Listen to this episode in English   “Os povos indígenas que querem o seu território demarcado para a proteção da sua própria vida automaticamente protegem a vida da humanidade.” Dinamam Tuxá (Povo Tuxá, Brasil)   O Brasil abriga uma enorme parte da biodiversidade global. É, também, um dos lugares mais perigosos do mundo para os defensores ambientais — mas também está sob a guarda de centenas de poderosas nações indígenas.   Esta semana, milhares de povos indígenas de todo o Brasil estão reunidos na capital do país, Brasília, com ousada esperança no futuro para compartilhar cultura, celebrar e exigir seus direitos a suas terras e a seus modos culturais. Esse encontro — o Acampamento Terra Livre (ATL) — já acontece há 20 anos.    Para celebrar o 20º aniversário do ATL, nossos produtores do Seedcast estarão em Brasília. Hoje teremos uma visão prévia do Acampamento Terra Livre com Dinamam Tuxá, do Povo Tuxá, aqui no Seedcast. Advogado e ativista social indígena, Dinamam é assessor jurídico da Articulação dos Povos e Organizações Indígenas do Nordeste, Minas Gerais e Espírito Santo (APOINME) e coordenador da Articulação dos Povos Indígenas do Brasil (APIB). AAPIB é uma articulação de todos os povos indígenas do Brasil que fortalece, unifica e mobiliza os povos indígenas para promover e defender seus direitos. A APIB também organiza o Acampamento Terra Livre.    Dinamam se junta a nós numa conversa com Ha'ahaeo Auwae-Dekker (Kanaka Maoli).    Agradecimentos especiais aos colegas da Nia Tero Maria Fernanda Ribeiro, Nara Baré e Leslie Benzakein.   Apresentação: Ha'ahaeo Auwae-Dekker, Marianna Romano, Idjahure Kadiwel Produção, tradução e mixagem de áudio: Marianna Romano  Produção adicional: Jenny Asarnow, Idjahure Kadiwel    Saiba mais sobre a APIB: Site da APIB: https://apiboficial.org/?lang=en# Siga a APIB no Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/apiboficial/ Seedcast is a production of Nia Tero, a global nonprofit which supports Indigenous land guardianship around the world through policy, partnership, and storytelling initiatives.Enjoy the Seedcast podcast on the Nia Tero website, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and your other favorite podcast platforms. Keep up with Seedcast on Instagram and use the hashtag #Seedcast.

“I'm sacred, the next person is sacred, and all life is sacred. That connection we have to each other and to all forms of life is sacred and must be cherished. In the same way, the relationship we have with land and the relationship the land has with us should be honored.” - Agaiotupu Viena (Samoan) Colonization has disrupted the identities of queer Indigenous Peoples, and because of this, they practice deep forms of care, often making chosen families as a built space of refuge. In Samoa, one way to describe a refuge is “paolo,” which means “to give shade” or “protect.” Care and shade are inherently a part of queer and trans Pacific Islander identity.  This summer, Seedcast producer Ha’aheo Auwae Dekker (Kanaka Maoli) was a guest at UTOPIA Washingtonʻs Hoʻolauleʻa, a community event dedicated to celebrating queer and trans Pacific Islanders, or QTPIs. In this episode, they share the sounds and music from the event along with wisdom from fellow QTPIs Ara Sifainu’ululei “Ara-Lei” Mahealani Yandall and Agaiotupu Viena. Both share about their experiences as fa'afafine, a gender identity embedded in the lands of Samoa, as well as the reason UTOPIA was created, and the unique role they play in caring for the wider Pasifika community and each other. Special thanks to Ara-Lei, Agaiotupu, and UTOPIA Washington for welcoming Seedcast into their Hoʻolauleʻa earlier this year and for sharing their time, stories, and energy with us. Thanks also to our Nia Tero colleagues Michael Painter, Nichlas Emmons, and Anne Quidez for their feedback on this episode. Host: Jessica Ramirez. Producer and Audio Mix: Ha’aheo Auwae-Dekker. Story Editor: Jenny Asarnow. Resources: UTOPIA Washington Enjoy the full video recording of the 2023 Hoʻolauleʻa showcased in this episode of SeedcastFollow UTOPIA Washington on Instagram  Learn more about UTOPIA in this South Seattle Emerald piece Seedcast is a production of Nia Tero, a global nonprofit which supports Indigenous land guardianship around the world through policy, partnership, and storytelling initiatives.Enjoy the Seedcast podcast on the Nia Tero website, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and your other favorite podcast platforms. Keep up with Seedcast on Instagram and use the hashtag #Seedcast.

