The Gomaluku Podcast

Today's conversation is with Alberto Saldamando (Chicano/Zapoteca) international human rights lawyer and specialist in indigenous rights. Currently serves as indigenous rights climate change counsel to  the Indigenous Environmental Network , a non-profit NGO supporting indigenous frontline communities defending their Sacred Water and territories against extraction and fossil fuels. Enjoy! Who...

Today's episode is a conversation with uncle Craig Cromelin. He's a jack of all trades but master of none that funny enough never wanted to join community governance in the first place. But, leave it to his elders to give the then 25 year-old Craig a nudge to do what he's destined to do. In this conversation he shares his lessons and what it takes to help indigenous communities and individuals. He...

My friends, on today's episode I explain how I look at social media. Because I approach it like its a science. Trial and error, learn from your mistakes, adapt and move on. I think this episode is valuable to you if you want to figure out how you as an indigenous organisation can leverage the power of the internet to advocate for your Indigenous Peoples. So throw away those press releases and star...

Brenda L. Gunn, is a Professor at the University of Manitoba, Faculty of  Law. She has a B.A. from the University of Manitoba and a J.D. from the  University of Toronto.  She completed her LL.M. in Indigenous Peoples  Law & Policy at the University of Arizona. She articled with Sierra  Legal Defence Fund (now Ecojustice Canada). She was called to the bars  of Law Society of Upper Canada and Manito...

What's up podcast listeners, today's episode is my answer to a question that I was asked during the Quarantine Q&A. The person was under the impression that I was doing all this to become President of the Republic of the South-Moluccas (RMS) one day. I hope my answer to this question triggers you to deploy self-awareness as well, and to find something you really love to do and go all in on it....

My friends, today's episode is with Marina Ycha. I had Marina as my guest on October 9th 2020 when she joined the show from her community, the indigenous Ulchi people living in Russia. She hails from a family that historically had indigenous occupations. She currently is a specialist on inter-ethnic and NGO issues in the local government but has a burning desire to protect the Ulchi Peoples, and t...

Today's episode of the podcast originally aired on October 3rd 2020 with Ruth Kaviok (Inuit, Nunavut). I consider it a blessing to have met and worked with Ruth Kaviok at COP24 in Katowice, her giggles and unapologetic laughter gave our work and meetings a lot of positive energy. She is a former president of the National Inuit Youth Council when she joined us in Poland, and is currently assistant...

My friends, today's episode of the podcast is a conversation I had last week with Elisa Tripotin. She's a French student in international relations working on a paper on how the pandemic has impacted the participation of Indigenous Peoples in international discussions. I like this episode as it gave us an opportunity to immediately reflect on the 20th session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenou...

Podcast listeners, today's episode is Estebancio Castro-Diaz's segment of #HowToIndigenousNow. My brother, colleague and friend passed away on April 27th 2021. He was a modern indigenous leader, the future of Latin-American indigenous advocacy, and was about to take the big stage at the international level. I will miss him, and will always remember him for our bromance as he was my older brother i...

Podcast, on today's episode I'm joined by Heather Whiteman Runs Him ( Crow Apsaalooke Nation ), Kenneth Deer (Kahnawake, Mohawk) and also Tuomas Aslak Juuso (Sami, Finland) comes back into the conversation. Hear us jam on the enhanced participation process of Indigenous Peoples' representative institutions to the UN General Assembly. Let me know what you think, please tweet any thoughts or takeawa...

My friends, I'm giving everything away. I listened to the interventions of Indigenous Peoples yesterday and most of them didn't include recommendations or got cut off at the 2 minute mark. I cannot emphasize enough how important it is to draft an effective intervention. I've listened and read hundreds of interventions over the years and developed a framework that can help you. Learn to start with...

This episode is jam packed with media knowledge as the journalism and media savvy indigenous representatives Pirita Näkkäläjärvi (Sami, Finland) and Carson Kiburo (Endorois, Kenya) join me in discussing the key takeaways of the third day of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. Let me know what you think, please tweet any thoughts or takeaways to @gomaluku.

On today's episode you'll get a brief recap of the UNPFII's discussion on the theme: Peace, justice and strong institutions, and the role of Indigenous Peoples in advancing SDG16, with some interesting contributions from States and Indigenous Peoples. Tuomas Aslak Juuso joins the conversation to share his thoughts, and his expectation for the agenda item on the follow-up to the World Conference on...

