Living fieldwork
Trips are how many people enter. These are the books, archives, schools, artisan relationships, direct support, and local collaborations that give the journeys a reason to exist.
Small-group and custom journeys built through people, places, and histories already connected to the work.
02Children's books and education projects built around language pride and daily use. The first is a trilingual Shipibo story made with Amazon partner Jose Saenz.
03A 43-lesson Shipibo-Konibo course recorded with named speakers along the Ucayali, with a growing dictionary and a named share of every sale returning to the community. Live at shipiboculture.org.
04Support for Indigenous artists and artisan communities, including Oaxaca partnerships with Margarita Gutiérrez Martínez on Zapotec work and Jazmín "Coyotita" Casimiro on Mazatec work.
05Tattoo artists around the world donate the profit from a single tattoo to fund education for kids in the Peruvian Amazon. Founded by tattoo artist Pete Tran (“PetesOnEarth”).
06A One Tattoo project: an open-air creative space in Libertad, in the Peruvian Amazon, where kids build real art skills. We supply everything it needs — art materials, school uniforms, and daily school supplies.
07Turkey archive work: Taş Tepeler documentation, Şanlıurfa relationships, Göbekli Tepe Film Festival support, tours, and public education.
08Scholarships that send underprivileged children to SpeakingLab, a Şanlıurfa English school owned by team members Ramazan Aygat and Ahmet Yavuzel. The foundation sponsors students, not the business.
09Field documentation of endangered cultural and spiritual traditions in Papua and Papua New Guinea, in collaboration with local and ministerial leadership, shaped by consent.
10School supplies, community support, and artisan documentation in rural Quechua communities of the Peruvian Andes — close to where the foundation began.
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What we have done
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Dakota leads trips, language books, education support, and Oaxaca work. Pete Tran (“PetesOnEarth”) leads One Tattoo and Escuela Uno. Ramazan Aygat is the Turkey director and leads Taş Tepeler Archives, Turkey tours, Soğmatar education work, festival partnerships, and relief coordination. Margarita Gutiérrez Martínez, Jazmín "Coyotita" Casimiro, and Jose Saenz are partners with their own knowledge, roles, and local relationships.
Ongoing programs and completed relief work are kept separate so travelers and donors know what they are backing today.
Photos, field notes, GoFundMe records, partner notes, and close-out updates are linked when they are ready for the public record.
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