“Our language is a land acknowledgment, you know, when we use that language, it automatically imbues our world with life force. We're not going to cut down that tree. And if we do, we're going to offer something, you know, because it's a being just like us.” ~Jeremy Dutcher, Member of the Wolastoqiyik People of the Neqotkuk  Today we’re listening to music that is an act of language revitalization and a crafted response to the crises we collectively face.   Recently, Nia Tero brought musician and storyteller Jeremy Dutcher together with a group of young Indigenous creators and culture bearers to talk about the intersections of artistic practice and Indigenous sovereignty. During this gathering, Jeremy performed on “Live on KEXP and shared a powerful conversation with musician and long-time KEXP DJ Gabriel Teodros.   Jeremy Dutcher is a member of the Wolastoqiyik People of the Neqotkuk (formerly known as Tobique First Nation) in eastern Canada. Jeremy is a Two-Spirit song carrier, a classically trained musician and composer, an activist, and ethnomusicologist who writes and sings music in their Native language as an act of language preservation and Indigenous sovereignty. In this episode, Jeremy shares songs from their first album, “Sakomawit”, as well as their new album “Motewolonuwok ᒣᑏᐧᐁᓓᓄᐧᐁᒃ”, which came out October 6, 2023. We greatly appreciate this unique collaboration with our long-time friends at KEXP. This episode was hosted and produced by Jessica Ramirez, with story editing and audio mix by Jenny Asarnow. More information: Learn more about Jeremy and find their music here. Keep up with Jeremy’s album release and current tour dates by following them on Instagram. Get to know KEXP! Listen to their live content via their website and catch up with a rich treasure trove of past episodes of Live on KEXP here. Get to know Gabiel Teodros on Instagram, and follow his post-KEXP journey here. Mentioned in this episode: Elder and Language Keeper Maggie Paul Buffy St. Marie Kehkimin Wolastoqey language immersion school  4th World Media Lab Seattle International Film Festival Seedcast is a production of Nia Tero, a global nonprofit which supports Indigenous land guardianship around the world through policy, partnership, and storytelling initiatives.Enjoy the Seedcast podcast on the Nia Tero website, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and your other favorite podcast platforms. Keep up with Seedcast on Instagram and use the hashtag #Seedcast.

Imagine learning a language that is spoken by only a few hundred people—an Indigenous language that belongs to a people and a land that have been in relationship with each other for countless generations. This is the heart of our episode about Gwich’in language revitalization in the Boreal. Princess Daazhraii Johnson (Neets'aii Gwich'in) is an Indigenous TV and film producer on a patient journey of learning, reclaiming, and revitalizing Gwich’in. The language connects her to the land and to the people who came before her. “Our generation is really making the effort to use the language, and express ourselves in the language, and it's really powerful,” she explains.   Princess and her dear friend Alishia Carlson (also Neets'aii Gwich'in) talk with language journalist Kavita Pillay about the struggles of learning Gwich’in, and the joy with which they approach the effort, especially in relation to the language learning of children. Princess is inspiring a whole new generation to be curious about Indigenous languages through her work as a screenwriter on the Peabody award-winning PBS Kids series Molly of Denali. Also in this episode: a celebration of caribou. Content note: The episode touches on the violence of residential schools on Turtle Island and how they contributed to today’s language crisis. Learn more: Dinjii Vadzaih Dhidlit: The Man Who Became a Caribou (bilingual book) "Diiyeghan naii Taii Tr’eedaa (We Will Walk the Trail of our Ancestors)" (short film by Princess and Alishia, part of Reciprocity Project) Seedcast Sonic Journey episode featuring “Diiyeghan naii Taii Tr’eedaa (We Will Walk the Trail of our Ancestors)” Molly of Denali (PBS) Subtitle, a podcast co-hosted by Kavita Pillay and Patrick Cox This episode won a 2022 Indigenous Journalists Association (IJA, formerly Native American Journalists Association) award for Best Radio/Podcast Coverage of Native America, Second Place. Host: Jessica Ramirez. Producer: Kavita Pillay. Story Editor: Jenny Asarnow. Special thanks to Michelle Hurtubise and Patrick Cox. Seedcast is a production of Nia Tero, a global nonprofit which supports Indigenous land guardianship around the world through policy, partnership, and storytelling initiatives.Enjoy the Seedcast podcast on the Nia Tero website, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and your other favorite podcast platforms. Keep up with Seedcast on Instagram and use the hashtag #Seedcast.

