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O Acampamento Terra Livre (ATL) é a maior mobilização indígena do Brasil. Em 2024, ano de seu 20º aniversário, 9 mil indígenas do Brasil e do mundo reuniram-se em Brasília para defender seus direitos e suas terras. Atualmente, a representação indígena no governo brasileiro é a maior de todos os tempos. Muito mudou ao longo desses 20 anos de ATL, mas pairavam sobre a reunião as preocupações de todos com a tese do marco temporal, que poderia limitar os direitos de muitos povos indígenas a suas terras. Neste episódio, ouviremos muitos dos sons, cantos, músicas e vozes do Acampamento Terra Livre 2024. A luta pelos direitos indígenas no Brasil é uma luta de todos: uma luta pelo planeta Terra, pelo clima e por justiça social. Independentemente de onde você estiver, essa luta também é por você.

Apresentação, produção, tradução e mixagem de áudio: Marianna Romano.

Produção adicional: Idjahure Kadiwel.

Edição de histórias: Jenny Asarnow e Maria Fernanda Ribeiro.

Agradecimentos especiais a Nara Baré e Daniela Lerda.

Saiba mais sobre o Acampamento Terra Livre e o trabalho da 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.

Acampamento Terra Livre, or Free Land Camp, is the largest Indigenous mobilization in Brazil and 2024 marked its 20th year, as 9,000 Indigenous People from across Brazil – and the world – gathered in Brazil’s capital, Brasilia, to defend their rights and their lands. With more Indigenous representation in the Brazilian government than ever, some things have changed in twenty years, but the “Marco Temporal” law that could limit many Indigenous Peoples' rights to their lands loomed over the gathering. In this episode, hear many of the sounds, chants, music and voices from Acampamento Terra Livre 2024.

The fight for Indigenous rights in Brazil is a fight for everyone: for planet Earth, for the climate, for social justice. No matter where in the world you are, this fight is also for you.

Host, Producer, Translator, Audio Mix: Marianna Romano. Additional Production: Idjahure Kadiwel. Story Editors: Jenny Asarnow, Maria Fernanda Ribeiro. Special thanks to Nara Baré and Daniela Lerda.

Learn more about Acampamento Terra Livre and APIB:

• APIB Website: https://apiboficial.org/?lang=en#
• Follow APIB on 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.

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“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'aheo Auwae-Dekker (Kanaka Maoli).

Agradecimentos especiais aos colegas da Nia Tero Maria Fernanda Ribeiro, Nara Baré e Leslie Benzakein.

Apresentação: Ha'aheo 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.

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“Indigenous Peoples, who want their territory demarcated for the protection of their own lives, automatically protect the life of humanity.” – Dinamam Tuxá (Tuxá People, Brazil)

Brazil is home to an outsized portion of the world’s biodiversity. It is also one of the most dangerous places in the world for environmental defenders – but also a place guarded by hundreds of powerful Indigenous tribes.

This week, thousands of Indigenous Peoples from across Brazil are gathered in the country's capital, Brasília, with bold hope for the future, and to share culture, celebrate, and demand their rights to their lands and to their cultural ways of being. This gathering is called Acampamento Terra Livre (ATL), or in English, Free Land Camp – and it's been happening for 20 years.

To celebrate its twentieth anniversary, we're sending our Seedcast producers to Brasília, and today on Seedcast, we’re getting a preview of Acampamento Terra Livre with Dinamam Tuxá, of the Tuxá People. A lawyer and Indigenous social activist, Dinamam is a legal advisor to the Articulation of Indigenous Peoples and Organizations of the Northeast, Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo (APOINME), and the coordinator of the Articulation of the Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB). APIB strengthens, unifies, and mobilizes Indigenous Peoples to promote and defend their rights. APIB also organizes Acampamento Terra Livre.

Dinamam joins us in conversation with Ha’aheo Auwae-Dekker (Kanaka Maoli).

Special thanks to Nia Tero colleagues Maria Fernanda Ribeiro, Nara Baré and Leslie Benzakein.

Host: Ha’aheo Auwae-Dekker. Producer, Translation and Audio Mix: Marianna Romano. Additional Production: Jenny Asarnow, Idjahure Kadiwel

Learn more about APIB:

• APIB Website: https://apiboficial.org/?lang=en#
• Follow APIB on 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.

Close your eyes. Imagine standing on land that your family has held for generations. The waters that trickle nearby sing your family name, and your ancestors are there with you, buried deep in the earth. Now, imagine a stranger coming along and violating this land with no regard to the lineage it carries.

This is the story at the heart of our latest Sonic Journey. We’re sharing the story of the Fukumitsu family who is protecting their land -- their ‘āina -- through the Emmy Award-winning film “Pili Ka Moʻo” by Justyn Ah Chong with Malia Akutagawa (both Kanaka Maoli.)

