Pawanka Podcast

In this episode, we celebrate the success of the Circle of the Word project and its inaugural course on the revitalization of Indigenous languages. We delve into how this virtual space has connected communities worldwide to share knowledge, preserve ancestral languages, and strengthen the cultural roots of Indigenous peoples. Join us as we share inspiring stories, lessons learned from the course, and how this initiative is becoming a bridge for communication and action to safeguard the future of our languages and traditions. Don’t miss it!

En este capítulo de Pawanka Podcast, conversamos con Gabriel Cuatín, un joven líder del pueblo de Los Pastos, en el sur de Colombia. Exploramos temas como la preservación de la lengua y cultura indígena, los desafíos del sistema educativo para los jóvenes indígenas y el papel crucial que desempeñan en el mundo moderno. Gabriel también nos deja un mensaje inspirador para todos los jóvenes que buscan mantener viva su identidad. ¡No te lo pierdas!

En este emocionante séptimo episodio de Pawanka Podcast, tenemos el privilegio de recibir a Dali Angel, destacada líder indígena y coordinadora de juventudes del Fondo para el Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indígenas de América Latina y el Caribe (FILAC). Dali nos ofrece una mirada profunda a los desafíos y esperanzas que enfrenta la juventud indígena en la actualidad. Desde su experiencia personal en el sistema educativo hasta los esfuerzos realizados para preservar su lengua indígena, este episodio es un testimonio poderoso del impacto que los jóvenes pueden tener en sus comunidades. No se pierdan esta inspiradora conversación que seguro les motivará a aprender más sobre y apoyar las culturas indígenas.

🌿✨ ¡Bienvenidas y bienvenidos a Pawanka Podcast! ✨🌿 Un espacio creado por pueblos indígenas, para pueblos indígenas. Un lugar donde compartimos voces, saberes y experiencias que fortalecen nuestra autonomía y nuestra conexión con la Madre Tierra. Hoy celebramos un nuevo encuentro en este camino de la palabra. Este es el episodio número 10, un episodio especial donde seguimos tejiendo historias, resistencias y visiones del mundo desde nuestras propias raíces.

Hussein Adan Isack, is recognized as a renowned researcher and ethnobiologist. Although science has always been my passion, I gradually shifted my focus to supporting and assisting the indigenous peoples of northern Kenya.

Victoria Tauli-Corpuz was appointed as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples by the Human Rights Council in 2014, and served until April 2020. She is an indigenous leader from the Kankana-ey Igorot people of the Cordillera Region in the Philippines. As an indigenous activist, she has worked for over three decades on building movement among indigenous peoples and as an advocate for women's rights.

Joan is an indigenous activist from the Cordillera with over 20 years of working on indigenous issues from the grassroots to the international level. Her expertise includes areas such as human rights, sustainable development and the environment. She served as Secretary General of the Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) from September 2008 to December 2016. She was appointed as an Indigenous Expert of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (2014-2016) by the United Nations Economic and Social Council. She received the Lifetime Achievement Award from UN Environment in September 2018. She was a recipient of the Champions of the Earth; UN Lifetime Achievement Award.

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).

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.

Gunn-Britt Retter lives in the coastal Sami community of Unjárga-Nesseby, northeast Norway. She is a teacher by training at the Sámi University of Applied Sciences and holds a Master's degree in Bilingual Studies from the University of Wales. Since 2001, Gunn-Britt has worked on Arctic environmental issues, first at the Indigenous Peoples' Secretariat (IPS) of the Arctic Council in Denmark and as Head of the Arctic and Environmental Unit of the Saami Council. Gunn-Britt deals with issues related to indigenous peoples and knowledge associated with climate change, biodiversity, language, pollution and natural resource management. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)