“Pregnancy is a natural time to think about, ‘what is it that I'm going to pass down?’ For most of us, that is culture... our spirituality, our language, our food, and our connection to land.”    Parenting is a cultural practice that has the power to heal historical trauma, according to Camie J. Goldhammer (mixed race heritage, Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate). She is a birth worker and lactation consultant who is devoted to supporting Indigenous parents - both living on their homelands and in the diaspora. She describes her own spiritual experience of healing her ancestors through her first birthing experience, and the essential role non-parents play in the lives of new parents and families. Camie trains Indigenous doulas and lactation consultants across Turtle Island and is the founding executive director of Hummingbird Indigenous Family Services, an Indigenous agency that serves Indigenous babies and their families.       Host and Producer: Jessica Ramirez. Story Editor: Julie Keck. Audio Mix: Ha’aheo Auwae-Dekker. Seedcast is a production of Nia Tero, a global nonprofit which supports Indigenous land guardianship around the world through policy, partnership, and storytelling initiatives.Enjoy the Seedcast podcast on the Nia Tero website, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and your other favorite podcast platforms. Keep up with Seedcast on Instagram and use the hashtag #Seedcast.

Who are you? Where are you from? And who’s your mob? This new Seedcast Spotlight is coming from friends in Australia, and we love this opening question offered by Lore of the Land, because for Indigenous peoples, where you’re from and who your people are is at the center of stewarding the land we are connected to. Lore of the Land is a podcast produced by the Aboriginal Carbon Foundation. In this excerpt, host Sean Appoo (Birri Gubba and Kabi Kabi) interviews Joe Morrison (Dagoman and Torres Strait ancestry) of the Land and Sea Corporation, which helps Indigenous Australians to acquire and manage land and water rights.  As Joe shares, the land title process in Australia is complicated by requirements to prove sustained connection to land, which has been broken by centuries of discrimination, assimilation, and other types of social and physical violence. Joe shares some of the hurdles related to the formal land title process, the effects of settler colonialism on Indigenous identity, and why it’s important to honor the elders who fought to hard so we could have a chance to be here, carrying forward their stories, knowledge, and important work of healing the planet. Special thanks to Joe Morrison for sharing your insights as well as a kind connection to the Lore of the Land team. Thanks also to host Sean Appoo of the Aboriginal Carbon Foundation and Sean Turtur with Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation for generously sharing this episode.  Learn more:  Lore of the Land Podcast Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation Aboriginal Carbon Foundation Find us at https://www.instagram.com/niatero_seedcast/ Seedcast is a production of Nia Tero, a global nonprofit which supports Indigenous land guardianship around the world through policy, partnership, and storytelling initiatives.Enjoy the Seedcast podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and your other favorite podcast platforms. Keep up with Seedcast on Instagram and use the hashtag #Seedcast.

