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Members of the Rapa Nui comnunity welcome attendees at the screening of their film - "Te Pits o Te Henua" or "The Navel of the World" - during the Festival of Pacific Arts & Culture in June. Photoby Dan Lin, Nia Tero.

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July 8, 2024

Rapa Nui Celebrates and Shares Beautiful Rich Culture at FestPAC Wayfinders Circle Film Screening

Traveling more than 4,600 miles in June to attend the Festival of Pacific Arts & Culture (FestPAC) in Hawai’i, members of the Rapa Nui delegation welcomed attendees to a preview of their film “Te Pito o Te Henua” or the “The Navel of the World.”

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Members of the Dayak Iban group in the Sungai Util community, where they live in a longhouse that serves as a space for collective decision-making. Photo credit to Dayak Iban Menua Sungai Utik.

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June 12, 2024

‘The Land is Our Mother’: The Sungai Utik’s Resistance to Extractive Industries in Indonesia

Through customary law and collective decision-making, an Indigenous community protected an estimated 1.31 million metric tons of forest-based carbon.

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April 30, 2024

Joint Wayfinders Circle and WUISP event celebrates Indigenous spiritual and cultural continuity at the UNPFII

Indigenous elders and youth convened in New York City at an event aimed at strengthening future generations to uphold the legacy of their Peoples.

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April 18, 2024

Seedcast Episode Featuring Sungai Utiks Indigenous Peoples Earns an Honorable Mention at the 2024 Webby Awards

Nia Tero’s podcast episode tells the story of how the Dayak Iban People won a fight for their forest in Indonesia through the perspective of a young Indigenous filmmaker.

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April 17, 2024

How Ancestral Indigenous Wisdom Guides the Rapa Nui’s Response to Global Challenges

Self-governance is leading the way forward for a Pacific Island community that is vulnerable to climate change.

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April 4, 2024

Film “Tuhaymani'chi Pal Waniqa” (The Water Flows Always) to Screen at Four International Film Festivals in April

In the film from the Wayfinders Circle, water and culture bring together a father and daughter as they fight to protect their Indigenous homelands in Southern California.

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