
Mariam Wallet Aboubakrine
Arramat Project
Danika Billie Littlechild
Arramat Project
Sherry Pichou
Arramat Project
Brend Parlee
Arramat Project
John O’Neil
Arramat Project
Murray Humphries
Arramat Project
Mariam Wallet Aboubakrine
I am a Tuareg (Indigenous) woman from Timbuktu, Mali. I have a medical degree from the Université Mouloud Mammeri Tizi-Ouzou in Algeria, a Master’s degree in Humanitarian Action (University of Geneva) and a B.Ed. (University of Ottawa). I am a former president of the United Nation Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) and have held many related positions in advocacy of the global health of Indigenous Peoples (e.g., on UNESCO Global Task Force on Indigenous Languages, Indigenous, Lead of the International Indigenous Working Group on HIV- AIDS). I will play a leadership role in respect of the whole project as well as lead the Global Transformation Pathway Team on Social Justice, Reconciliation and Healing (T5). Given my global experience, I will work closely with all GTPT on global scale transformations.
Website: https://mariamaboubakrine.com/

Staff
Amabel D’Souza, Zaya Yansanjav, Carrie Oloriz, Rob Stuart, Sainbuyan Munkhbat, Jacques-Ellie, Don Assalé
Indigenous-Led Place-Based Project Leaders
| 1 | Mayan Women and the Copal Tree: Remaining Resilient Post Forest Fires. (Julian Cho Society, Pablo Mis) | Belize |
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| 2 | Healing Physical and Spiritual Relationships with Mother Nature in Corque Marka (Phase 1/2). (Centro de Estudios Multidisciplinarios Aymara, Maria Eugenia Choque Quispe) | Bolivia |
| 3 | Sustainable use of Aquatic Biodiversity to promote Well-being of Vulnerable People in clear water rivers in the Brazilian Amazon. (Empresa Junior Ciencias Biologicas E Sistema de Informacao, (Carlean Gomes de Araujo and Renato Silvano) | Brazil |
| 4 | Knowing our food, to understand our health. (Intertribal Committee. Indigenous Memory and Science, Mariano Justino Marcos Terena) | Brazil |
| 5 | Reconciler santé et biodiversity grâce aux autochtones. (Tin Hinan Burkina Faso, Saoudata Wallet Aboubacrine) | Burkina Faso |
| 6 | Reconciling Health and Biodiversity through Indigenous Knowledge (Phase 2). (Tin Hinan, Burkina Faso, Saoudata Wallet Aboubacrine) | Burkina Faso |
| 7 | Inuvialuit and Rakiura Māori Cultural exchange and Research on Beluga whale and the Titi bird (Tuktoyaktuk Hunters and Trappers Committee, Jim Elias, Chukita Gruben, Phil Lyver) | Canada |
| 8 | Land2Lab Camp. Samson Cree First Nation, University of Alberta (Heather Buffalo, Florence Glanfield and Paulina Johnson) | Canada |
| 9 | Łutsël K’e Dene First Nation and Māori Cultural Camp and Exchange. Łutsël K’e Dene First Nation (Iris Catholique, Sandra Lockhart) | Canada |
| 10 | Rekindling Respectful and Reciprocal Land Relations towards a Centre of Excellence. (Wiikwemkoong First Nation, Jesse Popp) | Canada |
| 11 | Reclaiming Access through Biocultural Relationships of Blackfoot Keystone Species. (Aapátohsipikáni / ᖳᑫᒪᓱᑯᖿᖹ, Piikani First Nation, Ira Provost) | Canada |
| 12 | Expanding Drone and Camera training to Support Community-Based Environmental Research and Monitoring. Ilisaqsivik Society/Ittaq Heritage and Research Centre (Shari Fox, Robert Kautuk) | Canada |
| 13 | Dene Biodiversity and Wellbeing Scan. (Arctic Indigenous Wellness Foundation, University of Western Ontario, Nicole Redvers) | Canada |
