‘The Land is Our Mother’: The Sungai Utik’s Resistance to Extractive Industries in Indonesia

Members of the Dayak Iban group in the Sungai Utik community, where they live in a longhouse that serves as a space for collective decision-making.

Through customary law and collective decision-making, an Indigenous community protected an estimated 1.31 million metric tons of forest-based carbon.

Indai Apai Darah (in Bahasa)

Dalam film ketiga dari seri yang menyoroti Masyarakat Adat dari Wayfinders Circle Initiative, seorang gadis muda yang tumbuh di hutan Adat Kalimantan Tengah menelusuri hubungan leluhurnya untuk mendapatkan pemberian sebuah cerita – perjuangan orang-orangnya pada tahun 1973 dalam menjaga tanah mereka dari deforestasi besar-besaran.

Indai Apai Darah

In the third film of a series highlighting Indigenous Peoples from the Wayfinders Circle initiative, a young girl growing up in the Indigenous-held forests of central Borneo follows ancient connections to earn the gift of a story – her People’s 1973 fight to preserve their lands amid rampant deforestation.

Seedcast Episode Featuring Sungai Utik’s Indigenous Peoples Earns an Honorable Mention at the 2024 Webby Awards

Nia Tero’s podcast episode tells the story of how the Dayak Iban People won a fight for their forest in Indonesia through the perspective of a young Indigenous filmmaker.

The Omen Birds Still Sing in Sungai Utik

Sungai Utik Indonesian Land Seedcast episode 16x9

“The land is our mother. The forest is our father. And the river is our blood.” Today we share a story of an Indigenous people who fought for their forest.