By Elisa Ribeiro (CS Intern), Daniela Mostacilla (Nasa), and John Sabogal
Por David Hernández Palmar | Wayuu
Tatuado con Espinas - Colectivo Asho’ojushi
Como un cuentacuentos que tiene a la niñez de la comunidad alrededor, les contaré algunas anécdotas sobre nuestro proyecto “Tatuado con espinas”. Un proyecto que no solo ha instaurado una conversación en mi pueblo, sino que también me ha provisto de un nuevo camino para entender la medicina Wayuu, la memoria y la defensa territorial marcada en la piel.
By Daniel Salvador Chindoy Muchavisoy (CS Intern)
Por Diana Jembuel Morales
(Desde el territorio ancestral Misak —originariamente hijos del agua, la palabra y los sueños— ubicado en los Andes, Colombia, en el departamento de Cauca).
Since 2010, 11 Inga and Kamëntsá communities in the Sibundoy Valley and Mocoa, Colombia, have denounced the presence of mining megaprojects in their ancestral territory. In 2014, a mining megaproject was stopped through multiple actions, including communication. With support from the Keepers of the Earth Fund in 2024, Tabanok Audiovisual School received a grant to carry out a training in audiovisual tools and to produce a short documentary film on the Amazonian Andean Foothills, where an open-pit mining megaproject is being developed.
The objective of the community radio station Minga Stereo 91.1FM is to facilitate communication throughout the Túquerres Indigenous reserve and the four neighboring reserves of Yascual, Mallama, Guachavez, and Sande, encompassing all of the people of the Pastos. The station's daily programming strengthens the education, culture, music, identity, and recovery of the Pastos’ mother tongue while also transmitting news and events of collective interest.
The Asho'ojushi Collective creates a space of, and for, the Wayuu People to promote the memory and ancestral practices of tattooing with cactus spines and charcoal ink. Its main objective is to generate in-person gatherings and productions in different media that promote knowledge and practices for the revitalization of Wayuu tattooing. Their project will generate radio content and podcasts to serve as an oral memory of two meetings of Wayuu tattoo artists held in the territory.
Voces de Nuestra Tierra Community Radio Station focuses on promoting the visibility and strengthening of the life plan of the territory of Jambaló Cauca in its cultural, educational, political, organizational, economic, and environmental aspects. The collective mobilizes and denounces policies that harm Indigenous Peoples through appropriate communication and technological tools, such as radio, audiovisual, digital media and design, and publications. This allows children and youth to take ownership of and carry out their own cultural processes in the territory.
La Minga, the Voice of the Mocondinos, is a means of expression of the social and cultural reality of the ancestral territory of Mocondino (a municipality of Pasto, Colombia), disseminated through the voices of its own citizens, especially young people and women. It contributes to the defense of territory and water, denouncing the threats facing the Mocondino from the uncontrolled advance of urbanization.
The purpose of the Bojaba Beaches Reserve collective is to strengthen the capacity of U’wa communities, territories, and people to strengthen and preserve their traditions through trainings and workshops, the promotion of art and culture, and recreation and sports. The thematic areas of the environment, women, families, human rights, free expression, and traditional medicine are addressed collectively by young leaders, women, and Elders.
Land Acknowledgement
We acknowledge that we are headquartered on Massachusett land, in Cambridge, MA, and we thank the past, current, and future Indigenous stewards of this territory.
