Bringing the Jungle to the u.s
Txana Txanu Huni Kuin is a young Indigenous leader from the Huni Kuin territory along the Breu River in the Marechal Thaumaturgo region of Acre, Brazil. He began working with sacred medicines at just eight years old and, by fifteen, had dedicated his life to preserving and sharing the spiritual traditions of his people throughout Brazil. For more than eight years, Txana Txanu has studied alongside his uncles and fellow students under the guidance of 85-year-old spiritual elder Nai Beiya Isaka, learning the deep wisdom of the Huni Kuin way. At twenty-three, he continues this path as part of the Project for Strengthening Huni Kuin Culture, based at the Mae Kapa Yuxibu Ramini Center for Indigenous Cultures near Sena Madureira.
From Txana Txanu
”There's a saying my grandfather told me when I was young and starting my studies: ‘A human being can grow old as much as they want, but they never learn everything, because every day, every moment, every hour, every second we are learning something different; it's up to us to carry these good things forward."