by Rubina Cohen | Aug 20, 2018
Jtsunibtik sok lekil weeltik (Our Crops and Safe Food) is a project whose main objective is the saving of native grains still in use in Indigenous communities. The creation of a seed bank would involve the rescue of seeds of more than three varieties of local corn, as...
by Rubina Cohen | Aug 20, 2018
Nippeash Waapemooash (Waters Rise Up) is a developing tribal civics/rites of passage initiative aimed at addressing the unique challenges Nipmuc youth experience and promoting a positive sense of self-worth and cultural pride within the tribe. The goal is to prepare...
by Rubina Cohen | Aug 20, 2018
Indigenous calendars comprise the spiritual and cosmological teachings that can teach individuals and communities how to live in balance. Therefore, the use of Indigenous calendars is an important path to a balanced relationship with the earth, as well as with the...
by Rubina Cohen | Aug 20, 2018
This project seeks to preserve and value the Shipibo culture by uniting Shipibo elders and youth in a workshop entitled “Ceremony of Shipibo Ancestral Values.” This workshop is a traditional celebration and initiation, where songs of healing, love, work, hunting,...
by Rubina Cohen | Aug 20, 2018
Identities and roots are difficult to cultivate in a migratory context. And so, in these migratory communities, this project will begin by researching and recovering ancestral knowledge of Mayan spirituality through interviews and bibliographic sources. From there,...
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