“Pili Ka Moʻo” is a part of the first season of our sibling initiative Reciprocity Project. This is also the film that inspired Seedcast producer Stina Hamlin to embark on our whole Sonic Journey Series, and we understand why: this film not only includes the strong voices of the Fukumitsu family and their ancestors, but it also includes beautiful sounds from their kalo, or taro, fields and the collective voice of a community standing up for the land and their ancestors.

Justyn’s film is part of Reciprocity Project, a collaboration between Nia Tero and Upstander Project, in association with REI Co-op Studios.

Host and Story Editor: Jessica Ramirez. Producer: Stina Hamlin. Story Editor and Audio Mix: Ha'aheo Auwae-Dekker.

Learn more:

• Watch the film and learn more here.
• Listen to our previous episode with Justyn: Celestial Wayfinding and Pili Ka Mo’o with Justyn Ah Chong

Listen to previous Sonic Journey Episodes:

• Sonic Journey One: Sonic Journey One: Diiyeghan naii Taii Tr’eedaa
• Sonic Journey Two: Sonic Journey Two: Weckuwapok (The Approaching Dawn)
• Sonic Journey Three: SŪKŪJULA TEI (Stories of My Mother)
• Sonic Journey Four: Ma’s House

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.

In our latest Sonic Journey, join us on the lands of the Shinnecock Nation, which have been cared for by the Shinnecock People for over 10,000 years. Here, photographer and artist Jeremy Dennis has restored his family’s home in order to create a place for creativity, care, and community for a new generation of BIPOC artists. This unique space is called Ma’s House, and Jeremy documented the building’s restoration in a short film of the same name.

Lean closer and listen to fond remembrances of Ma from her descendants. Sense the transformation with the sawing and hammering of Jeremy’s construction. And feel your hair rustled by the salty breezes of the Atlantic Ocean.

Jeremy's film is part of Reciprocity Project, a collaboration between Nia Tero and Upstander Project, in association with REI Co-op Studios.

Host: Jessica Ramirez. Producer: Stina Hamlin. Story Editor and Audio Mix: Jenny Asarnow.

Relevant Links:

• Learn more about Ma’s House: Website + Instagram
• Watch the film Ma’s House on Reciprocity.org.
• Previous Sonic Journey Episodes:
  • Sonic Journey One: Sonic Journey One: Diiyeghan naii Taii Tr’eedaa
  • Sonic Journey Two: Sonic Journey Two: Weckuwapok (The Approaching Dawn)
  • Sonic Journey Three: SŪKŪJULA TEI (Stories of My Mother)

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’s ready for a little Indigenous joy, knowledge, and inspiration? We’re starting Seedcast Season Four with deep listening, as a powerful way to witness one another.

Welcome to the rich desert landscape of the Wayuu People on the Guajira Peninsula in northern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela. You hear more from birds, goats, and cacti in this story than you do people, and when you do hear human voices, they’re speaking Wayuunaiki, the language of about half of Wayuu Peoples, a language currently undergoing a revitalization. This Sonic Journey centers the film SŪKŪJULA TEI (Stories of My Mother), the story of two Wayuu women teaching the next generation valuable lessons about reciprocity. Even if you don’t speak Wayuunaiki, the rhythms and tones of the elders in the story will no doubt stir in you memories and lessons from your own parents, grandparents, and ancestors.

SŪKŪJULA TEI (Stories of My Mother) is a collaboration between director David Hernández Palmar and his mother, Flor Palmar. The film is part of the first season of our sibling initiative Reciprocity Project. Reciprocity Project is a collaboration between Nia Tero and Upstander Project, in association with REI Co-op Studios.

Host and Story Editor: Jessica Ramirez. Producer: Stina Hamlin. 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.

We can’t believe that we are kicking off Season 4 of Seedcast on February 14! With so much chaos and noise around us, we’re going to start off this season by getting grounded and listening to Indigenous song and language. So here’s an invitation: Close your eyes, and get quiet: What do you hear from the world around you, from the lands you’re on? And what does that stir inside of you?

Season Four of Seedcast starts with a series of Sonic Journeys, which immerse us in the deep knowledge of Indigenous Peoples and the homelands they’re connected to, as featured in our sibling initiative, Reciprocity Project.

Enjoy this sneak peek at the next three Seedcast episodes. And until the first one is released on February 14, listen to our previous Sonic Journeys and watch the films in the first season of Reciprocity Project. Reciprocity Project is a collaboration between Nia Tero and Upstander Project, in association with REI Co-op Studios.

Host: Jessica Ramirez. Producer and Audio Mix: Jenny Asarnow.

Relevant Links:

• Listen to Sonic Journey One: Sonic Journey One: Diiyeghan naii Taii Tr’eedaa
• Listen to Sonic Journey Two: Sonic Journey Two: Weckuwapok (The Approaching Dawn)
• Watch the first season of Reciprocity Project.

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.