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Crossing The River

More Than Human Life (MOTH)

In this podcast series, you will learn from multiple Indigenous leaders, who live on the front lines of the global climate crisis. Here they share their life experiences, knowledge, and urgent advice. They are the ones who are leading the path to a possible future. It"s time to listen to them, it"s time to cross the river. Crossing the River is a podcast from More Than Human Life (MOTH), based at the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice at NYU School of Law and 070 Podcasts.

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00:44:35

Mari Luz Canaquiri: The Underwater Beings [ENG]

Crossing The River ·

2025/09/26

Mari Luz Canaquiri (Kukama Indigenous People, Peru) grew up knowing that the Marañón River is sacred, because they carry life itself. When oil spills poisoned its waters and her people, her voice was dismissed because she was a woman. Refusing to be silenced, she joined other Kukama women to found the Huaynakana Kamatahuara Kana Federation, leading with a strength that is inclusive, resilient, and cannot be corrupted. Together, they won a landmark victory: the Marañón became the first river in Peru

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00:50:34

Bárbara Muelas: The Guardian of Language [ENG]

Crossing The River ·

2025/08/14

Bárbara Muelas (Misak Indigenous People, Colombia), the first Indigenous woman in the Colombian Academy of Language, has spent her 80 years reviving Namtrik, her mother tongue—one of 65 Indigenous languages that still survive in Colombia despite centuries of colonization. Once spoken only aloud, it is now etched in writing so it will not vanish. Born to terrajeros during a time in which colonizers forced the Misak nation to work in their own land, she saw her people reclaim their territory in the

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00:42:06

Jacqueline Flores: The Plant Doctor [ENG]

Crossing The River ·

2025/07/17

Jacqueline Flores (Asháninka Indigenous People, Peru) thinks that being a plant doctor is not a title—it is an ancient science of direct encounter. One must take the plants, ingest them, allow them to move through the body, and speak. This is a knowledge revealed slowly, through dreams and disciplined diets, where the plants themselves become teachers.As a traditional healer of the Asháninka people—one of the Amazon’s most profound guardians of medicinal plant wisdom—Jacqueline embodies a way of

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00:44:54

Noemí Gualinga: The Languages of the Forest [ENG]

Crossing The River ·

2025/06/26

Noemí Gualinga (Kichwa Indigenous People of Sarayaku, Ecuador) is an Indigenous leader and a member of the Amazonian Women Defenders of the Rainforest Collective, an organization dedicated to protecting the rights of Indigenous women and their territories.Noemí has crossed many rivers — both literal and metaphorical — learning to adapt to life in the city, to other languages, and to unfamiliar rules. She has adapted, but never forgotten who she is or where she comes from. This is the lesson she has

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00:35:48

Grandmother Helen Lindmark: Deep Listening [ENG]

Crossing The River ·

2025/06/12

In this episode, Grandmother Helen Lindmark (Sámi Indigenous People, Sápmi) shares her deep connection to the land and the Sámi way of life. The Sámi people inhabit Sápmi—a vast, remote region that spans Sweden, Finland, Norway, and Russia’s Kola Peninsula—located within the Arctic Circle and rich in minerals like copper and gold. Because of this, their lands and communities have long been threatened by extractive industries and colonial forces that have sought to suppress their language and

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00:26:22

Christine Kandie: Reclaiming Unheard Voices

Crossing The River ·

2025/05/08

In this episode, Christine Kandie (Endorois Indigenous People, Kenia) shares a deeply personal story of dispossession, resistance, and healing. Following the forced eviction of her people from their ancestral land in 1973, Christine grew up hearing stories of a lake that was like a womb for her community—vital, spiritual, and irreplaceable. In this episode, we follow her journey from a childhood in exile to becoming the founder of the Endorois Indigenous Women Empowerment Network. Along the way, she

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00:35:22

Patricia Tobón Yagarí: Bridging Worlds [ENG]

Crossing The River ·

2025/04/24

Patricia Tobón Yagarí (Emberá-Chamí Indigenous People, Colombia) is an Indigenous attorney who bridges worlds: between Indigenous and non-Indigenous cosmologies, communities and the State, Western law and the stories of the Colombian armed conflict, and the processes of truth, healing, and reparation. Her home was her first school, and her career demonstrates that being born between two worlds—and deeply understanding both—is a powerful tool for building bridges between diverse actors.

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00:25:40

Mphatheleni Makaulule: Words That Weave The Land [ENG]

Crossing The River ·

2025/04/10

In the first episode of the second season, Mphatheleni Makaulule (Venda Indigenous People, South Africa) shares her experience as a keeper of Indigenous knowledge systems. Mphatheleni argues that defending her territory means protecting her language—the words she and her people use to foster relationships with their land. As part of her work, she has documented and preserved the knowledge of the elders and the wisdom embedded in their language.

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00:05:06

Manifesto - Season 2 [ENG]

Crossing The River ·

2025/03/27

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 protagonists of their own stories. To make the collective decisions which will define our present and our future, and to re-examine the stories we tell about our past, we must listen to their voices. This podcast amplifies Indigenous peoples’ voices; it does not explain or interrupt them. Here, you will hear directly from Indigenous leaders, because

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00:38:14

Davi Kopenawa: Contra la sociedad de los cachivaches

Crossing The River ·

2025/01/23

En el episodio final de esta temporada de Cruzar el Río, conversamos con Davi Kopenawa Yanomami, chamán, líder y etnógrafo del pueblo indígena Yanomami de Brasil. Davi nos invita a reflexionar sobre la obsesión materialista de la sociedad moderna, la que él llama como el «pueblo de las mercancías», que también se puede traducir como el pueblo que se concentró en acumular cachivaches. Este pueblo está afanada por explotar y apropiarse de la vida humana y más-que-humana. Desde su conocimiento

