Tag: Indigeneous

Better Not to Talk About It
World + People
Dreams and Visions

Better Not to Talk About It

Elżbieta Jodłowska – an ethnologist and researcher of the culture of the Indigenous Andean Quechua people – talks about the bogeyman figure of the ‘pishtaco’ in the Andes.
Tomasz Pindel
The Pishtaco Emerges from the Andes
Art + Stories
Experiences

The Pishtaco Emerges from the Andes

The pishtaco – a seemingly mythical creature that lives among the Indigenous peoples of the Andes – has its origins in the real-life events of Spanish colonialism.
Tomasz Pindel
Roots That Heal
Soul + Body
Wellbeing

Roots That Heal

In the face of a global health crisis, the Secoya – an Indigenous peoples living in the Ecuadorian and Peruvian Amazon – have turned to the Amazon rainforest for help.
Sylwia Niemczyk
How Encyclopaedias Die
Art + Stories
Experiences

How Encyclopaedias Die

The pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on the Indigenous peoples of the Americas. As a result, unique cultures and languages are dying out.
Julia Fiedorczuk
The Children of the Whale
World + People
Nature

The Children of the Whale

The Indigenous Mirning people of the Great Australian Bight are fighting to protect nature – both the land and the sea that they call home.
Agnieszka Burton
The Māori Awakening
Art + Stories
Experiences

The Māori Awakening

After years of suppression of Māori cultural identity, New Zealand’s Indigenous people are finally experiencing a renaissance, in defiance of colonialism.
Maciej Wesołowski