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Pawanka Podcast – Episodio 2
For today’s episode our guest is Rukka Sombolinggi. Rukka is the first woman secretary general of the Indigenous Peoples Alliance of the Archipelago (AMAN), the largest indigenous peoples’ organization worldwide. Rukka has a degree from Hasanuddin University’s Faculty of Agriculture and holds a master’s degree in Political Science from Chulalongkorn University (Thailand). Listen on Listen
Learnings, from local to global / Aprendizajes desde lo local a lo global
Revaluation of indigenous languages: 7 stories in 7 sociocultural global regions Indigenous languages afford a unique way to perceive, understand, and interact with the world. Indigenous languages are complex knowledge systems that store ancestral wisdom and allow humanity to have a diversity of knowledge and ways of thinking. Despite the importance of keeping languages alive,
SAAMI VICTORY OVER FISHING RIGHTS
SAAMI VICTORY OVER FISHING RIGHTS The indigenous Saami people inhabit the northern part of the Scandinavian peninsula and a large part of the Kola peninsula: in Sweden, Norway, Finland and Russia. About 8,000 Saami live in Finland, which is about 0.16 % of the total Finnish population of about five million […] Politically, the Saami
Our land is our life, we sow our way
There is less deforestation and less damage to biodiversity in areas protected by indigenous peoples. Indigenous peoples maintain an ancestral bond with their territories; their lives depend closely on the natural resources of the places where they live, where they obtain food, medicines, construction materials, and where they develop their spirituality. They see in their
Aloha ‘Āina Fellowship Program
Young adults are trained in indigenous natural resource management, cultural resource management, and in promoting a traditional and holistic approach to caring for the land and building capacity in young leaders to revitalize food sovereignty in Hawai‘i.
Ancestral Wisdom
We share with you a video that shows us the art, spirituality, community work, rescue and importance of the ancestral wisdom of Indigenous Peoples and their challenges and adaptation to climate change.
Responsability to Mother Earth
Lessons of Indigenous Governance Indigenous peoples practice numerous governance systems based on their ancestral traditions and incorporating innovations. While these systems vary from community to community, they share many characteristics: a collective sense of responsibility for nurturing, protecting, and defending the territory and the balanced use of their resources and participation in decision-making. During these
Pawanka Podcast – Episodio 1
In our first episode we have as guest, Namaka Rawlins, Nāmaka, originally from Hawaii . All her life she has fought for the revitalization of the Hawaiian language. Namaka has always believed in education as a means of preserving native languages Listen on Listen on web:
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Hello and welcome to the Pawanka podcast! This space has been created to share the knowledge of indigenous peoples through stories and interviews from around the world. Pawanka is an indigenous-led fund that supports indigenous peoples’ initiatives dedicated to promoting and protecting traditional knowledge, wellbeing, rights and self-determined development. Subscribe to web version
Indigenous languages, our life, our culture, our identity
Language is more than a means of communication, it is nature and the world we inhabit, it is collectivity, it is being part of a community, of a history. Language is the possibility of sharing a cosmovision, of giving continuity to our ancestors and sharing knowledge, recipes, wisdom, sensations and emotions. It is the soul