I was with this incredible being of light—one of my dear teachers, Augustin "Tin Tin" Piaguaje, who was the most wise, compassionate, curious, childlike, and powerful souls I've ever spent time with—one of the last remaining elder shamans of the Secoya.

by Jonathon Miller Weisberger (Illustrator), Thomas Wang (Illustrator), Pablo Amaringo (Illustrator), Daniel Pinchbeck (Foreword), Augustin Payaguaje (Illustrator), Agustin Piaguaje, Patricia Escobar (Illustrator), Professor Daniel Pinchbeck

For decades, the legendary Siekopai elder and healer Don Cesáreo Piaguaje had a clear vision: recovering the ancestral homeland of his people.

Mar 14, 2024 · The story of Ñakomasira, an animated short film co-directed by Siekopai filmmakers Ribaldo Piaguaje and Jimmy Piaguaje, is set in the heart of Pëkëya and recounts an old Siekopai tale about a legendary spiritual battle that led their ancestors to make a peace pact with the spirits of the water world.

DANIEL CARLOS LUSITANDE YAIGUAJE, BENANCIO FREDY CHIMBO GREFA, MIGUEL MARIO PAYAGUAJE PAYAGUAJE, TEODORO GONZALO PIAGUAJE PAYAGUAJE, SIMON LUSITANDE YAIGUAJE, ARMANDO WILMER PIAGUAJE PAYAGUAJE, ANGEL JUSTINO PIAGUAJE LUCITANTE, JAVIER PIAGUAJE PAYAGUAJE,FERMIN PIAGUAJE, LUIS AGUSTIN PAYAGUAJE PIAGUAJE, EMILIO MARTIN LUSITANDE YAIGUAJE, REINALDO …

With their cameras loaded, two young indigenous photographers and filmmakers from the Ecuadorian Amazon began the long journey to the Bolivian Amazon amidst the fires. Jimmy Piaguaje and Ribaldo Piaguaje were headed to Chiquitano, in the country’s fire-ravaged lowlands of the southern Santa Cruz region.

Ribaldo is a young Siekopai photographer and filmmaker. He lives in the Ecuadorion Amazon and is a member of the NGO Alianza Ceibo, an indigenous alliance that reunites four nations from the Amazon — A’i Kofan, Siekopai, Siona, y Waorani — to work for their territories and forests.

Daniel Carlos Lusitande Yaiguaje, Benancio Fredy Chimbo Grefa, Miguel Mario Payaguaje Payaguaje, Teodoro Gonzalo Piaguaje Payaguaje, Simon Lusitande Yaiguaje, Armando Wilmer Piaguaje Payaguaje, Angel Justino Piaguaje Lucitante, Javier Piaguaje Payaguaje, Fermin Piaguaje, Luis Agustin Payaguaje Piaguaje, Emilio Martin Lusitande Yaiguaje ...

Mar 4, 2025 · Nacida en una pequeña comunidad indígena en la selva amazónica de Ecuador, Martha Liliana Piaguaje creció rodeada de la naturaleza y la cultura de su lugar. Desde muy …

Depuis plus de 20 ans, approximately 30,000 indigenous Ecuadorian villagers, have been seeking legal accountability and financial and environmental reparation for harms they allegedly suf-fered due to Texaco’s former operations in the region. Texaco has since merged with Chevron, a …