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Re-Storying Biocultural Diversity: Wisdom from Young Indigenous Leaders

Volume 8, Special Issue  |  2019

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The Indigenous Youth Storytellers Circle, launched by Terralingua in 2019, gives Indigenous youths worldwide a platform to share their stories. Their voices highlight how they are reconnecting with their languages, cultural traditions, and ancestral lands. This issue celebrates their leadership in preserving and revitalizing their biocultural heritage. Read the Editorial and Table of Contents.

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Langscape Magazine 8

Editorial | Bringing the Past into the Future

Langscape Magazine Volume 8, Special Double Issue  |  2019 “We, the Indigenous Peoples, walk to the…
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Indigenous Languages

My Missing Tongue

Story by Abraham Ofori-Henaku, age 21, Akan (Ghana) That's me. A bright-looking lad with marvelous abilities to…
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Indigenous Languages

Learning to Write Our Native Language: The Nepalbhasa Ranjana Script of Nepal

Story by Manju Maharjan and Yuvash Vaidya (Newar, Nepal), ages 23 and 28 Pavitra Kasaa, a…
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Cristina Calderón: Memories of My Yagan Grandmother

by Cristina Zárraga (Yagan, Chile) Landscape of Bahía Mejillones, Onaašáka (Beagle Channel). Photo: Oliver Vogel, 2014…
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El Molo

Speaking Our Identity

Story by Hellen Losapicho, age 34, El Molo (Kenya), and Magella Hassan Lenatiyama, age 35, El…
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It Takes a Community to Raise a Speaker: An Interview with Jordan Brant (Mohawk, age 29)

Interview by Luisa Maffi, Editor of Langscape Magazine, Co-founder and Director, Terralingua Jordan Brant, Mohawk (right)…
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Haida

On Being a Chain Link Toward a Stronger Future: An Interview with Skil Jaadee White (Haida, age 24)

Interview by Luisa Maffi, Editor of Langscape Magazine, Co-founder and Director, Terralingua Skil Jaadee White, Haida…
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Learning Our Language Is Like Learning to See in Full Color: An Interview with Gisèle Maria Martin (Tla-o-qui-aht)

Interview by Luisa Maffi, Editor of Langscape Magazine, Co-founder and Director, Terralingua Gisèle Maria Martin, Tla-o-qui-aht…
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Indigenous languages

Our Children Are Our Hope and Future: Reflections of a W̱SÁNEĆ Language Apprentice Turned Language Immersion Teacher

Story by SX̱EDŦELISIYE (Renee Sampson, W̱SÁNEĆ, age 37), with an introduction by Luisa Maffi, Editor of…
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Maasai Warriors

Lessons of the Maasai Warriors (Morani)

Story by Edna Kilusu (Tanzanian Maasai), age 19 My aunt surrounded by some of my cousins — the…
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Langscape Magazine

The Pati Karapau Ceremony of Nua Lu’a (Palu’e Island), Nusa Tenggara Timur Province, Indonesia

Story by Fauzi Bin Abdul Majid, age 24, Palu’e Women in Ko’a sing and dance before…
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participatory video

Army Ants

Story by Eusebia (Chevy) Flores, age 36, Yaqui (Mexico)   The La Marabunta Filmadora participatory film…
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TEKS | Promoting & Safeguarding Biocultural Diversity through the Arts

by Dely Roy Nalo and Thomas Dick Left: Volcano on Gaua, the largest and second most…
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Indigenous Peoples

Overcoming the Odds to Reach My Dreams: An Indigenous Artist’s Story

Story by We'e'ena Tikuna, Tikuna, Brazil, age 30 . We’e’ena Tikuna is an Indigenous artist from Amazonas,…
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Indigenous peoples

In an Indigenous University: Journey of a Pamusepian

Story by Sean Anthony Dagondon Rusiana (Bagobo-Tagabawa, Philippines), age 20 Formal education and a degree is…
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biocultural diversity

In Pursuit of Dreams: An Odyssey of Self-discovery and Homecoming of a Young Dhangar Man

Story by Somnath Dadas (Dhangar), age 22, India, with Kanna K. Siripurapu In this picture from…
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biocultural diversity

They call me Umusangwabutaka: My People Were the First to Reach This Land, but Today We Don’t Own Any of It

Story by Marie Michelle Hirwa, Batwa (Rwanda) Marie around the time she finished high school. Photo:…
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biocultural diversity

In the Land of the River-Mirrors: Dialogues about “Bee-cultural” Diversity

by Walter Gabriel Estrada Ramírez and Juan Manuel Rosso Londoño Origins Sensing the other bank of…
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Indigenous youth

Dreaming of a Beautiful World Where I Could Live One Day

Katrina Trofimova (Even, Russian Federation), interviewed by Galya Morrell "I dream about the time when animals…
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D’ulus Mukhin

You Need to Carry the Torch of Light

D’ulus Mukhin (Even, Russian Federation), interviewed by Galya Morrell Drum-dancing is the heart of life in…
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Indigenous youth

There Are No Corners in the Tundra

Khadry Okotetto (Nenets, Russian Federation), interviewed by Galya Morrell “I was jailed in a Russian boarding school…
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Indigenous youth

I Want to Keep the Past and Bring It into the Future

Vova Iadne (Nenets, Russian Federation), interviewed by Galya Morrell Mammoth tusk is a hard material — just like…
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Biocultural Diversity on the Border | The Yaylas of the Western Lesser Caucasus

by Soner Oruç & Ceren Kazancı . Men, in general, are busy with taking care of herds.…
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Marine Biodiversity & Cultural Diversity: The Coastal Communities of Trivandrum, Kerala, India

by Lisba Yesudas & Johnson Jament (Mukkuvar, India) Coastal community’s rendezvous with their destiny. Fishermen at…
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biodiversity

North East Network Farm School

Story by Kewekhrozo (Peter) Thopi, age 30, Chakhesang Naga (India); and Tshenyilou (Lele) Chirhah, age 26,…
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Biocultural Heritage: The Fishing Villages of the Far North of Sweden

by Joakim Boström and Anna-Märta Henriksson (Kalix, Sweden) and Marie Kvarnström Jenny Lundbäck and Joakim Boström…
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Can the Cenotes be Saved?

Text and photos by Yolanda López-Maldonado (Yucatec Maya, Mexico)   “This is the account of how…
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biocultural diversity

Ewaso Ng’iro Camel Caravan

Video and text by Laissa Malih (Kenyan Laikipian Maasai), age 25 The Ewaso Ng’iro Camel Caravan is a five-day…
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language diversity

Strengthening the Link between Green “Fights” & Language “Fights”: A Proposal from Basque Country

by Beñat Garaio Mendizabal Langscape Magazine is the loudspeaker and meeting point for those of us…
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Ancestral Sayings and Indigenous Knowledge: Learning from Māori Oral Tradition

by Hēmi Whaanga and Priscilla Wehi   An adult tūī vocalizing with feathers fluffed out, Te…
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