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Wayfinding has been a way of life shared by the vast majority of Indigenous Peoples. Today, in a time of unprecedented global change, these wayfinding skills and practices are more important than ever. Reciprocal relations with community, deep connection with Mother Earth, and guardianship of traditional lands and waters are forms of ancestral knowledge that are transmitted from one generation to the next. this wayfinding wisdom is a key to survival as well as resilience as we struggle to maintain Indigenous Peoples’ identity and self-determination.
The Wayfinders Circle supports and gathers Indigenous guardians from around the world who protect their lands, waters, and territories. It is also a learning network dedicated to investing in Indigenous Wayfinders and sharing possible pathways for human societies to achieve ecological, social, cultural and spiritual harmony.
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Indigenous Governance: Wayfinders Circle Learnings
Here is the recording of the Wayfinders Circle side event at the 21st session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York, where the Wayfinders Circle members shared their stories, governance systems, and contributions towards each other’s shared learnings and efforts in Indigenous guardianship. The event also served to present the recently developed governance report, which is available below.
Indigenous Governance: Wayfinders Circle Learnings
Here is the recording of the Wayfinders Circle side event at the 21st session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York, where the Wayfinders Circle members shared their stories, governance systems, and contributions towards each other’s shared learnings and efforts in Indigenous guardianship. The event also served to present the recently developed governance report, which is available below.
2022 Governance Report
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(Arnhem Land, Northern Territory)
(Warddeken Indigenous Protected Area)
(Peruvian Amazon border region with Ecuador)
(southeastern Russia)
(South East Asia)
(National association of Sámi in Sweden)
(Arctic Region)
(Last official census of 2017 says 7,750 inhabitants)
(Southern California)
greater than 40,000 square miles (over 100,000 sq km)
(North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region)
(in Nicaragua)
(Western British Columbia)
(in Kenya and Southern Ethiopia)
(Approx 3,500,000 ha)
(only of Gabbra people)
(Traditional territory spans a much larger area)
(there are also Achuar communities in Peru)
(in Ecuador)
(in Ecuador)