| 14 | Tsú nī tsʼä̀wtī są̀ tsī // The Plants Teach U. (Yukon Soap Company: Land-based Learning Division: Dan K’ehte Natsedan, Nacho Nayak Dun First Nation, Joella Hogan) | Canada |
| 15 | Indigenous Food Systems and Security: A Framework to Combat Vulnerability. (Cold Lake First Nation and Chipewyan Dene First Nation, Rae Boisvert) | Canada |
| 16 | Kaska Dena Land Stewardship Course Curriculum. (Dena Kayeh Institute, Corrine Porter) | Canada |
| 17 | Reclaiming Traditions in Land Stewardship, reflected in new Nę K’ǝ́dı́ke – Keepers of the Land Guardians Initiative. (Ɂehdzo Got’ı̨nę Gots’ę́ Nákedı, Leon Andrew) | Canada |
| 18 | Evaluating the Impact of Lithium Exploration and Indigenous Conservation on Biodiversity Conservation and Well-being; A Case study of First Nation Communities in Northern Ontario. (Keewaytinook Okimanak Tribal Council, Dan Duckert) | Canada |
| 19 | Canoe trip to Deèzàatì – Point Lake. (Tłı̨chǫ Research and Training Institute, John B Zoe, Tyanna Steinwand). | Canada |
| 20 | Building knowledge of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) monitoring and management for moose in the Treaty 8 Alberta region. (Treaty 8 First Nations of Alberta, Kevin Ahkimnache) | Canada |
| 21 | Stewardship of the Skagit Headwaters through a Stó:lō lens. (Stó:lō Service Agency Society, Dave Schaepe) | Canada |
| 22 | Beyond Criminalization of Indigenous Fisheries: Documenting injustice and imagining just futures. (Unama’ki Institute of Natural Resources, Shelly Denny) | Canada |
| 23 | Deh Gah Gotie Fish Camp. (Deh Cho First Nation, Mike Low) | Canada |
| 24 | pÎkÎwiy (a call to return home) a land-based cultural workshop series. (Klinse-Za Cultural Society, Art Napoleon) | Canada |
| 25 | Community Caribou Hunt Fort McPherson, Inuvik, Aklavik, and Tsiigehtchic. (Gwich’in Tribal Council Department of Culture and Heritage, Sharon Snowshoe) | Canada |
| 26 | Retracing Our Roots – Educational Canoe Trip. (Łutsël K’e Dene First Nation and Ni Hat’ni Guardians, Tsa-Tsi Catholique) | Canada |
| 27 | Klinse-Za Caribou Recovery Project. Nîkanêse Wah Tzee Stewardship Society (West Moberly First Nation and Salteaux First Nation, Clayton Lamb) | Canada |
| 28 | Wilp-Siwilaaks Da’oots’ip Fishery Bay House of Learning. Laxgalts’ap Village Council (Jean-Francis Lane, Andrea Reid) | Canada |
| 29 | The Voice of the Tenàgàdino Sibi. Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg Natural Resources Department. (Gilbert Whiteduck) | Canada |
| 30 | Kicimanowanowuk – We Canoe Together. (Moose Cree First Nation, Jennifer Simard) | Canada |
| 31 | Nibii-Shokote Aniins atoon: Water and Fire – Balancing and Bringing our Ways Back. (Iskatewizaagegan Independent First Nation #39, Phyllis Pinesse) | Canada |
| 32 | Shkagamik Kwe Zaagaajik (Those who love Little bear): Makoons (Uouth) Species at Risk Camp. (Wikwemikoong Nation, Jesse Popp) | Canada |
| 33 | Youth Guardians Program in Mi’qmaq Territory. (Miawpukek First Nation, Angela Francis) | Canada |
| 34 | Dehcho K’éhodi Stewardship and Guardians Program. (Deh Cho First Nations, Mike Low) | Canada |
| 35 | Supporting Inuvialuit Stewardship of Tuktu-Siku in the Beaufort Sea – Amundsen Gulf in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region (Peary Caribou, Sea Ice and Shipping Project. (Inuvialuit Fisheries Joint Management Committee and Inuvialuit Game Council, Herb Nakimayak) | Canada |
