Name: Dreams from endangered cultures
Uploaded: 2007-01-09T00:11:00Z
Duration: 21 min 47 s
Description: With stunning photos and stories, National Geographic Explorer Wade Davis celebrates the extraordinary diversity of the world's indigenous cultures, which are disappearing from the planet at an alarming rate.

With stunning photos and stories, National Geographic Explorer Wade Davis celebrates the extraordinary diversity of the world's indigenous cultures, which are disappearing from the planet at an alarming rate.

Wade Davis: Dreams from endangered cultures

Dreams from endangered cultures

Languages embody unique spiritual, cultural, and ecological understandings. Half of the world's 6,000 languages are vanishing.

Indigenous wisdom, like the Inuit's resourceful creation of a 'shit knife,' showcases unparalleled adaptability and ingenuity.

Every two weeks, an elder’s death results in the extinction of a language, eroding humanity's diverse cultural tapestry.