Ima'aynallan Yachu Masiquna. Hello everyone. Alling Musuwata, Happy New Year. My name is Johanna

Miraya Osho. I am a PhD candidate at the University of Toronto and a co-host of the Kuskaya

podcast alongside with Renzo Aroni, who is the assistant professor

of indigenous studies at NYU. Kuskaya, which means together in Quechua, is a trilingual

podcast, Quechua, Spanish, and English.

While most of our episodes are in Quechua and Spanish,

we are excited to expand and offer more episodes in English this year,

starting our third season.

In Kuskaya Podcasts, we engage in both academic and non-academic discussions about a Quechua language

and acknowledge cultural and politics.

Our goal is to build a global network of solidarity among Quechua and non-Kexual speakers,

as well as a cross-generation of indigenous people in the north and south.

We believe together we can resist the multiple legacies of colonialism

while defending indigenous peoples, their cultures, movements, and struggles for decolonization,

self-determination, and sovereignty.

In our first episode of this year, we speak with indigenous scholars, Dr. Sardana Nikolaevah and Dr.

Masha Kardashian-Kaya about their essays on indigenous research methodologies.

Dr. Nicola Eva is a researcher at the University of Toronto,

and Dr. Masha is associate at the University of Manitoba.

Both universities are located in Canada. They discuss the significance of indigenous-led research,

its challenges, and the insights it offers within different geopolitical contexts.

The conversation also touches on the importance of self-awareness in this work and the key

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