| 36 | Cultural Camp and Community monitoring at Willow Lake-Gregoire Lake. (Keepers of the Water and Fort McMurray First Nation, Jesse Cardinal and Cleo Reece) | Canada |
| 37 | Tetlit Zheh. Learning about Berries (Gwich’in Renewable Resources Board, Leigh Ann Jones) | Canada |
| 38 | Gathering of Mi’kmaq Women Fishers. (Confederacy of Mainland Mi’kmaq, Sherry Pictou) | Canada |
| 39 | Chief Drygeese Tłichàdii Kǫ [Developing a Caribou Monitoring Program in Chief Drygeese Territory, Charlene Liske, Bruno Croft) | Canada |
| 40 | Youth Engagement, recovery and restoration of a wetland in Wikwemikong Territory. (Wikwemikong Nation and University of Guelph, Jesse Popp) | Canada |
| 41 | Treaty 6 Hunting Society Investigations and support of Indigenous health through the Treaty 6 youth hunting apprenticeship program. (Treaty 6 Health Services, University of Alberta, Grant Bruno) | Canada |
| 42 | Decolonizing our diets: documenting the biodiversity of the Kahnawá:ke Kanien’keháka food system: focus on cultivated and and wild foods. (McGill University, Treena Delormier) | Canada |
| 43 | Biocultural restoration in the Andes led by the Indigenous Chuta Fa Aba. (Chuta Fa Aba Muisca resguardo, Gabriel Nemoga) | Columbia |
| 44 | Defensa de los derechos de los pueblos indígenas y la naturaleza, de la provincia de Tungurahua. (Fundación para la Protección de los Derechos Colectivos y la Naturaleza, Rosa Cecilia Baltazar Yucailla). | Ecuador |
| 45 | Rediscovery and Revival of “I Taukei” Indigenous Fijian Traditional Craftmanship Knowledge and Skillset of Traditional Pure Ceremonial Essence Oil and Aromatic/Therapeutic Purification Oil Processing Techniques. (Grace Trifam Ministry, Safaira Tagivuni) | Fiji |
| 46 | Searvevuohta Eatnamiin: Sámi elders, áhkut ja ádjat, as carriers of the Wisdom of the Land and Well-being. (Dutkansearvi Sámi Research Association, Hanna Guttorom). | Finland |
| 47 | Searvevuohta Eatnamiin: Sámi elders, áhkut ja ádjat, as carriers of the wisdom of the land and well-being. (Dutkansearvi Sámi Research Association, Irja Seurujarvi) | Finland |
| 48 | Gulahallat eatnamiin: Sámi elders, áhkut ja ádját, as carriers of the wisdom of the land and good life – focus on hosting seasonal gatherings (Anar forest/Deatnu River gatherings and meeting in Karasjok). (Dutkansearvi Sámi Research Association, Irja Seurujarvi). | Finland |
| 49 | Gulahallat eatnamiin: Sámi elders, áhkut ja ádját, as carriers of the wisdom of the land and good life – focus on reindeer herders and final film production. (Dutkansearvi Sámi Research Association, Hanna Guttorom). | Finland |
| 50 | Sound Seeds: Music as Medicine in Gathering of Turtle Island and Abya Yala GOTI-Abya Yala (One Fire Associates LLC, Jamie Bartgis) | Guatemala |
| 51 | Sound Seeds: Music as Medicine in Gathering of Turtle Island and Abya Yala GOTI-Abya Yala (Phase 2) (One Fire Associates LLC, Jamie Bartgis) | Guatemala |
| 52 | Biodiversity Conservation and its Interface with Language, Culture and Well-being: A Study of Indigenous Tribal Peoples Concrete Conditions in India. (Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Bipin Jojo) | India |
| 53 | Biodiversity Conservation and its Interface with Language, Culture and Well-being: A Study of Indigenous Tribal Peoples Concrete Conditions in India. (Phase 2) (Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Bipin Jojo) | India |
