Indigenous Impact Storytellers is a heart-centered podcast series by If Not Us Then Who with indigenous hosts and speakers from across the globe weaving our narratives within our identities. This pluricultural podcast aims to support impact storytellers of all backgrounds and experiences, connecting the host, the guest and the listener to our community regardless of cultural and geographical distances. Climate narratives are decolonized through conversations about reclaiming identities, art, ancestral knowledge, spirituality and the hopes and dreams of indigenous peoples.
Voices from the Amazon River: Ayllu - The Hope for a Better Future (Spanish)
In this episode, we journey down the Amazon River with host Elizabeth Swanson and her guests: Helena Gualinga, Kichwa de Sarayaku, Ecuadorian activist and defender of Indigenous and environmental rights, and Alexis Grefa, Kichwa de Santa Clara, a young Indigenous leader. Both are integral to the Indigenous youth movement advocating for rivers, territory, life, and ayllu. Discover how rivers connect Amazonian communities as they share their personal experiences and hopes for a better future fo...
19 Aug 2024
Pluralidades Indígenas no Nordeste do Brasil: A Luta por Direitos através da Arte
Episódio 2: Criatividade Indígena: A Luta por Direitos através da ArteCom Edivan Fulni-ô & João Victor PankararuNo episódio 2, amplificamos vozes influentes do nordeste do Brasil, incluindo a Bahia e Pernambuco. Junte-se à host Isabela Santana enquanto conversam com Edivan Fulni-ô, um artista indígena multitalentoso, e João Victor Pankararu, um ativista climático indígena e contador de histórias. Seus trajetos e reflexões exploram a resiliência indígena, identidade e o poder transformador...
12 Aug 2024
Indigenous Ancestral Futures: Native Women & Environmental Hopes for Tomorrow with Myrna Cunningham-Kain (English)
In the first of episode of Season two of "Impact Storytellers," Our Host Isa Santana and Eli Swanson interview Indigenous hero Myrna Cunningham Kain, who shares vivid childhood memories and her experiences integrating traditional Indigenous medicine with modern practices in Nicaragua. Myrna's powerful stories highlight the vital role of women in maintaining cultural practices and underscore her lifelong commitment to Indigenous rights and health.
9 Aug 2024
Impact Storytellers Season 2 Coming Soon
This upcoming week, we continue our mission to amplify the voices of Indigenous communities, creatives, and leaders. This season, is co-hosted by the Indigenous Storytellers Isabela Santana and Elizabeth Swanson, both part of the INUTW team, connect the audience with insightful narratives of Indigenous cultures and explore their stories, deeply rooted in traditional knowledge and creative insights. Listen to the podcast and discover powerful stories from guests Myrna Cunningham Kain, Edivan F...
6 Dec 2022
Earth Narratives from Tonga: identity reconnection, artivism and intergenerational exchanges | Meet Mia Kami
Mia Kami is a native song writer, singer and teacher who uses art as a tool to fight for ocean protection, climate change and indigenous sovereignty. She believes in the power of storytelling through music as a way of reconnecting with our heritage and bringing communities together. On this episode, you will hear a warm and friendly conversation about ancestry reconnection, decolonization, climate action and resistance. &...
1 Dec 2022
Earth Narratives from the Philipiness: spirit guides, identities and indigenous advocacy | Meet Nonette Royo
Nonette Royo is an indigenous advocate, executive director of Tenure Facility (@tenurefacility), and a proud daughter of a healer. Her roots led her to reverse her own narrative of displacement in order to pursue a work alongside indigenous peoples and communities from the Philippines to support land rights, ancestral wisdom and community aspirations. This heart-centered conversation weaves their stories to explore spirituality, childhood dreams, life teachings, identity and returning. ...
14 Nov 2022
Earth Narratives from the United States: indigenous filmmaking, seed guardians and traditional pottery | Meet Katsitsionni Fox
Straight from New York, a narrative emerges through the lenses of the Akwesasne Mohawk filmmaker, visual artist and teacher Katsitsionni Fox. On this episode, she shares her experience of over 20 years of cultural strengthening through cinema, as well as her relations with seeds and traditional pottery. Weaved with a fluid and organic conversation, the host and the guest plant seeds of sweetness and bring to light the many ways of expressing love for the land. This podcast was created b...
14 Nov 2022
Earth Narratives from Brazil & Colombia: storytelling, indigenous media and grandmothers | Meet the host Isabela Santana and filmmaker David Hernandez Palmar
Storytelling is a source of hope where we as indigenous people tell our own narratives as a way of passing down ancestral knowledge, reimaging new worlds and strengthening our spirits. On this episode, you will meet the host Isabela Santana (@isabelaaesantana) and the filmmaker David Hernandez Palmar (@davidhpalmar) in a loving conversation between friends about the value of being grandchildren of resilient women and the importance of communication as a tool to fight for racial and climate ju...
4 Nov 2022
Welcome to our Impact Storytellers Podcast!
Narratives woven within the Earth, come enjoy a warming welcome to our Indigenous Impact Storytellers Podcast! Let's connect in this heart-centered podcast series made with much love, featuring indigenous hosts and guests from around the world. A podcast created by If Not Us Then Who hosted by Isabela Santana (@isabelaaesantana). Follow and contact us at @ifnotusthenwho and ifnotusthenwho.me for more and don't forget to share this podcast with your relatives and loved ones! Let's dream new wo...
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