“The land is our mother. The forest is our father. And the river is our blood.” Today we share a story of an Indigenous people who fought for their forest – and won. Sungai Utik is a village in the Indonesian province of Kalimantan on the island of Borneo, where people treat nature “as if it is our own bodies.” Since the 1970s, companies have tried to take trees and land, but the village has successfully defended their forest. In this special episode, 18-yr old Kynan Tegar, a Dayak Iban filmmaker from Sungai Utik, shares excerpts from his upcoming film, which he describes as a “love letter” to the forest and river he grew up with. In these clips, hear village elders explain how they heeded the warnings of the omen birds to ward off those who would endanger their forests and way of life. Thank you to Dayak Iban elders Apai Janggut, Apai Gadja, and Apai Kudi, whose voices and stories are included in Kynan’s film, as well as this episode. Deep gratitude to Kynan Tegar and his filmmaking partners, Muhammed ‘Aldi’ Khatami and Yogi Armada, for sharing audio from their film, which is being made in partnership with the Wayfinders Circle. Wayfinders Circle is a global network of Indigenous communities, including Sungai Utik, and is dedicated to unleashing the transformative potential of Indigenous lifeways, inspiring all people to reimagine development, conservation, and the way they relate to each other and to Mother Earth. The conveners of the Wayfinders Circle are the Pawanka Fund, the World Union of Indigenous Spiritual Practitioners and Nia Tero. Special thanks to our Nia Tero colleagues Joel Cerda and David Rothschild for kind guidance and generous introductions that made this episode possible. Host: Jessica Ramirez. Producer and Audio Mix: Jenny Asarnow. Story Editor: Nils Cowan. Learn more: Follow Kynan Tegar’s journey on Instagram Learn more about Kynan Tegar’s work on If Not Us Then Who? Learn more about the work of the Wayfinders Circle Find us at https://www.instagram.com/niatero_seedcast/ Seedcast is a production of Nia Tero, a global nonprofit which supports Indigenous land guardianship around the world through policy, partnership, and storytelling initiatives.Enjoy the Seedcast podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and your other favorite podcast platforms. Keep up with Seedcast on Instagram and use the hashtag #Seedcast.

Na esteira de uma mudança política no Brasil em direção à justiça ambiental e aos direitos indígenas, o ativista e DJ Eric Terena (do povo indígena Terena) compartilha neste episódio de Seedcast como a música pode contribuir para o bem coletivo. Ele conta a história de como aprendeu a integrar suas identidades de ativista, comunicador e artista, e como suas colaborações com llideranças indígenas como Sonia Guajajara e Celia Xakriabá podem ajudar na conscientização sobre os direitos indígenas em todo o mundo. A produtora Marianna Romano nos traz esse episódio desde São Paulo e uma versão em português desse episódio será compartilhada anas próximas semanas. Apresentadora: Jessica Ramirez. Produtora: Marianna Romano. Editor de histórias: Jenny Asarnow. Produtor Executivo: Tracy Rector. Assim como a arte e a música são parte integrante do movimento pelos direitos indígenas, a música é central neste episódio. As faixas em destaque de Eric Terena são: Tetchi'arü'ngu (Remix) por Eric Terena e Djuena Tikuna (Assista ao vídeo aqui) Resistência Indígena (ft. Celia Xakriabá), destaque neste conjunto do Acampamento Terra Livre 2021 Inversões de Eric Terena e Gean Ramos Pankararu (Ouça aqui) Saiba Mais: Siga a Mídia India no Instagram Ouça mais da música de Eric no SoundCloud Saiba mais sobre o trabalho da produtora deste episódio, Marianna Romano This episode can be enjoyed in English as well. Listen here.Seedcast is a production of Nia Tero, a global nonprofit which supports Indigenous land guardianship around the world through policy, partnership, and storytelling initiatives.Enjoy the Seedcast podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and your other favorite podcast platforms. Keep up with Seedcast on Instagram and use the hashtag #Seedcast.

A new season of Seedcast is coming March 24!  Join host Jessica Ramirez to hear conversations with Indigenous peoples all over the world. We’re kicking it off with Colleen Echohawk, who is running to be the first Indigenous mayor of Seattle. Share, subscribe, and spread the word! Seedcast is a production of Nia Tero, a global nonprofit which supports Indigenous land guardianship around the world through policy, partnership, and storytelling initiatives.Enjoy the Seedcast podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and your other favorite podcast platforms. Keep up with Seedcast on Instagram and use the hashtag #Seedcast.