I recognize so many things in this retake of the talk with Atina that originally aired on September 30, 2020. She joined the show to talk about quite a number of things but it was very important to her, so she took the time to talk about the Naga political struggle. even though we have only 1 hour,  I'm 100% cool with that as I saw that this was another golden opportunity for her to unpack th...

Aili Liimakka Laue is an Inuk from Greenland, Indigenous Peoples Rights Advocate, school teacher and a mother of four. She has a vision for Greenland that she's going to achieve through addressing the assimilation through the school system by creating indigenous immersion schools. To do this she went to Aotearoa-New Zealand and Hawaii to learn about indigenous culturally appropriate education. Let...

My friends, today I'm starting to upload the Gomaluku Live episodes onto the podcast. GML is a web series I started to answer questions of viewers with some amazing guests. This first episode originally aired on September 23, 2020, and as my guest I had none other than Yannick Ndoinyo of Traditional Ecosystems Survival Tanzania (TEST). I was his mentor at the Permanent Forum on  Indigenous Is...

From Aleksey with love! Tweet me your thoughts and takeaways. He belongs to the Karelian community in Northwest Russia and leads the Center for Support of Indigenous Peoples and Civic Diplomacy «Young Karelia», an NGO under special consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council. A lifetime activist for the rights of indigenous peoples in Russia, and previously led the Inte...

How is the UN going to protect the biodiversity of the oceans? What's the vision, how to get there, and is it feasible? What's the role of Indigenous Peoples going to be? Clement Yow Mulalap and I are involved in this process, Yow on behalf of the Federated States of Micronesia for the PSIDS, and myself from the indigenous side. We took our political hats off and went live to answer these question...

Today's episode is a conversation with Hunanatu "Huna" Matoke, the General Secretary of the Alifuru Council. Hailing from the Nuaulu tribe she was forced by the government to choose a faith, was not allowed to speak her indigenous language in school and saw a lot of adversities faced by Indigenous Peoples. This experience made her want to stand up for the rights. Now she works closely with the Ali...

My friends, on this episode we talk about applying indigenous diplomacies in the climate regime. Particularly at the UNFCCC's Conference of Parties. Listen to a conversation hosted by Tomo Harada, where Jocabed Solano (Kuna Yala) and myself unload stories and unpack our lessons learned from COP25, experiences in negotiations, practical advice for others, and more. We answer questions like What is...

Today's episode is a Clubhouse recording of a conversation I had with Iniquilipi Chiari and Olo Villalaz, thye're the masterminds behind TV Indigena. A young medai group and already super popular in Abya Yala. This conversation is interesting for people that want to start broadcasting their indigenous stories but are still hesitating. We touched upon how fast it grew, the dedication of the team, t...

Helen works for the Forest Peoples Programme, based now in the UK, working primarily partnering with Indigenous Peoples’ and tribal peoples’ communities and organisations to secure collective rights to territories, lands and resources. She worked in Indigenous Peoples’ organisations in Southeast Asia and globally, for over ten years, and  for the UN in the regional centre of the UN Developmen...

My friends, today's episode is a reminder for you. December 2019, as UNFCCC's COP25 went into double overtime and eventually kicked the Article 6 can further down the road I jumped on Facebook Live to assess the situation and share what we need to keep in mind for Glasgow. What happened in Madrid, what is Article 6, how will it impact Indigenous Peoples, and what can we do to fix it are just a few...

Today's episode is a voice memo I recorded while driving to visit my family. I turned off my radio and started thinking out loud and came to some thoughts and conclusions. So I stopped the car at a gas station, switched on the voice recorder feature on my phone and started talking again. The topic of this episode is on the emergence of global entities that are meant to combine Indigenous Peoples'...

Brandon Maka'awa'awa teaches about the history of "Native Hawaiians" and the journey of the Nation of Hawaii and shows ways how Indigenous Peoples can work together in the future. Tweet me your thoughts or takeaways. Brandon Maka’awa’awa is the Deputy Head of State of the Nation of Hawaii, the oldest Hawaiian Independence Organization in Hawaii. He assists Head of State Dennis Bumpy Kanahele in th...