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Continue reading →: Protecting Indigenous Languages Is Protecting BiodiversityWith Indigenous languages, we can turn from a narrative of apocalypse—toward multispecies kinship, care, stewardship, protection, and love for the living Earth. bySubhankar Banerjee One million animal and plant species face extinction due to human activity, according to the United Nations. Now, think about cultural production—art and literature that we have invested…
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Continue reading →: Yikwanak One Nggugu Wage Ti O
Wone maluk aga! Yikwanak one gunggu, ambe nggi-nggi wage ti, kinagakap puk, puk, puk! Wage ti! Blog yi mbanikit mbakirak alom to nit muli Lani mendek ninawone mbininogo, ninabok mbanogo, erit wororak ake aret pigirak me, ninenggi paga, ninone paga wone mbininogo aret mbanit worarok o. Nano awone mban yogwe…
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Continue reading →: Missing: another tribal environmentalist
Karin Schill Oct. 17, 1994From the print edition Source: Missing: another tribal environmentalist — High Country News – Know the West (hcn.org) In a case reminiscent of the mysterious death of Navajo activist Leroy Jackson, violence is suspected in the disappearance of an outspoken environmental activist on Arizona’s Gila River Indian Reservation. Fred…
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Yikwanak literally comes from two words in Lani Language of West Papua: “Yikwa” and “Inak”. The name “Yikwa” is a clan name from Lani Tribe, which literally means Water Opener, the one who closes and opens the water, controls the water. Whereas the term “Inak” means “son of”. Yikwanak means The Son of Yikwa clan. Read More at About Us Page of this blog or the other blog: yikwanak.com or blog.yikwanak.com
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