Indigenous Impact Storytellers

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 conne...

Episódio 2: Criatividade Indígena: A Luta por Direitos através da Arte Com Edivan Fulni-ô & João Victor Pankararu No 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 histó...

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 un...

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...

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...

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...

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 a...

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...

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...