CURRENT PROJECTS

FIRST NATIONS
The Wauja’s Ulupuene Village, Upper Xingu. ©Marcelo Fortaleza Flores

ONE THOUSAND VILLAGES

A global crowdfunding campaign to support indigenous, riverside peoples, and  black "quilombola" communities and all other defenders of Brazilian ecosystems. As Brazilian indigenous activist and curator, Ailton Krenak, has said: “while a dozen sovereign villages living in a network of sustainable communities can save a valley, and thirty can save a region, one thousand villages and their networks could save an entire country."

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Dogon School

DOGON SCHOOL

Please join us in supporting the modern education of children from Dogon villages and communities. These children come from unbroken lineages that preserve the indigenous cultural practices of Meritah (Africa), and are raised to learn the intricacies of working closely with nature.

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Huya Ania at sunset with the Sierra Madre Ocidental in the distance. Photo: The Boa Foundation
Huya Ania at sunset with the Sierra Madre Ocidental in the distance. Photo: The Boa Foundation

The Huya Ania Institute

The Yoreme, or Yaqui, like the Wixárika and Apache name their land with terms that reveal the enchanted nature, the history and philosophy of local environments. Features of the land and the plants found in it guard teachings which can transform us and deepen our understanding of the world. Our main focus in this project is to promote indigenous culture in relation to land, reforestation, heritage, and the guardianship of biodiversity. There are at least three hundred dominant species of plants in this ecosystem, five hundred species of birds, and no less than six species of felines. One of the last wild populations of jaguars is to be found here, of the no more than 2,5% of the number of jaguars in the world present in Mexico.

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NIXPUPIMA

NIXPUPIMA: A MUSICAL COMING OF AGEFOR THE HUNI KUIN

A Huni Kuin myth tells us that the birds and animals which begin to cry andfill the forest with their songs and voices at dawn impart to us a magicalreenactment of creation. Nixpupima initiates undergo a diet and a ritualseclusion as well as moments of ritual silence, exchange and exhaustivedancing. The idea is to become a talented singer like the birds whose songscommand the early morning or to become a great orator like the howlermonkey whose voice echoes over long distances.

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Apache Community Twila

APACHE LAND PROJECT

A strong initiative for food sovereignty, health awareness, natural habitat conservation and restoration, ancestral trauma healing, and indigenous youth empowerment.

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Huwã Karu Yuxibu Centre

Huwã Karu Yuxibu Centre

The Huwã Karu Yuxibu Centre is a non-profit organisation founded in August 2015 in aprivate area acquired by donations. Its Social-Environmental Project is one of the mostsuccessful endeavours in Amazonia today. The Project's main goals are reforestation,education, health and social reintegration to strengthen the cultural identity of the HuniKuî Peoples and other indigenous peoples leaving in marginalised conditions in urbanareas outside their community. The reforestation project comprises the planting of adiverse selection of traditional seeds to recover degraded farmland. A few highlights onthe activities carried by the Project are the development of food sovereignty, and thepreservation of the Hãtxa Kuî language, of kenes (graphism), ritual dances, prayers, music,forest medicines, artisanship, community reintegration and traditional dieting for healthand curing.
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ONGOING PROJECTS

FIRST NATIONS

NIXIWAKA SCHOOL AT AMPARO

A global crowdfunding campaign to support indigenous, riverside peoples, and  black "quilombola" communities and all other defenders of Brazilian ecosystems. As Brazilian indigenous activist and curator, Ailton Krenak, has said: “while a dozen sovereign villages living in a network of sustainable communities can save a valley, and thirty can save a region, one thousand villages and their networks could save an entire country."

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Benki prayer
Benki praying in the forest at Yorenka Tasorentsi. ©Marcelo Fortaleza Flores

YORENKA TASORENTSI

Yorenka Tasorentsi is the dream-come-true of environmental activist and spiritual leader Benki Piyãko. It has continued the Ashaninka project of reforesting farmland even at the brink of urban spaces in the Amazon, capping a 2.5 million-tree reforestation effort using ancient and current techniques of agroforestry to obtain the highest biodiversity.

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COMPLETED PROJECTS

FIRST NATIONS

Yorenka Tasorentsi LAND BUYBACK

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YAWANAWA VILLAGE

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mayan village

MAYAN CULTURE

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FIRST NATIONS

WIXárIKA YURATA BUILD

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canoe transport

Yawanawa TRANSPORT

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Huni Kuin

HUNI KUIN WATER, SCHOOL & HOUSING

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FIRST NATIONS

INDIGENOUS CONFERENCE

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Aniwa Gathering

ANIWA GATHERING

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Leadership Conference

HUNI KUIN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE 2019

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FIRST NATIONS

FIRST NATIONS COVID-19 RELIEF FUND

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