A movement supporting the strengthening and transmission of traditional knowledge across 5 indigenous territories:
Guarani, Maxakali, Huni Kuin, Baniwa and Tukano-Desana-Tuyuka.

We provide a monthly grant of 10,000 BRL to each Living Schools and coordinate joint activities.

If you would like to be a part of this movement, we invite you to make a financial contribution via the button below.

CRISTINE TAKUÁ
Living Schools Coordinator

Cristine Takuá, from the Maxakali Indigenous people, is a thinker, apprentice midwife, and educator. She holds a degree in Philosophy from São Paulo State University (UNESP) and taught for twelve years at the Txeru Ba’e Kuai’ Indigenous State School.

She is currently the coordinator of the Living Schools movement and a board member of the Selvagem Association.

Cristine represents the NEI (Indigenous Education Center) within the São Paulo State Department of Education and is a founding member of FAPISP (Forum for the Coordination of Indigenous Teachers of São Paulo State). She is also part of Instituto Maracá, which is involved in the shared management of the Museu das Culturas Indígenas in São Paulo.

She lives in the Ribeirão Silveira Indigenous Land, located on the border between the municipalities of Bertioga and São Sebastião, in the state of São Paulo, with her partner Carlos Papá and their sons Djeguaká and Kauê.

Along with Veronica Pinheiro, Cristine writes the Ways of Knowing Diary, published on the Selvagem website. In her texts, she reports on her journey with the Living Schools and reflects on education, memory and Bem Viver [Good Living].