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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, …

Learnings, from local to global / Aprendizajes desde lo local a lo global Leer más »

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 …

Our land is our life, we sow our way Leer más »

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.

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.

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 …

Responsability to Mother Earth Leer más »

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

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 …

Indigenous languages, our life, our culture, our identity Leer más »

Eight years ago, in the midst of the United Nations World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, Pawanka Fund was born as a Fund for indigenous ways of knowing and learning. Throughout its existence, it has built relationships of trust, creating networks and promoting the articulation between local and global processes. With the direction of a Guiding …

Behind Pawanka, There is a Great History Leer más »