be the change

Supporting Indigenous-led projects has always been at the heart of INSamaúma's work — this is not our first time walking alongside a community in this way. Long before this page existed, we've stood behind Indigenous initiatives across the Amazon, helping ideas rooted in ancestral knowledge take root in the wider world. Nato Tupinambá's project is the newest chapter in that ongoing commitment.

casa de medicina

Nato Tupinambá has a vision: to build a Casa de Medicina — a medicine home where his community's ancestral healing practices and spiritual traditions can be held, protected, and passed on. Bringing this vision to life requires $5,000, and thanks to early support, $1,000 has already been raised. Every contribution brings this medicine home closer to reality.

Nato Tupinambá is a Tupinambá Indigenous leader, artisan, and spiritual guardian from the Brazilian Amazon. For decades, he has dedicated his life to protecting ancestral knowledge, caring for his community, and maintaining the spiritual traditions of his people — traditions that were never meant to be extracted, commercialized, or separated from the forest that gave birth to them.

The pieces you find here are not creations made for a market. They are expressions made from within a living culture.

View the Ancestral Medicine Pieces

Supporting from Outside the U.S.

At this time, we ship Tiririca Ancestral Medicine Pieces exclusively within the United States. If you feel called to support Nato Tupinambá and the construction of the Casa de Medicina Tupinambá, but are located outside the United States, you are warmly invited to contribute directly.

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Tiririca Indigenous Jewelry • Amazonian Sacred Materials

Tiririca is a sacred Amazonian seed gathered directly from the forest, one by one.

Each seed is:

collected by hand
carefully pierced
naturally dyed using pigments from Amazonian roots and plants

The creation of a single piece takes approximately 15–20 days, following a slow, intentional process guided by ancestral knowledge, prayer, and attention.

Nothing here is rushed. Nothing is industrial.

Each piece carries time, presence, and memory.

Have a look!

Reciprocity • Indigenous Support • Living Legacy

This collection was created for this moment and this purpose.

75% of the value of each piece goes directly to Nato and his community.

The remainder allows us to continue doing this work.

The Casa de Medicina Tupinambá will be a sacred space where:

Indigenous and non-Indigenous people may come seeking prayer, healing, guidance, and counsel
ancestral knowledge continues to live and be transmitted
community care and spiritual support remain accessible for generations
The body and the mind are cared for through Tupinambá sacred ancestral practices.

When you acquire one of these pieces, you are not donating — you are participating in a living project.