Indigenous Youth Fellowship Project to support young Indigenous leaders aged 17-28 in creating and disseminating knowledge through creative forms and critical thinking
Proposals must be focused on any of the following themes:
- Preparedness or Response to Climate Crisis
- Environmental and biodiversity protection
- Indigenous Rights & Legal Mechanism
- Defense of land and territory (ex: investigative journalism)
- Preservation and revitalization of Indigenous languages
- Recovery of cosmogony and ancestry
- Indigenous Gender Diversity
- Indigenous community media (radio, audiovisual, digital security, etc)
- Preservation of Traditional Practices (medicine, agriculture, storytelling, etc)
- Research of traditional knowledge systems
- Maintenance of ecosystem services (water, land, etc)
- Food sovereignty & Indigenous Economy
- Cultural Artistic Expression (audiovisual, performing arts, creative writing, arts and crafts).
Cultural Survival’s Indigenous Youth Fellowship Project was started to support young Indigenous leaders aged 17-28 in creating and disseminating knowledge through creative forms and critical thinking. It is an opportunity to develop capacities in Indigenous rights, Indigenous languages, cultures, and traditional knowledge. Fellows work to represent the voices of their communities and bring awareness of local issues to global conversations through their proposed projects while strengthening their cultural identities and leadership.
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United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America, Panama, South America, Nepal, India, Bangladesh, DRC, Uganda, Kenya, Nigeria, Mali, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Taiwan, Indonesia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Sweden, Finland, Greenland, and Norway
Who can apply?
- Indigenous youth between 17 and 28 years old: The application can be individual or collective.
- Residents of the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America, Panama, South America, Nepal, India, Bangladesh, DRC, Uganda, Kenya, Nigeria, Mali, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Taiwan, Indonesia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Sweden, Finland, Greenland, and Norway.
- Those with access to the internet can collaborate creatively with other fellows, the Cultural Survival team, and can participate in video conferences.
- We highly value the participation and inclusion of women and underrepresented genders (cis women, trans women, trans men, Two-Spirits, non-binary people, and other marginalized genders).
- Individuals previously receiving a Cultural Survival grant will not be prioritized.