The one year Project “Indigenous Youth Tracing the Ancestors’ Paths” enabled indigenous youth to explore and document indigenous knowledge, with a focus on the protection and utilization of ancestral land and territories, and the management of social, political, economic, and natural resources.
Barisan Pemuda Adat Nusantara (BPAN) is AMAN’s autonomous wing organization, established on January 29, 2012 and incorporating indigenous youth at the age of 17-35 from 7 regions in Indonesia (Papua, Kepulauan Maluku, Bali-Nusra, Sulawesi, Java, Kalimantan and Sumatera) who is committed to BPAN’s Statute. BPAN functions as (1) a forum for indigenous youth of the archipelago who share the same fate of being oppressed, exploited and deprived of their rights, and who have passion and desire to rise, unify and fight to establish politically sovereign, economically independent and culturally dignified indigenous peoples; (2) a forum for AMAN’s activist cadres to defend, serve, protect, and empower indigenous peoples; and (3) a forum for gathering, harmonizing, channelling and fighting for indigenous youth’s aspiration and interests, for increasing political and legal awareness and for preparing novice cadres and indigenous people activists in all aspects of life as a society, a nation and a state.