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00:30:09

Ehuana Yanomami: Cuando las mujeres se juntan [ESP]

Crossing The River ·

2025/01/13

En este episodio de Cruzar el Río, conversamos con Ehuana Yaira Yanomami, artista, escritora e investigadora del pueblo indígena Yanomami de Brasil. Ehuana reflexiona sobre el papel crucial de las mujeres en la resistencia contra la minería ilegal de oro y la violencia patriarcal asociada a esta práctica. En su lengua materna, una de las seis de la familia lingüística yanomami, nos guía a través de las luchas y transformaciones que han redefinido la movilización indígena, resaltando la fuerza

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00:37:07

Luiz Eloy Terena: Recuperar las tierras indígenas

Crossing The River ·

2024/12/12

En este episodio, Luiz Eloy Terena, del Pueblo Indígena Terena de Brasil, narra la movilización en contra del Marco Temporal, el caso más importante de la historia relacionado a los derechos territoriales de los pueblos indígenas en Brasil. También habla de su trabajo como abogado indígena y de su rol como traductor para ayudar a tender puentes entre los pueblos indígenas y el resto de la sociedad.

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00:33:31

José Gualinga: Nuestra fuerza viene de la selva viviente

Crossing The River ·

2024/11/28

En este episodio, José Gualinga, líder del pueblo indígena Sarayaku de Ecuador, presenta la iniciativa Kawsak Sacha, o Selva Viviente, y explica sus dos significados fundamentales. Por un lado, destaca la profunda conexión espiritual y material entre los seres humanos y su territorio. Por otro, resalta el propósito esencial de la lucha del pueblo Sarayaku: lograr que su territorio y todos los seres que lo habitan, sean reconocidos, resguardados y protegidos por el derecho.

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00:29:56

Joan Carling: Desenmascarar al colonialismo verde

Crossing The River ·

2024/11/07

Joan Carling (pueblo indígena Kankanaey, Filipinas) plantea una pregunta crítica: ¿cómo respondemos al sistema global que ve la sostenibilidad —y el futuro de nuestro planeta— como simplemente otra oportunidad de lucro? El cuarto episodio de Cruzar el río responde a la expansión del colonialismo verde y a la crisis climática enfatizando el papel crucial de los pueblos indígenas en los procesos de toma de decisiones que afectan sus vidas y territorios.

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00:24:08

Ana Manuela Ochoa: La paz no es solo entre humanos

Crossing The River ·

2024/10/17

Ana Manuela Ochoa es abogada indígena del pueblo Kankuamo, en Colombia. Es, además, la primera magistrada indígena de la Jurisdicción Especial para la Paz (JEP), el tribunal de justicia creado por el acuerdo de paz entre la guerrilla de las FARC y el Estado colombiano. Ana Manuela, al igual que su pueblo, ha sido víctima de la guerrilla; sin embargo, lucha no solo por alcanzar la paz y la justicia para las personas, sino también para los territorios y la naturaleza, bajo la convicción de que los

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00:28:03

Maurício Ye'kuana: ¿A esto llaman primer mundo?

Crossing The River ·

2024/09/27

Mauricio Ye’kuana (Pueblo Indígena Ye’kuana, Brasil) habla sobre la lucha del Pueblo Indígena Yanomami para oponerse a la minería ilegal de oro en la Amazonía brasileña, así como en la falta de respuesta del gobierno brasileño ante esta crisis. El segundo episodio de Cruzar el río cuestiona conceptos centrales del llamado Primer Mundo –como el progreso, el consumo y la extracción– mientras Mauricio habla sobre las acciones que los pueblos indígenas de la Amazonía han emprendido para defender sus

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00:26:11

Juma Xipaia: La lucha es desde adentro [Español]

Crossing The River ·

2024/08/29

En este episodio, Juma Xipaia (Pueblo Indígena Xipaia, Brasil) comparte sus experiencias como mujer y como lideresa indígena, al tiempo que comenta sobre las transformaciones institucionales que han tenido lugar en Brasil desde la elección del presidente Lula da Silva. Su lucha viene desde dentro: porque ahora forma parte del gobierno, y esta decisión le ha exigido hacer muchos sacrificios.

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00:04:32

Manifiesto [Español]

Crossing The River ·

2024/08/29

En este podcast conocerás a líderes y lideresas indígenas que viven en primera línea de la crisis climática mundial. Aquí comparten sus experiencias vitales, conocimientos y consejos urgentes. Son ellos y ellas quienes están liderando el camino hacia un futuro posible. Es hora de escucharles, es hora de cruzar el río.Cruzar el río es un podcast de More Than Human Life (MOTH), con sede en el Centro de Derechos Humanos y Justicia Global de la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de Nueva York y 070

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00:34:36

Davi Kopenawa: Against The Society Of Junk

Crossing The River ·

2024/06/13

Davi Kopenawa Yanomami (Yanomami Indigenous People, Brazil) is a shaman, a leader, and a scientist. Davi has crossed multiple rivers many times to question what he calls the “people of the merchandise” and their desire to exploit and possess human and more-than-human life. Davi, in this episode, delves into his ancestral knowledge to present his critique of a society obsessed with material objects, with trinkets. At the same time, Davi shares how the Yanomami people talk with nature, the being that

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00:30:12

Ana Manuela Ochoa: Peace Is Not Just Between Humans

Crossing The River ·

2024/05/30

Ana Manuela Ochoa (Kankuamo Indigenous People, Colombia) is the first Indigenous Justice at the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP, for its acronym in Spanish). As part of her work, Ochoa has been arguing for the recognition of the territories as victims of the Colombian armed conflict. In her own words, human and more-than-human suffering should be recognized and repaired as part of the reconciliation process happening in the country.

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