By Sandra Peláez (CS Intern)
The Camentsa Shnan Wabuatmeng Indigenous Association is an organization composed of members of the Kamëntsá Peoples—primarily midwives, traditional healers (sobanderas), medicinal knowledge keepers, traditional doctors, and apprentices—both women and men. The Kamëntsá, who refer to themselves as Kamuentsa Ÿentsá, Kamëntšá Biÿá (Peoples of this place, with their own thought and language)—are an Indigenous Peoples living in the Sibundoy Valley, Colombia.
The Serankwa community, located in the rural area of Aracataca within the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia, has faced severe attacks since March 6, 2026, due to clashes between outlaw groups vying for territorial control. These clashes have brought high levels of violence to the area, resulting in injuries to 13 people—2 of whom sustained serious injuries. Direct attacks by these armed groups against the communities have also been reported, including the burning of homes and livestock pens, as well as the killing of animals.
By Maya Lazzaro (Quechua, CS Staff)
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.
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.
