Storytelling
Elevating stories of Indigenous Peoples' guardianship globally
Through our storytelling work, we support creative partnerships, fellowships, media trainings, original productions, and communications with an emphasis on establishing reciprocal relationships with Indigenous Peoples and organizations.
Nia Tero’s storytelling work has initiated several dynamic opportunities for accessible storytelling methods. Our evolving framework supports and amplifies Indigenous storytellers to fortify and complement global policy priorities and strategies across Amazonia, the Pacific Islands, and North America; as well as through the Reciprocity Project, Wayfinders Circle, and an overarching network of global Indigenous creatives.
Through storytelling, Nia Tero and our partners seek to amplify the power of Indigenous voices across multiple media platforms globally.
Creative Fellowships
As part of Nia Tero’s storytelling initiatives, we offer a suite of Creative Fellowship opportunities for Indigenous makers across disciplines to further their practice, be in community, build skills, and network. This includes all forms of storytelling, inclusive of filmmaking, journalism, advanced media production, and art, all with the goal of uplifting and amplifying Indigenous creatives and stories of Indigenous Peoples' guardianship.
Kin Theory
Kin Theory is a database for Indigenous media makers, developed and launched through Nia Tero's storytelling initiatives. We are proud to share that in 2024, the Kin Theory database and community transitioned to its new home with imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival.
Since its inception, the goal of Kin Theory was to foster community with and among Indigenous creatives while increasing visibility, hiring opportunities, and collaborations in global media industries. While prioritizing Indigenous Peoples, Kin Theory actively sought to build coalition with other artists in the global majority, including Black, Latinx, Asian, and people of color, as well as people who are undocumented, femme, trans, and nonbinary people, LGBTQIA+ people, and people with disabilities.
Original Content and Co-Productions
In partnership and consultation with Indigenous Peoples, Nia Tero produces stories across mediums as a method of elevating Indigenous Peoples' cultures, wisdom, and guardianship of biodiverse ecosystems.
Reciprocity Project
Reciprocity Project seeks to embrace the value of reciprocity through Indigenous perspectives through storytelling, film, podcasts, and other creative mediums. In doing so, we aim to create a paradigm shift that reframes our relationships to the Earth, other living beings, and one another.
This short film series and multimedia platform, made in partnership with Indigenous storytellers and their communities worldwide, invites learning from time-honored and current Indigenous ways of being.
Seedcast Podcast
Seedcast is a narrative podcast, produced by Nia Tero, in which we dig up, nurture, and root stories of the Indigenous experience from around the world.
The goal of Seedcast is to support the rights and traditional ways of Indigenous Peoples and amplify their practices of reciprocity. We share stories from around the world and honor guardians of the homelands and waters who have lived in relationship with their traditional territories since time immemorial.
Seedcast can be found on Buzzsprout, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you listen to podcasts, as well as right here on our website.
