My friends, you probably have noticed the absence. Sorry for that. Today I wanted to talk to you about climate change. I know, I know “climate change, not again”. But this one is unique. In the Paris Agreement the United Nations established a platform to make sure the knowledge of…

When the pandemic started I moved out of the city to the countryside to be close to my family. I camped for 11 weeks at my little brother’s place, knew that I couldn’t travel for a while but still wanted to connect with friends and colleagues and provide value. So…

In my continuous effort to inspire and empower Indigenous Peoples so they can do what inspires them, we created a checklist that allows Indigenous Peoples to track the response efforts to COVID-19 by States around the world. For the last 8 weeks I’ve had conference calls with Indigenous Peoples representatives…

For the first say 9 or 10 years I truly believed that there was a lot of solidarity within the indigenous rights movement. Maybe I was young, naive, but boy was I wrong. Once you’re on to something, or in a leadership role, I’ve learned that there are toxic people…

I’ve come across a lot of people over the years who when you look at their Facebook, Instagram and Youtube accounts seem to be doing a lot at the international level. They established a good mostly online presence, they uploaded a 4 minute video of their statement speaking truth to…

In the indigenous rights advocacy, I believe relationships are super important. I have three stories that highlight relationships. The first one, is one of my favorite stories from the Platform negotiations is at COP23 when I took the floor on behalf of the Pacific and Latin-American regions coming out in…

You’ll get to know yourself when things don’t go your way. You will also know yourself when things go your way. But you’ll learn much faster when things go bad. I know now that I’m not a good writer. Yet. I think from 2010 to 2014 I truly believed I…

Some time ago I was interviewed by Teanau Tuiono for the online platform Pacific Voices. He asked me about the impact of colonization and militarism on the Maluku islands and how I think about Pacific regional solidarity. I think this article will be interesting to you, as you’re about to…

On the outset, let me be 100% clear, this is just one man’s opinion and I am sure that other people see it more nuanced than the way I do. Because, I see self-determination as a crucial part of the indigenous rights movements around the world. The problem is, Indigenous…