Tashka and Laura Yawanawá: The Amazon belongs to humanity -- let's protect it together
تاشکا و لاورا یاواناوا: ئەمازۆن موڵکی هەموو مرۆڤایەتییە- با بەیکەوە بیپارێزین
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.
دارستانی باراناوی بکەین.
to the whole of humanity.
many of you know
پێموایە زۆرێک لە ئێوە دەزانن
just the indigenous people,
کاریگەری لە خەڵکە ڕەسەنەکەی ئەمازۆن ناکات،
if I burn everything,
ئەگەر هەمووشتێک بسووتێنم،
لەسەر ئێرەش دەبێت،
بەفر دەبارێت.
comes to my country.
کاریگەری لە وڵاتەکەی من دەکات.
to the global village.
لادێیەکی جیهانین.
وەکو چۆن خەڵکە ڕەسەنەکان گرنگی پێدەدەن.
as the indigenous do in the world.
بەردەوامی بە بابەتەکە دەدات.
with our hearts crying.
لەگەڵ دڵە گریاوەکانمان.
لە ناخەوە دڵم دەگری،
are being destroyed.
لەناوچوون.
humanity two options.
دەدات بە مرۆڤایەتی
to destroy and exterminate
کۆتای هێنا بە وێرانکردن و بنبڕکردنی
our cultures that go with it.
into an opportunity
and their cultures.
باراناوی و کلتورەکەیان.
we created a life plan,
پلانی ژیانمان داناوە،
of how we want to secure our territory.
کە چۆن دەمانەوێت هەرێمەکەمان ئاسایش بکەین.
200,000 hectares of rainforest.
لە دارستانی باراناوی دەدەین.
for us to secure our land,
پێشانمان دەدات بۆ ئاسایشی زەویەکانمان،
all civil society,
هەموو کۆمەڵگەیەکی شارستانی،
ئەمازۆن بگرەن،
for many, many ... for centuries.
لێرەین.
to scream to the world
our territory, our nature.
لە هەرێمەکەمان، سروشتەکەمان بکەین.
فێری مرۆڤایەتی دەکات
peoples directly,
ڕەسەنی ئەمازۆن بکەن،
that I would love to leave to you.
بۆ ئێوە چێبێڵم.
وڵامەکەیان لایە.
لە ئامازۆن بکەیت.
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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