| 54 | Building Community Institutions to govern biodiverse natural resources. (All India Union of Forest Working Peoples, Avijit Wasi) | India |
| 55 | Biodiversity Conservation, Food Sustainability, Health and Wellbeing in four regions of India. (Indian Social Institute/Jesuit Research and Development Society, Vincent Ekka) | India |
| 56 | Biodiversity Conservation: Indigenous Food Sustainability, Health and Wellbeing of Indigenous Peoples. (Phase 2) (Indian Social Institute/Jesuit Research and Development Society, Vincent Ekka) | India |
| 57 | Prakrit Sampada par Samuday ka Swashasan, Community Governance of Natural Resources. (All India Union of Forest Working People, Roma Malik) | India |
| 58 | Biodiversity Conservation and its interface with Language, Culture, and Wellbeing (Indian Social Institute/Jesuit Research and Development Society, Vincent Ekka) | India |
| 59 | Valorisation des savoirs et savoir-faire des communautés pour la santé, le bien-être et le développement durable. (Université des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako, Rokia Sanogo) | Mali |
| 60 | Biodiversity conservation and sustainable use of ecosystem services in the Adagh region of the Ifoughas, C. Sahara. (Tihourawen NGO, Kidal Resource Center, Dida Badi) | Mali |
| 61 | Tadjasst En Timussnawen Tin Essehet – Preserving the Knowledge Related to Health and Well-Being. (Tin Hinan Canada, Mariam W. Aboubakrine) | Mali, Niger |
| 62 | L’introduction des Communautés u-tochtones dans les programmes scolaires et curricula. (Abdourahmane Ag Mohamed Elmoctar) | Mauritania |
| 63 | Promotion des savoirs locaux des populations autochtones touarègues par le développement de modules éducatifs pour les écoles communautaires (Promotion of local knowledge of Indigenous Tuareg populations through development of educational modules for community schools). (Abdourahmane Ag Mohamed Elmoctar) | Mauritania |
| 64 | On Gender Identities and Sexual dissidence in the Mexican Indigenous Context. Investigative construction of an Ethnocartography through Knowledge of their Gender Identity, Health, Sexuality and Human Rights. (Mokexteya Asesoria Tecnica Comunitaria, Amaranta Gomes Regalado) | Mexico |
| 65 | Understanding herders’ perception on climate change and its effects on biodiversity of their rangeland through gender perspectives. (Mongolia National University, Tumendelger Sengedorj). | Mongolia |
| 66 | Utilization of natural resources for pasture conservation with involvement of Indigenous people of Mongolia. Orthopterra NGO, (Khodroi Batnaran) | Mongolia |
| 67 | Enhancing Indigenous Herders’ Knowledge and Capacity for Sustainable Use of Natural Resources and Pastureland Conservation in Mongolia. (Orthopterra NGO, Khodroi Batnaran) | Mongolia |
| 68 | Ancestral mountain Moehau, northern Coromandel Peninsula – Aotearoa. (Landscape restoration programme of action. Ngati Maru Runanga Trust. Nikki Fisher) | New Zealand |
| 69 | Ngāti Tamaterā Moehau Cultural Mapping and Research. (Off Grid Native. Jaime Watson) | New Zealand |
| 70 | Mother Tongue Language for Mother Earth Conservation based on Indigenous cosmovision and traditional knowledge. (Change for Children. (Lorrain Swift, Tony Llorente) | Nicaragua |
| 71 | The Sámi Museum in Karasjok (SVD), Finland – Repatriation of Sámi cultural heritage: Safeguarding and promoting Well-being of Sámi Community and Culture. (Riddo Duottar Museat, Jelena Porsanger). | Norway |
