Just one empowered youth is the starting mark of a revolution.
- Ta’Kaiya Blaney

They're putting at risk our water, the land and the future of indigenous people.
It crosses over 45 different First Nations territories.
1,177: The length of the Northern Gateway Pipeline, in kilometers.

More than 4,000 children died in Residential Schools.
150,000 children attended Residential Schools.

Maybe it's naïve to believe that we can change the world, but I think the only thing that is unreasonable about it is to believe that we can do so alone.
- Ta’Kaiya Blaney

Shamanism is an ancient form of spiritual healing and a way of life that dates back approximately 30,000 years. The teachings of shamanism are based on our connection with nature and the promotion of the well-being of all creation. Intrinsic aspects of sh

Sarayaku (Kichwa for “river of corn”) is an Indigenous Ecuadorean tribe numbering 1,200 people. Their self-reliant way of life includes fishing, farming, hunting and more recently, ecotourism. Located in the heart of the Amazon, this small community m

If you showed up at a stranger’s house uninvited, you’d knock on the door to ask permission before entering, right? This allegory sums up nicely the basic human right known as FPIC: Free Prior and Informed Consent of Indigenous Peoples. It is one of t

Besides the fact that the equator runs right through it, how much do you actually know about Ecuador? Bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west, Ecuador has four distinct and contrasting regions. The

Some of the world’s most interesting oil and gas deposits are found in tropical rainforests. If you managed to catch Konnected.tv’s episode on the Sarayaku community in the Ecuadorean Amazon, you learned about a little village’s struggle to fend off

Each day, 80,000 acres of rainforest are destroyed and another 80,000 acres are degraded.
One and a half acres of rainforest are lost every second.
1.4 tons of high grade explosives were left on the Sarayaku’s land by the oil company.

We base ourselves on the stories of our past in our walk towards the future.
- Eriberto Gualinga

We need our elders’ knowledge, our traditions, our education and rules to maintain our survival with Mother Nature.
- Eriberto Gualinga

In Western culture, the future is tomorrow. For us, the future depends on the past.
- Eriberto Gualinga

Eriberto Benedicto Gualinga of the Sarayaku people is an award-winning filmmaker, photographer and musician whose lifework is to tell the political and social stories of his people as they face off against oil companies infringing on their territorial rights. Residing in the central Ecuadorian Amazon, the Sarayaku community comprises around 1,200 indigenous Kichwa people who boast one of the most successful histories of defending their land from resource extraction. Last year marked a new chapter in thei...