7 episodes

In this podcast series, you will learn from multiple Indigenous leaders, who live on the front lines of the global climate crisis. Here they share their life experiences, knowledge, and urgent advice. They are the ones who are leading the path to a possible future.
It's time to listen to them, it's time to cross the river.
Crossing the River is a podcast from More Than Human Life (MOTH), based at the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice at NYU School of Law and 070 Podcasts.

Crossing The River More Than Human Life (MOTH)

    • Wetenschap

In this podcast series, you will learn from multiple Indigenous leaders, who live on the front lines of the global climate crisis. Here they share their life experiences, knowledge, and urgent advice. They are the ones who are leading the path to a possible future.
It's time to listen to them, it's time to cross the river.
Crossing the River is a podcast from More Than Human Life (MOTH), based at the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice at NYU School of Law and 070 Podcasts.

    Luiz Eloy Terena: Claiming Back Indigenous Lands

    Luiz Eloy Terena: Claiming Back Indigenous Lands

    In this episode, Luiz Eloy Terena (Terena Indigenous People, Brazil), explains the legal case of the Marco Temporal in Brazil, and the strategies of Indigenous organizations to overturn the unconstitutional initiative. Terena also explains his role as a lawyer and cultural translator for the Indigenous peoples and their organizations in Brazil.

    • 36 min
    Ehuana Yanomami: When Women Come Together

    Ehuana Yanomami: When Women Come Together

    Ehuana Yaira Yanomami (Yanomami Indigenous People, Brazil) is an artist, writer, and researcher dedicated to amplifying the voices of Yanomami women. In this episode, Ehuana delves into the ways in which women have reshaped Indigenous mobilization against illegal gold mining and the patriarchal violence accompanying it. She speaks in her mother tongue, one of the six languages within the Yanomami language family.

    • 29 min
    José Gualinga: Our Strength Comes From The Living Forest

    José Gualinga: Our Strength Comes From The Living Forest

    José Gualinga (Kichwa Indigenous People of Sarayaku, Ecuador) introduces the concept of Kawsak Sacha (Living Forest) and describes its dual meaning: the profound connection between humans and their territory, and the core mission of the Sarayaku struggle. For the Sarayaku People, their territory and the more-than-human world must be protected and should be granted legal rights.

    • 39 min
    Joan Carling: Unmasking Green Colonialism

    Joan Carling: Unmasking Green Colonialism

    Joan Carling (Kankanaey Indigenous People, Philippines) poses a critical question: how do we respond to the global system that sees sustainability—and our planet's future—as merely another profit-making venture? The third episode of Crossing the River responds to the expansion of green colonialism and the climate crisis by emphasizing the crucial role of Indigenous peoples in the decision-making processes that affect their lives and territories.

    • 24 min
    Maurício Ye'kuana: Is This The First World?

    Maurício Ye'kuana: Is This The First World?

    Maurício Ye’kuana (Ye’kuana Indigenous People, Brazil), delves into the struggle of the Yanomami Indigenous People to oppose illegal gold mining in the Brazilian Amazon as well as the Brazilian government’s failure to respond meaningfully to this ongoing crisis. In the second installment of Crossing The River, concepts at the heart of the so-called First World – like progress, consumption, and extraction – are called into question as Maurício discusses the steps Indigenous peoples in the Amazon have taken to defend their lives and territories.

    • 27 min
    Juma Xipaia: The Struggle From Within

    Juma Xipaia: The Struggle From Within

    In this episode, Juma Xipaia (Xipaia Indigenous People, Brazil) shares her experiences as a woman and as an Indigenous leader while also commenting on the institutional transformations that have taken place in Brazil since the election of President Lula da Silva. 

    • 26 min

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