| 72 | Indigenous Action Research for Participatory Curriculum Development at the Yachay Kuychi Pluriversity. (Asociacion ANDES, Ricardo Pacco Chipa, Alejandro Argumedo) | Peru |
| 73 | Summer Internship for Indigenous peoples in Genomics (SING) in Sábme. SING Consortium: University of Alberta, University of Uppsala and University of British Columbia. (Kim TallBear, May-Britt Ohman, Warren Cardinal-McTeague) | Sweden |
| 74 | Summer Internship for Indigenous peoples in Genomics (SING) in Sábme. (Part 2) SING Consortium. (University of Alberta, University of Uppsala and University of British Columbia, Kim TallBear, May-Britt Ohman, Warren Cardinal-McTeague) | Sweden |
| 75 | Care Relation Millets: Eco-Museum Approach. (The Association of Tayal People’s Sustainable Development, Wasiq Silan I-An Gao) | Taiwan |
| 76 | The Influence of Indigenous Culture and Gender Equality on the Levels of Development among the Maasai Communities. (Shelter of Hope Organization, Ndeenga Sandiya Shamata) | Tanzania |
| 77 | OSOTUA – protecting sacred forests. Ostua is a Maasai word that means sacred close relationships beyond the generations. (Enguserosambu Community Forest Trust, Samwell Nangiria) | Tanzania |
| 78 | Pgaz K’ Nyau’s (Karen) Well being. (Pagkenyaw Association for Sustainable Development, Prasert Tranksuphon, Krit Suriyachaipun) | Thailand |
| 79 | Traditional practices of shifting cultivation of the Karen people and innovations in the sustainable development of local non-timber forest products in Northern Thailand. (Pagkenyaw Association for Sustainable Development, Prasert Tranksuphon) | Thailand |
| 80 | Indigenous Health and Forest Conservation: Using Community-based Research and Film to Share Batwa Experiences with Land Dispossession in Southern Uganda. (Batwa Development Program, University of Alberta, Sherilee Harper, David Borish) | Uganda |
| 81 | Uganda Livelihoods and Rights to Biodiversity. (University of Alberta, Sherilee Harper, David Borish, Sabastian Twesigomwe, Edward Byaruhanga). | Uganda |
| 82 | Climate smart agro-ecological system to ensure sustainable livelihood and food security to the Batwa population in Kanungu District. Empowering Vulnerable Communities in SW Uganda. (Sabastian Twesigomwe). | Uganda |
| 83 | Ihamba Film and Research Project. (University of Alberta, Sherilee Harper, David Borish. Sabastian Twesigomwe, Edward Byaruhanga). | Uganda |
| 84 | Urban Community Garden and Toolkit. (Capital Native Nations, Geoffrey Roth and Rusty Pickens) | United States |
| 85 | MĀLA Ōiwi – Collective storytelling to uplift the restoration of ʻŌiwi agroforestry for improved community well-being. (Hui Malama i ke Ala Ulili, Lehia Apana). | United States |
| 86 | Exploring Strategic Factors of Sustainable Community Development and Decision-making processes for Mahenye CAMPFIRE in Chipinge Zimbabwe. (CAMPFIRE Program/Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority, Edson Gandiwa). | Zimbabwe |
Co-leads of Global Transformation Pathways
Alejandro Argumedo, Treena Wasonti:io Delormier, Chris Furgal | Danika Billie Littlechild, Carwyn Jones | Sherry Pictou, Tony Charles. |. Mariam Wallet Aboubakrine, Amaranta Gómez Regalado, Val Napoleon | Kim TallBear, Warren Cardinal-McTeague, May-Britt Öhman | Prasert Trakansuphakon, Prateep Nayak | Jesse Popp, Susan Kutz Herb Nakimayak, Brenda Parlee | Maria-Eugenia Choque, Iain Davidson-Hunt, Krista Stelkia, John O’Neil
Our Ărramăt Family
