Our priorities
Our priorities include several strategic topics: Udege people and the Bikin river, Indigenous peoples in the Arctic, Indigenous Peoples and Environment, Indigenous solidarity, Human rights advocacy, Financial sustainability of indigenous communities Udege people and the Bikin river Udege language revitalization Preservation of Udege culture…
Our programs
In cooperation with its partners, the Batani foundation develops today several strategic programs that help indigenous peoples of the Russian Federation to promote their human rights agenda, spread information about violations of their rights on lands, resources, and self-determination, and exchange experience with other…
Projects we support
Indigenous Russia information agency This is an independent media outlet of indigenous peoples of the Russian North, Siberia and the Far East. Batani foundation supports this project by providing funds and technical advice. Indigenous Tube channel This is a Russian YouTube channel that organizes…
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Learn MoreAndrey Danilov, a well-known Sami politician, was detained by the police at the Imandra Viking Fest in the Murmansk region
Today, August 29th, 2021 in the city of Monchegorsk (Murmansk region), during the Imandra Viking Fest organized by the Monchegorsk Development Agency with the support of “NorNickel” and the town administration, police officers detained Andrey Danilov, a well-known Saami politician and director of the Saami Heritage and…
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Climate change is rattling the world’s central bankers. With unprecedented heat and wildfires in the American West and southern Europe, and record floods racing through German towns and Chinese megacities in recent weeks, fears are growing among regulators of a coming cascade of climate-induced…
Learn MorePacific Northwest’s ‘forest gardens’ were deliberately planted by Indigenous people
For decades, First Nations people in British Columbia knew their ancestral homes—villages forcibly emptied in the late 1800s—were great places to forage for traditional foods like hazelnuts, crabapples, cranberries, and hawthorn. A new study reveals that isolated patches of fruit trees and berry bushes…
Learn MoreD. Berezhkov. A fundamental gap in the understanding of reality between Norilsk Nickel and indigenous peoples
An expanded meeting of the Public Chamber of the city of Norilsk, dedicated to the activities of Norilsk Nickel and «improving the quality of life in Norilsk,» took place in Taimyr in the last days of July. It was a fairly large meeting attended…
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