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Sep 21 2020

Farming Is Fighting: A Dayak Community Resists Unjust Regulations and Land Privatization

By Akshara Sangiorgio

Meta Septalisa In 2015, a tragedy hit Indonesia: massive forest and land fires, which blanketed the whole country with thick haze. Following this disaster, the Minister of Environment and Forestry…

Sep 16 2020

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Please Talk to Me! I Am a Stranger Until You Talk to Me

By Akshara Sangiorgio

Edna Kilusu (Tanzanian Maasai) “What?” my friend and I said simultaneously. The sheriff had asked if we had any drugs or guns with us. It was a calm, hot summer…

Jul 30 2020

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Happening to Us: Amplifying Youth Voices from the Arctic

By Akshara Sangiorgio

Text by Maéva Gauthier Video by Jasmine Gruben, Brian Kikoak, Carmen Kuptana, Nathan Kuptana, Eriel Lugt, Gabrielle Nogasak, Darryl Tedjuk Nathan Kuptana, nineteen, pauses on the stage in front of…

Jul 27 2020

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River of Brown Waters

By Akshara Sangiorgio

Laissa Malih My video, River of Brown Waters, is the story of a river called Ewaso Ng’iro in northern Kenya. The river arises from the west side of Mount Kenya…

Jun 26 2020

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Building Leadership through Reconnection: The Latin American Academy for Food Systems Resilience

By Robert Wiltzen

Yolanda López Maldonado The lakes of the Andean mountains are places for reconnecting with Mother Nature. Photo: Yolanda López Maldonado, 2019 The Indigenous Peoples of Peru have developed unique traditional…

Jun 22 2020

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Ainbon Jakon Joi: The Good Word of an Indigenous Woman

By Robert Wiltzen

Chonon Bensho with Pedro Favaron When I was born, my parents registered my birth in the town of Yarinacocha, giving me the name Astrith Gonzales Agustín. But in Shipibo-Konibo, my…

Jun 17 2020

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Land needs Language needs Land

By Robert Wiltzen

Chloe Dragon Smith On the Land We feel The roots beneath our languages— Twisting and turning, gnarly, knowing. On the Land We learn With bodymindheartandsoul, The truths that shaped our…

Jun 08 2020

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My Extinction Rebellion through Education: A Young Dohoi Woman’s Message

By Robert Wiltzen

Lina A. Karolin Every morning, waking up in her village of Tubang Habangoi, Lina would hear the sounds of the gibbons coming from the hills across the river. Photo: Lina…

Jun 03 2020

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Fighting Deforestation with Tradition: The Laman Kinipan Festival in Borneo

By Robert Wiltzen

Pinarsita Juliana Effendi Buhing, the leader of Laman Kinipan Indigenous Community, greets the guests in the welcome ceremony known as potong pantan. Photo: Save Our Borneo, 2019 Coconut leaves and…

Dec 08 2019

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Ancestral Sayings and Indigenous Knowledge: Learning from Māori Oral Tradition

By Robert Wiltzen

by Hēmi Whaanga and Priscilla Wehi An adult tūī vocalizing with feathers fluffed out, Te Puke, North Island of Aotearoa/New Zealand. Photo: Raewyn Adams, 2012 (from “New Zealand Birds…

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Farming Is Fighting: A Dayak Community Resists Unjust Regulations and Land Privatization

Please Talk to Me! I Am a Stranger Until You Talk to Me

Happening to Us: Amplifying Youth Voices from the Arctic

River of Brown Waters

Building Leadership through Reconnection: The Latin American Academy for Food Systems Resilience

Ainbon Jakon Joi: The Good Word of an Indigenous Woman

Land needs Language needs Land

My Extinction Rebellion through Education: A Young Dohoi Woman’s Message

Fighting Deforestation with Tradition: The Laman Kinipan Festival in Borneo

Ancestral Sayings and Indigenous Knowledge: Learning from Māori Oral Tradition

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