Tashka and Laura Yawanawá: The Amazon belongs to humanity -- let's protect it together
Tashka y Laura Yawanawá: El Amazonas le pertenece a la humanidad, vamos a protegerlo juntos
Chief Tashka Yawanawá and Laura Yawanawá represent the critical perspective often missed in the discussions about the future of indigenous people in Brazil: that of the indigenous people themselves. Full bio
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to the spirit of the rainforest.
el espíritu de la selva tropical.
to the whole of humanity.
pertenece a toda la humanidad.
como algo vivo.
many of you know
muchos de Uds. saben
just the indigenous people,
solo a los pueblos indígenas,
if I burn everything,
en mi comunidad, si quemo todo,
comes to my country.
to the global village.
a la aldea global.
pertenece a la humanidad,
as the indigenous do in the world.
tener cuidado como hacen los indígenas.
hacemos nuestra parte.
with our hearts crying.
con nuestros corazones llorando.
pero mi corazón está llorando,
are being destroyed.
están siendo destruidos.
humanity two options.
a la humanidad dos opciones.
to destroy and exterminate
a acabar, destruir y exterminar,
our cultures that go with it.
toda nuestra cultura que los acompaña.
into an opportunity
esta crisis en una oportunidad
and their cultures.
y sus culturas.
we created a life plan,
creamos un plan de vida,
of how we want to secure our territory.
cómo queremos asegurar nuestro territorio.
200,000 hectares of rainforest.
hectáreas de selva tropical.
for us to secure our land,
los pasos para asegurar nuestra tierra,
all civil society,
toda la sociedad civil,
for many, many ... for centuries.
muchos, muchos... siglos.
to scream to the world
de gritarle al mundo
our territory, our nature.
nuestro territorio, nuestra naturaleza.
está enseñando a la humanidad
peoples directly,
indígenas directamente,
that I would love to leave to you.
me encantaría dejarles.
tienen la respuesta,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Tashka and Laura Yawanawá - Leaders of the YawanawáChief Tashka Yawanawá and Laura Yawanawá represent the critical perspective often missed in the discussions about the future of indigenous people in Brazil: that of the indigenous people themselves.
Why you should listen
For Tashka and Laura Yawanawá, leaders of the Yawanawá people living in the Acre region of Brazil, engagement with the world begins with his people’s right to self-determination and self-worth.
The son of a former leader of the Yawanawá, as a boy Tashka witnessed the near annihilation of his culture by the New Tribes Mission and by the pressure of economic interests. He studied in the United States and visited other indigenous communities. With other tribal leaders in the Amazon, he is working to restore dignity, identity and a sustainable economic future to indigenous populations, founded on their own values, culture and definition of prosperity.
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