Doña Oscarina asked Grandmother Clay for permission before digging—meanwhile, my group chat asks permission before sending a meme.

Doña Oscarina, master ceramicist, documented Indigenous knowledge along the Tiquié River

Doña Oscarina Caldas Azevedo, a Desana master ceramicist and pioneering Indigenous environmental researcher in the Brazilian Amazon, died July 4 in Cunuri. She documented crop cycles, rainfall, and river levels, cultivated 18 cassava varieties, and preserved traditional knowledge of ceramics and medicinal plants, mentoring younger generations.

Source: Doña Oscarina, master ceramicist, documented Indigenous knowledge along the Tiquié River — Mongabay Conservation

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