Crossing The River
Episodes
Alex Lucitante: Ancestral Science [ENG]
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Lucitante (Cofán Indigenous People, Colombia and Ecuador) knows that many Indigenous peoples have been compelled to speak the language of the la...
Mari Luz Canaquiri: The Underwater Beings [ENG]
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mari Luz Canaquiri (Kukama Indigenous People, Peru) grew up knowing that the Marañón River is sacred, because they carry life itself. When oil spill...
Bárbara Muelas: The Guardian of Language [ENG]
14 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bárbara Muelas (Misak Indigenous People, Colombia), the first Indigenous woman in the Colombian Academy of Language, has spent her 80 years reviving ...
Jacqueline Flores: The Plant Doctor [ENG]
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jacqueline Flores (Asháninka Indigenous People, Peru) thinks that being a plant doctor is not a title—it is an ancient science of direct encounter....
Noemí Gualinga: The Languages of the Forest [ENG]
26 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Noemí Gualinga (Kichwa Indigenous People of Sarayaku, Ecuador) is an Indigenous leader and a member of the Amazonian Women Defenders of the Rainfores...
Grandmother Helen Lindmark: Deep Listening [ENG]
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Grandmother Helen Lindmark (Sámi Indigenous People, Sápmi) shares her deep connection to the land and the Sámi way of life. The Sá...
Christine Kandie: Reclaiming Unheard Voices [ENG]
08 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Christine Kandie (Endorois Indigenous People, Kenia) shares a deeply personal story of dispossession, resistance, and healing. Follow...
Patricia Tobón Yagarí: Bridging Worlds [ENG]
24 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Patricia Tobón Yagarí (Emberá-Chamí Indigenous People, Colombia) is an Indigenous attorney who bridges worlds: between Indigenous and non-Indigeno...
Mphatheleni Makaulule: Words That Weave The Land [ENG]
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the first episode of the second season, Mphatheleni Makaulule (Venda Indigenous People, South Africa) shares her experience as a keeper of Indigeno...
Manifesto - Season 2 [ENG]
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Crossing the River is a podcast in which we hear from Indigenous leaders who defend life on Earth every day, in their own words, because they are the ...
Davi Kopenawa: Contra la sociedad de los cachivaches [ESP]
23 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
En el episodio final de esta temporada de Cruzar el Río, conversamos con Davi Kopenawa Yanomami, chamán, líder y etnógrafo del pueblo indígena Ya...
Ehuana Yanomami: Cuando las mujeres se juntan [ESP]
13 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
En este episodio de Cruzar el Río, conversamos con Ehuana Yaira Yanomami, artista, escritora e investigadora del pueblo indígena Yanomami de Brasil....
Luiz Eloy Terena: Recuperar las tierras indígenas [ESP]
12 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
En este episodio, Luiz Eloy Terena, del Pueblo Indígena Terena de Brasil, narra la movilización en contra del Marco Temporal, el caso más important...
José Gualinga: Nuestra fuerza viene de la selva viviente [ESP]
28 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
En este episodio, José Gualinga, líder del pueblo indígena Sarayaku de Ecuador, presenta la iniciativa Kawsak Sacha, o Selva Viviente, y explica su...
Joan Carling: Desenmascarar al colonialismo verde [ESP]
07 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Joan Carling (pueblo indígena Kankanaey, Filipinas) plantea una pregunta crítica: ¿cómo respondemos al sistema global que ve la sostenibilidad —...
Ana Manuela Ochoa: La paz no es solo entre humanos [ESP]
17 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ana Manuela Ochoa es abogada indígena del pueblo Kankuamo, en Colombia. Es, además, la primera magistrada indígena de la Jurisdicción Especial par...
Maurício Ye'kuana: ¿A esto llaman primer mundo? [ESP]
27 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mauricio Ye’kuana (Pueblo Indígena Ye’kuana, Brasil) habla sobre la lucha del Pueblo Indígena Yanomami para oponerse a la minería ilegal de oro...
Juma Xipaia: La lucha es desde adentro [ESP]
29 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
En este episodio, Juma Xipaia (Pueblo Indígena Xipaia, Brasil) comparte sus experiencias como mujer y como lideresa indígena, al tiempo que comenta ...
Manifiesto [Español]
29 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
En este podcast conocerás a líderes y lideresas indígenas que viven en primera línea de la crisis climática mundial. Aquí comparten sus experien...
Davi Kopenawa: Against The Society Of Junk [ENG]
13 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Davi Kopenawa Yanomami (Yanomami Indigenous People, Brazil) is a shaman, a leader, and a scientist. Davi has crossed multiple rivers many times to que...
Ana Manuela Ochoa: Peace Is Not Just Between Humans [ENG]
30 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ana Manuela Ochoa (Kankuamo Indigenous People, Colombia) is the first Indigenous Justice at the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP, for its acronym i...
Luiz Eloy Terena: Claiming Back Indigenous Lands [ENG]
16 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Luiz Eloy Terena (Terena Indigenous People, Brazil), explains the legal case of the Marco Temporal in Brazil, and the strategies of I...
Ehuana Yanomami: When Women Come Together [ENG]
02 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ehuana Yaira Yanomami (Yanomami Indigenous People, Brazil) is an artist, writer, and researcher dedicated to amplifying the voices of Yanomami women. ...
José Gualinga: Our Strength Comes From The Living Forest [ENG]
17 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
José Gualinga (Kichwa Indigenous People of Sarayaku, Ecuador) introduces the concept of Kawsak Sacha (Living Forest) and describes its dual meaning: ...
Joan Carling: Unmasking Green Colonialism [ENG]
04 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Joan Carling (Kankanaey Indigenous People, Philippines) poses a critical question: how do we respond to the global system that sees sustainability—a...
Maurício Ye'kuana: Is This The First World? [ENG]
21 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Maurício Ye’kuana (Ye’kuana Indigenous People, Brazil), delves into the struggle of the Yanomami Indigenous People to oppose illegal gold mining ...
Juma Xipaia: The Struggle From Within [ENG]
29 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Juma Xipaia (Xipaia Indigenous People, Brazil) shares her experiences as a woman and as an Indigenous leader while also commenting on...
Manifesto [ENG]
28 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Crossing the River is a podcast in which we hear from Indigenous leaders that defend life on earth every day: in their own words, because they are the...