Por Sandra Peláez (Pasante de CS)

La Asociación Indígena Camentsa Shnan Wabuatmeng es una organización conformada por miembros del pueblo kamëntsá, principalmente parteras, sobanderas, sabedoras de la medicina, médicos tradicionales y aprendices, mujeres y hombres.  Los kamëntsá, quienes se autodenominan “Kamuentsa Ÿentsá, Kamëntšá Biÿá” (persona de aquí, con pensamiento y lengua propia) son un Pueblo Indígena ubicado en el Valle de Sibundoy, Colombia.  

By Preeti Vasudevan

“Well, they put Jesus on the Cross as he was so handsome because they were jealous of their wives [falling for him]...”

With peals of laughter, Margo Real Bird (Crow) told us this story of how her father introduced Jesus to her as a young, innocent girl. She was 82 then, rocking back and forth in a chair at the Big Horn County Historical Museum in Hardin, Montana, when we were filming her memories. None of us could stop laughing that afternoon.

By Candyce Testa (Pequot, CS Bazaar Program Manager)

By Phoebe Farris (Powhatan-Pamunkey)

By Kelaia Acevedo (CS Intern)

Before modern medicine imposed its standards for defining health, well-being, and healing, Indigenous Peoples already developed sophisticated forms of care that identified, treated, and alleviated illnesses. Developed over generations of intentional listening, communities maintained relationships through their traditional practices, grounded in deep ecological knowledge and the prioritization of communal ceremonies. 

By Nichodimas Cooper (Nama, CS Journalism Fellow)

By Ella Nathanael Alkiewicz (Labrador Inuit)

Living with my ancestors’ knowledge, my mother’s genes, and having centuries-old Inuit principles becomes a privilege and a challenge in today’s world. 

By Cristina Verán

By Kuela Kiema (Dcui Bushman)

The Kalahari Bushmen are Indigenous to southern Africa, where they lived for time immemorial, depending on hunting various species of wild animals and gathering plant roots and fruits. Today, the San are found in southern African countries, including Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.  

Por Akash Poyam (Gond/Koitur, becario de CS)

“Kete ujad gaye, suna padgaye…parsa kete ma khulish khadan, paar parosi man ho gain biraan, bhai bhai man nai pahchan, apan man ab ho gaye anjaan…putu khukhdi ma din bitaan, nai mile ab lakri paan, dau dada ke nikalat he jaan, laika chauwa ke nei hai dyaan…”

By Gregory Jones (Shawnee)

By Omar Challah, Executive Director, Jamii Action Centre (JAC)

Jamii Action Centre has launched JAC FM, a community-owned radio station in Kwale County, Kenya. With this new station, we’re advancing efforts towards providing a platform for the Mijikenda People, a group that has been historically underrepresented in mainstream media.