Category Archives: Forest People
There were an estimated ten million Natives living in the Amazonian Rainforest five centuries ago. Today there are less than 200,000.
Indigenous Languages Amazon: Why Plant Knowledge Depends on Words
A forest has many ways of disappearing. Trees can be cut. Rivers can be [...]
Aug
Indigenous Medicine in Brazil: Recognition and Responsibility
Indigenous medicine in Brazil has entered a significant new moment. In April 2026, the Brazilian [...]
Aug
The Ashaninka: The Amazon’s Model Guardians Are Asking the World to Stand With Them
The Ashaninka rebuilt a forest territory the world calls a model of Indigenous stewardship. Now, [...]
Jul
Indigenous Wisdom: What the Guardians of the Amazon Can Teach a Changing World
Indigenous wisdom offers some of humanity’s oldest and most enduring teachings about community, resilience, spirituality, [...]
Jul
The Huni Kuin People (Kaxinawá): Guardians of Ancestral Amazonian Wisdom
The Huni Kuin people — also known as the Kaxinawá — are one of the [...]
May
Yawanawa People: Culture, Traditions & Spiritual Wisdom of the Amazon Tribe
The Yawanawa people are one of the most remarkable indigenous groups of the Brazilian Amazon. [...]
Mar
Why Indigenous Hunters Move Silently Through the Forest
7 Indigenous Hunting Techniques: How Hunters Move Silently Through the Forest Indigenous hunting techniques are [...]
Mar
The Sacred Face Paints: Colors That Protect and Awaken
Sacred face paints are more than decoration. Across many Indigenous and ancestral traditions, body and [...]
Nov
The Star People: Messages from the Sky Beings
The star people appear in stories, myths, and ancestral traditions across many cultures throughout the [...]
Nov
The Colors of the Forest: The Language of Natural Dyes and Body Paints
When the Forest Paints the Soul Before there were canvases, there was skin. Before there [...]
Oct