| Abdourahane Ag Moctar | Herbert Nakimayak | No-eau Peralto |
| Alejandro Argumedo | Iain Davidson-Hunt | Nutdanai Trakansuphakon |
| Alejandro Bermudez-del-Villar | Ibrahim AG Abdorahmane | Olivier Loode |
| Alexander Arbachakov | Ira Provost | Pablo Miss |
| Amaranta Gomez Regalado | Iris Catholique | Paula Siwik |
| Aminata Diallo | Irja Seurujarvi | Pauliina Feodoroff |
| Andrea Reid | James Ahnassay | Peter Pulsifer |
| Angeline Francis | Jami Bartgis | Phil Lyver |
| Angie Gillis | Jamie Watson | Phyllis Pinesse |
| Anita Koe | JC Catholique | Prasert Trakansuphakon |
| Anke Weisheit | Jelena Porsanger | Prateep Nayak |
| Anthony (Tony) Charles | Jen Lam | Reg Crowshoe |
| Art Napoleon | Jennifer Simard | Renato Silvano |
| Arthur Noskey | Jesse Cardinal | Ricardo Chipa |
| Ashok Chowdhury | Jesse Popp | Rokia Sanogo |
| Audriana Paul | Jim Badger | Roma Malik |
| Avijit Chatterjee | Jim Elias | Rusty Pickens |
| Barrie Ford | Joella Hogan | Ruth Meinzen-Dick |
| Bipin Jojo | John B Zoe | Safaira Tagivuni |
| Carleane Gomes de Araujo | John Francis Lane | Samwel Nangiria |
| Carrie Karsgaard | John Parkins | Sanna Malinen |
| Carwyn Jones | Joseph Tsannie | Saoudata Aboubacrine |
| Catarina Owen | Josh Littlechild | Sarah Lord |
| Cecilia Baltazar | Justino Marcos Terena | Scott Duguid |
| Chris Southcott | Kacey Yellowbird | Sebastian Twesigomwe |
| Christopher Furgal | Kaisu Mustonen | Sébastien Goupil |
| Clayton Lamb | Kara Pictou (Revise) | Selevasio Tagivuni |
| Cleo Reece | Kate Coutorielle | Serena Joseph |
| Clint Carroll | Kevin Ahkimnachie | Shari Fox |
| Corrine Porter | Khodroi Batnaran | Sharlene Alook |
| Cristiana Simao Seixas | Kimberly TallBear-Dauphine | Sharon Snowshoe |
| Dan Duckert | Krista Stelkia | Shelly Denny |
| David Schaepe | Kukik Baker | Sherilee Harper |
| Dennis Drygeese | Lana Lowe | Sonia Wesche |
| Dida Badi | Laura Jane Michel | Sophie Theriault |
| Dilys Roe | Laura Yawanawà | Stephanie Varty |
| Douglas Clark | Laurence Kirmayer | Susan Kutz |
| Edson Gandiwa | Leigh-Ann Williams-Jones | Tamara Andreeva |
| Emilie Filmer-Wilson | Leon Andrew | Tamara Ticktin |
| Engracia Marina Chavez Puma | Lorraine Swift | Tane Davis |
| Ernest Betsina | Luba Arbachakov | Tas-Tsi Catholique |
| Ethel Blondi-Andrew | Madghis Bouzakhar | Tashka Yawanawà |
| Fabrizio Loddo | Manon Sorias | Treena Delormier |
| Faisal Moola | Maria Bargh | Trevor Lantz |
| Fikret Berkes | María Eugenia Choque Quispe | Tsatsiye Catholique |
| Fiona Schmiegelow | Mark Poesch | Tumendelger Senedorj |
| Florence Glanfield | Marla Emery | Tyanna Steinward |
| Frank Pokiak | May-Britt Ohman | Val Napoleon |
| Fred Wrona | Maya Gislason | Valérie Courtois |
| Gabriel Nemoga | Melissa Labrador | Vincent Ekka |
| Gao I-An | Melody Lepine | Wanda Pascal |
| Geoffrey Roth | Melody Lepine | Warren Cardinal-McTeague |
| George Lafferty | Michelle Hogue | Yon Fernández de Larrinoa |
| Gilbert Whiteduck | Mike Low | |
| Gleb Raygorodetsky | Nancy Turner | |
| Grant Bruno | Ndeenga Shamata | |
| Hanna Guttorm | Nicholas Barla | |
| Harriet Kuhnlein | Nicole Redvers | |
| Henry Huntington | Nikky Fisher |
Thanks To:
Tero Mustonen. Ellen Goddard. Nigel Scott. Ashlee Cunsolo, Hugo Melgar-Quinonez, Robin Roth. Noreen Willows. Alexander Arbachakov. Willie Littlechild. Frances Abele. Jakob Zinsstag. Teresa Zapeta, Tracy Howlett
In Memory Of:
Deb Simmons, Fraser Taylor, Liane Ngamane











