Tashka and Laura Yawanawá: The Amazon belongs to humanity -- let's protect it together
Tashka ve Laura Yawanawá: Amazon insanlığa ait -- birlikte koruyalım
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.
to the whole of humanity.
bir meydan okumadır.
many of you know
bildiğini düşünüyorum,
sadece yerli halkı etkilemiyor.
just the indigenous people,
eğer ben her şeyi yakarsam,
if I burn everything,
comes to my country.
biz bu durumdan etkileneceğiz.
to the global village.
ait olduğunu söylerdim.
as the indigenous do in the world.
ilgilenmeleri gerektiğini söylerdim.
üzerimize düşeni yapıyoruz.
with our hearts crying.
buruk bir şekilde duruyoruz.
ama içte kalbim kan ağlıyor.
are being destroyed.
humanity two options.
insanlığa iki seçenek sunuyor.
to destroy and exterminate
ve kültürümüzün
our cultures that go with it.
into an opportunity
and their cultures.
ve kültürünü kurtarabiliriz.
we created a life plan,
bir yaşam planı oluşturduk.
of how we want to secure our territory.
almak istediğimizi adım adım anlatıyor.
200,000 hectares of rainforest.
bölümü ile ilgileniyoruz.
for us to secure our land,
kültürümüz ve eğitimimizi
all civil society,
for many, many ... for centuries.
yüzyıllardır yaşıyoruz.
to scream to the world
our territory, our nature.
peoples directly,
that I would love to leave to you.
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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