Delio de Jesús Suárez Gómez, a member of the Indigenous Tucano community in Colombia, is combining ancestral knowledge with science to help pollinating bees survive the harsh conditions of life in the rainforest.
In return, the bees provide honey for families, which is sold, and boosts the communities’ food and fruit supply through pollination.
A collection of essays on resistance, resilience, and collective power in the age of climate disaster from Chamorro human rights lawyer and organizer Julian Aguon.
Part memoir, part manifesto, Chamorro climate activist Julian Aguon’s No Country for Eight-Spot Butterflies is a coming-of-age story and a call for justice—for everyone, but in particular, for Indigenous peoples.
Brazil's Minister of Indigenous Peoples Sonia Guajajara speaks during the 'Brazil is Indigenous Land' festival, in Brasilia, Brazil. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
Indigenous actor Takakto Kayapó receives Best Short Film award for "Nhakpoti: The Star Girl", on behalf of co-directors Pat-i Kayapo and Paul Chilsen and our whole film making collective, at the Belem ethnographic film festival last night.
For more information see my latest blog post at Notes from the Ethnoground:
In honor of Indigenous People's Day, take a minute to brush up on the "savage slot" – a pernicious feature of the Western worldview that laid the groundwork for the colonial era and continues to shape mainstream perspectives today.