Elders & Guardians of Ancestral Wisdom

Alvaro Tukano

Nación Yepã Mahsã – Brasil

Álvaro Tukano, known as Doéthiro, is one of the most important Indigenous leaders and thinkers in Brazil. He plays a fundamental role in shaping the Indigenous movement that began in the 1970s and continues to this day. Traditional Kumû and Bayá, he is also Kasike (chief), author, and teacher, keeper of the wisdom of the Yepã Mahsã (Tukano) people.

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WAIBÁ

Let’s continue the ancestral legacy and heritage for a stronger and more unified Caribbean. This gathering is an invitation to remember, to heal, and to return to ancestral lifeways in community.