Honoring Indigenous People’s Day

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Honoring Indigenous People's Day
HONORING INDIGENOUS PEOPLE’S DAY!

For those of you who follow us on social media (@tribaltrust), you may have seen some heartwarming images of Shipibo-Konibo youth in the Peruvian Amazon, where they were participating in a workshop to learn how to use traditional fishing tools, which are on the brink of extinction. The project was developed by our fiscal partner Bari Wesna to promote ancestral practices while strengthening the customs and traditions of the Shipibo-Konibo people. The Tribal Trust (TTF) is honored to sponsor their work. To learn more, please WATCH this wonderful video produced by Shipibo-Konibo photographer, David Díaz Gonzales.
Shipibo-Konibo Fishing Tools Workshop, 2022.
This month, TTF is sponsoring a native language workshop to empower the Shipibo-Konibo youth with ancestral knowledge embedded in their language. The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution proclaiming the period of 2022-2032 the International Decade of Indigenous Languages, based on a recommendation by the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. This is established on language being one of the fundamental preconditions to human development, dialogue, reconciliation, tolerance, cultural and linguistic diversity–encompassing the peaceful existence of human society.
However, we know all too well that native languages around the world continue to disappear at alarming rates. At this current trajectory, more than half of all languages will become extinct within the next century. When we lose a language, we lose a cultural identity and expression of a unique world view.
TTF Founder Barbara Savage with members of the Shipibo-Konibo community.
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CELEBRATE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE’S DAY ON OCTOBER 10TH!
For those living in the Santa Barbara area, join us for a hike on October 10 for Chumash Trails Day, Old Trails, New Soles with TTF partners, Montecito Trails Foundation (MTF), and the Barbareño Chumash Band.  Look for the MTF tent to pick up a colored map from 9-10 am on the Upper Village, Coast Village Road in Montecito or download your illustrated map here.  Be inspired to identify local plant life, wildlife, minerals and rocks.
ONE THREAD COLLECTIVE
We are delighted to support the important work of One Thread Collective–a social enterprise that works with Indigenous women weavers from the Wayúu tribe in La Guajira, Colombia. They invest 100% of profits from their hand woven products into skill building workshops and sustainable community-led projects. Their mission is to strengthen economic independence and community cohesion while empowering women to be leaders and entrepreneurs. We hope you enjoy this beautiful video produced by Co-Founder Jackie Gilbert on her recent trip to the region! 

WISDOM WEAVINGS

There is no separation.
We are all from the same place.
As long as there is respect and acknowledgment of connections,
things continue working.
When that stops, we all die.

Remember the plants, trees,
animal life who all have their families,
their histories too.
Talk to them,
listen to them.
They are alive poems.

— Joy Harjo

Joy Harjo, of the Muskoge Nation, was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1951. Her name comes from the Muskoge word Hadcho meaning “Crazy” or “So Brave as to Seem Crazy”. As a celebrated poet, activist, and musician, Harjo’s work has won countless awards. In 2019, she became the first Native American US Poet Laureate in history and is only the second poet to be appointed for three terms.
As always, thank you for your interest in our work, which you help make possible. Please share this newsletter with your contacts and continue your valuable support.

With thanks & best wishes,

Barbara


Barbara Savage
Founder & Executive Director
Tribal Trust Foundation
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The Tribal Trust Foundation is located in the unceded homelands of the Chumash People and the Seminole Tribe of Florida. By recognizing these communities, we attempt to honor their legacies, their lives, and descendants. To learn more about the Indigenous People’s land on which your home or work sits, visit: native-land.ca

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