland South America, activist for indigenous peoples' human rights, and professor emeritus of Harvard University.
Born in Hyderaba ...
and his wife, Pia,
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/ref> 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.[
As of 2022, Cultural Survival had a four-star rating from ]Charity Navigator
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PONSACS
The Program on Nonviolent Sanctions in Conflict (PNS), a research division of Harvard's Center for International Affairs
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, was created by Gene Sharp
Gene Sharp (January 21, 1928 – January 28, 2018) was an American political scientist. He was the founder of the Albert Einstein Institution, a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the study of nonviolent action, and professor of pol ...
in 1983.Albert Einstein Institution
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(AEI) a few months later, which became the funding body for the Program.[
]
See also
*Friends of Peoples Close to Nature
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*Survival International
Survival International is a human rights organisation formed in 1969, a London based charity that campaigns for the rights of indigenous and/or tribal peoples and uncontacted peoples.
The organisation's campaigns generally focus on tribal peopl ...
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