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Recovering the Land to Recover Everything: the Misak People and Participatory Surveys

BY MAURICIO MARTÍNEZ FOR INDIGENOUS DEBATES

In the upper heights of the Central Andes mountain range, the Misak community of the Guambía Reserve (Silvia - Cauca) and the Ovejas Council (Caldono - Cauca) implemented data collection using a participatory methodology as part of the Indigenous Navigator project, exercising their self-determination to deliver their own data. The Indigenous Navigator portal contains the data uploaded by the Misak, which is enabling their international recognition and the establishment of dialogue with other Indigenous communities, promoting support for global human rights organizations.

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Indigenous Navigator: a New Era for Indigenous Peoples in Bangladesh

BY TRIJINAD CHAKMA FOR INDIGENOUS DEBATES

The Santal community worked together with the Indigenous Navigator initiative and Kapaeeng Foundation to collect community data on the main problems affecting them. After conducting surveys and focus groups, land defence emerged as the most urgent challenge. A project was therefore developed to raise the visibility of their demands and to unify efforts to defend their rights. The data collection has served to raise awareness of the historical gap in documentation and has had an impact on the inclusion of Indigenous Peoples in the country's census.

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Empowerment through Data: a Nepalese Community’s Path to Self-Determination

BY MANOJ AATHPAHARIYA AND RAMA KUMARI THAPA FOR INDIGENOUS DEBATES

With support from the Indigenous Navigator Initiative, the Magar community of Dungeshwor were able to develop a community survey methodology that was respectful of their people’s culture. Once the data had been consolidated, the survey revealed a worrying situation for the Magar communities: a loss of their cultural heritage. As a result, a project was implemented, run by the community members themselves and aimed at promoting their self-determination through collective empowerment. Data collection thus became a path to self-determination.

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Self-Managed Data that Supports Advocacy: the Experience of the Txawun of Temuco

BY DANKO MARINAMAN AND KARINA VARGAS FOR INDIGENOUS DEBATES

The Indigenous Navigator initiative has strengthened the rights of the Mapuche people of Temuco. Through data collection and community dialogues, 25 communities have been able to draw attention to the impacts of urban expansion on their ancestral territories. This tool has made it possible to promote political advocacy actions, revive cultural practices and move towards food sovereignty. The process has been led by the communities themselves, reaffirming their self-determination and revitalizing their identity. This experience demonstrates how data can become a powerful tool for resilience and transformation.

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From Data to Action: Community-Based Irrigation for Food Security among Maasai Women in Kenya

BY SAMANTE ANNE FOR INDIGENOUS DEBATES

Climate insecurity and drought are forcing Maasai men to migrate with their livestock, leaving women and their children alone. After conducting surveys, the Oltepesi community identified this problem and received support from the Indigenous Navigator to create an irrigation system through which to grow fruit and vegetables. As a result, the women are now producing food for the household and selling the surplus, which gives them economic stability. It allows them to send their children to school, laying the foundation for breaking the cycle of poverty.

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