The Gomaluku Podcast

On today's episode María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, Professor James Anaya and I discuss how the new social contract will impact Indigenous Peoples, will it help or hurt us? Let me know what you think.

Today's episode is a phenomenal talk with Binota, we dove deep into handling adverse situations and how your mindset in those situations can get you out of them and propel you onto some amazing things. Listen to Binota's personal experiences, that led to him becoming one of Asia's powerhouses in the Indigenous Peoples rights movement, with super network building, campaign and advocacy achievements...

My friends, this episode is a segment of the August 9th virtual commemoration where María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, Professor James Anaya and I talk about the problem the UN has with all its resolutions. That most of them aren't implemented that former President of the UN General Assembly Maria Fernanda starts talking about an implementation deficit. Enjoy.

Today's episode originally aired on November 23rd 2020. On that day Damon Gerard Corrie stopped by. He's an author, super roomie, family man, writer/interviewer, descendant heir to the Hereditary Chieftaincy of the Eagle Clan Lokono-Arawaks of Guyana, and founder of the Indigenous Democracy Defense Organization and the Caribbean Amerindian Development Organization. Questions he answered: What is t...

Today's episode is a segment of the August 9th virtual commemoration in which María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, Professor James Anaya and I talk about UN reform and the role that Indigenous Peoples should be bestowed in this process. Enjoy!

Today's episode is a talk I did during informal dialogues on a new UN treaty to protect the biodiversity of the high seas. The meeting was co-organized by the Nobel Institute and I took this opportunity to explain to the UN negotiators what FPIC means and how it applies to traditional and indigenous knowledge. I hope this gives you a structure or nuggets that you can use to explain FPIC. Enjoy!

Today's episode is a virtual dialogue featuring myself as the moderator, Professor James Anaya, and Her Excellency María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés discussing the call for a new social contract. Please share any takeaways @gomaluku on Twitter. Enjoy. For more info on the organizers of the event UN-DESA please visit this link.

You probably know that I am pro empowerment of indigenous delegates at the international level. Today's episode you get to hear me in a piece of a conversation with Tomo Harada where I'm reflecting on being a leader of indigenous delegates focused on the Article 6 negotiations at the UN climate summit in Madrid in 2019. There's a sequence and style I deploy to help my peers to rise above themselve...

Today's episode is the complete registration of the 2021 virtual commemoration of UN-DESA’s International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. The Indigenous Peoples and Development Branch – Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues/DISD/DESA organized a virtual event opened by Chief Tadodaho Sidney Hill of the Onondaga Nation, with remarks provided by the Chair of the UN Permanent...

On today's episode you'll hear me in an interview with Ms. Diane Penn of UN News. We talked right before the commemoration of International Indigenous Peoples Day about how the current crisis is affecting Indigenous Peoples and what needs to be done within the UN to make sure that we come out stronger out of the crisis than we went in. Enjoy. The interview was originally posted here .

Today's episode is a flashback to September 2019 where I sat down with Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim and Daria Egereva. I sat down with these two amazing people outside our hotel right before our taxi arrived to take us to the final day of the PreCOP in Costa Rica. We talked about their aha moments, their experiences, thoughts about self-awareness, and why they do what they do. Please enjoy!

On today's episode I’m very glad that Minnie Degawan, Kankanay-Igorot from the Cordillera region in the Philippines had the time to join me. Minnie was super passionate about justice from a very early age. As she cannot imagine herself working for the government, she started very early working at the community level, was one of the Asia representatives during the negotiations on the UNDRIP at the...

On today's episode I sit down with the stunning Maria Noeli Oberto (Wayuu, Venezuela) to talk about how she helps the indigenous movement while she's not actively participating anymore. Her drive to help people has moved her from the movement to the finance business where she helps people reach financial independence and empowerment. Maria's "let me show you..." mindset is paramount in her life, I...

Tai Pelli is a Borikén Taíno, (a Taíno Indigenous person from Puerto Rico); Liaison Officer of the United Confederation of Taíno People (UCTP) and Co-founder of the Caribbean Amerindian Development Organization. She is an International Human Rights, Environmental Rights  and Indigenous Peoples' Rights Advocate. She currently serves on the  Board of Directors of the International Indian T...

Today's episode is a Q&A with Mikaela Jade. She's a Cabrogal Woman from the Dharug-speaking Nations of Sydney, and founder of Indigital, Australia’s first Indigenous Edu-tech company.  We talked about starting an indigenous business, imposter syndrome, augmented reality, virtual reality, stigmas, racism, Twitch, Minecraft and more. Note: Episode aired originally on October 26, 2020.

Roberto Múkaro Borrero has a distinguished and  diverse background in policy & program development and human rights  advocacy, including in specialization on the rights of Indigenous  Peoples. He retains over 25 years of experience actively engaging the  United Nations system in thematic areas such as Sustainable Development;  Climate Change; the In...

On this episode that originally aired on October 22, 2020 I caught up with the amazing Erin Hinkle (Co-founder BuildRise). I've known her from her years as the Swiss-pocket-knife of Tribal Link Foundation where she learned many things including how non-indigenous people should support Indigenous Peoples. Nowadays she's a New Yorker living with her husband in Wisconsin,  consulting for compani...

From the mountains of northern Chile Freddy Sebastián Medina joins the podcast. He's Aymara, and an environmental biologist and talks about the integration of indigenous knowledge and science, the flip side of solar energy, and the need for indigenous curricula.

Today's episode is an interview I did a few weeks ago on the Multi-Hazards podcast. I talked with Vin Nelsen about indigenous activism in the UN, what climate change adaptation means, why its important to remember that you could die tomorrow, and so much more. Enjoy!

Today's conversation is with Lucky Sherpa. She is a former elected member of the Constituent Assembly and Parliament of Nepal (from 2008 to 2012). Ms. Sherpa is the first indigenous and sherpa women to be appointed by Nepal Government as an Nepali ambassador for Australia, new Zealand from 2017 to 2019.  

Today's podcast is with Chris Chapman. He is a long time Indigenous Peoples' rights adviser/researcher currently working for Amnesty International and formerly with Minority Rights Group.

On today's episode Skolt Sami news anchor, storyteller Sara Wesslin joins the podcast to talk about her work, Skolt Sami, languages, cultural expectations, handicrafts, and nature. Who do you like to be my next guest, or want to let me know what you think? Tweet me  @gomaluku.

Its funny that I got to sit down with Erika on October 12th 2020, 7 years after we met at the third Cumbre Continental de Comunicación Indígena del Abya Yala held in Santa María Tlahuitoltepec (Mexico). Amongst others we talked about the role of teachers in restorative justice, strategic communications for Indigenous Peoples and more.

Raja Devasish Roy is Chakma Chief and advocate to the Supreme court of Bangladesh. He's also a former Minister of State to the government of Bangladesh, former expert member to the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and co-chair of the Indigenous Peoples caucus during the UN working group on the draft declaration. Who do you like to be my next guest, or want to let me know what you think? Twe...

Carson Kiburo (Endorois) and Atina Pamei Gaare (Naga) share their ways of transferring knowledge from their elders to the next generations. Let us know what you think: Tweet me  @gomaluku.