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International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples – August 9, 2022
International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, taking place this year on August 9, 2022, is a day to celebrate, honor, amplify, and uplift the world’s Indigenous peoples – from ancestors to youth to elders, and support their efforts.
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Podcast
July 6, 2022
Spotlight: Kokonati Talk - Meli Tuqota - Cultural Reconnection Through Art
Seedcast
In this podcast spotlight of Kokonati Talk from Neisau Tuidraki (also a Nia Tero Pasifika Journalism Fellow), Neisau talks with Meli Tuqota, a Fijian filmmaker who reconnected with his own heritage and native language in the process of filmmaking.
Article
June 28, 2022
Philanthropic Organizations Commit $1B USD to Help Protect 30 Percent of the Ocean by 2030
Protecting Our Planet Challenge
The Protecting Our Planet Challenge will invest at least $1 billion USD to support the creation, expansion and management of marine protected areas and Indigenous and locally governed marine and coastal areas by 2030.
Article
June 17, 2022
Nia Tero Heads to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity & WG2020-4 in Nairobi
Nia Tero Policy Team
After five weeks of virtual training sessions with 10 Indigenous Public Policy apprentices delegated by Amazonian organizations, Nia Tero moved forward into the sixth moment held in person in Nairobi in preparation for participation in the WG2020-4.
Article
June 24, 2022
Introducing the Reciprocity Project Season Two Cohort
Reciprocity Project
On behalf of the entire Reciprocity Project team, we're honored to announce the Reciprocity Project Season Two cohort! Together, these artists form an inspiring and diverse cohort of Indigenous filmmakers and storytellers, spanning across continents.
Podcast
June 22, 2022
Seedcast em português: Nara Baré — Os povos indígenas seguram o planeta
Seedcast
Neste episódio do Seedcast, apresentamos Nara Baré, da Nação Baré. A história da Nara é de empoderamento por meio do conhecimento.
Article
June 15, 2022
Statement from Nia Tero on the Murders of Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips
We lower our eyes in sadness at the tragic murders of Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips, two men who committed their lives to the health and security of Indigenous peoples in the Amazon.
Film
April 28, 2022
We Are the Wayfinders Circle
The Wayfinders Circle was launched as a network dedicated to unleashing the transformative potential of Indigenous lifeways, inspiring all people to reimagine development, land guardianship, and the way they relate to each other and to Mother Earth.
Article
June 14, 2022
Nia Tero's 5 Year Anniversary
Join us in celebrating our 5-year anniversary as a global organization dedicated to working in solidarity with Indigenous peoples who sustain thriving territories and cultures to strengthen guardianship of Earth and all beings.
Article
June 1, 2022
Celebrating 2SLGBTQIA+ Pride Month
Nia Tero Storytelling Team
This month as we celebrate and honor the history of Pride, let us raise up Indigenous queer liberation and the 2SLGBTQIA+ community.
Podcast
May 25, 2022
Valérie Courtois and Sacred Kinship in the Boreal
Seedcast
Valérie Courtois (member of the Innu community of Mashteuiatsh) has spent her life bridging traditional Indigenous knowledge and Western science. She shares stories about life in the Boreal, working with the Indigenous Leadership Initiative and more.
Article
February 14, 2022
New Brazilian Group Advocates for Isolated Peoples
John Reid
OPI has been a Nia Tero partner since 2021. We talked to OPI’s Executive Secretary, Fábio Ribeiro, about the organization’s early successes and plans to assure that isolated peoples can continue to live in peace in their territories.
Article
January 19, 2022
The Wampis Nation Forges a New Path in Peru
David Rothschild
The Wampis example of self-determination and self-implementation of a territorial government is inspiring other Indigenous peoples in northern Peru to begin their own processes toward establishing territorial governments.
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