“Before they told us we didn’t exist;
now they know we do.”
Meybi Chamarra, Secretary of the Wounaan National Congress
PRESS
SOCIAL MEDIA
VIDEO
Can you care for people you’ve never heard of?
Doing so has raised the profile of indigenous peoples and their issues inside and outside Panama.
We at Native Future think that’s pretty hard to do. So we collaborate with journalists, photographers, videographers and communications specialists to help our indigenous partners document and communicate their story to a greater audience. Our work has resulted in front-page articles and featured videos, and has increased indigenous capacity to work with the press and manage social and other media.
PRESS
DEFENDERS OF DARIÉN
La Prensa in Panama
Author: Guido Bilbao
Mongabay
Series: Indigenous Peoples and Conservation
Author: Guido Bilbao
SOCIAL MEDIA
FOLLOWING
Wounaan Congress
Congreso Nacional del Pueblo Wounaan
Wounaan Podpa Nʌm Pömaam
NATIVE FUTURE
Newsletter
April 2019
Defenders of the Darién
Los defensores del Darién
Updated weekly
NATIVE FUTURE
Native Lines - La Trocha de Platanares
"The winter in North America is the dry season in Panama. For Wounaan communities on the Pacific Coast of Panama’s Darien, the dry season means a high-stakes conflict with illegal loggers invading their land and stripping their forests . . ."