About the Scholarship
Named after Eva Lippuner (1935-2019), a consistent supporter of Indigenous rights, the Incomindios-Lippuner Scholarship provides financial support to an Indigenous scholar or student pursuing a degree within the field of Indigenous rights. With this scholarship, Incomindios, in partnership with the University of Kent, Incomindios, hopes to provide support to a person at the forefront of these crucial discussions, with the goal that they, in turn, will have opportunity to promote and further the rights, causes and goals of their Indigenous community, and the common issues that global Indigenous communities often face.
Alumni
Dr. Brittani R. Orona (Hupa, Hoopa Valley Tribe) (2021 Recipient)
Dr. Brittani R. Orona completed her Ph.D at the University of California in Native American Studies with a Designated Emphasis in Human Rights. She is now both a UC President's and Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of History at UC Santa Cruz, and an incoming Assistant Professor of Indigenous Studies in the Department of Critical Race and Ethnic Studies at UC Santa Cruz (2025). She also serves as the Board Secretary for Save California Salmon. Orona's research and teaching focus on California Indian history and human rights, Indigenous science and technology studies, environmental studies, public humanities, and visual sovereignty.
Personal website: https://brittaniorona.weebly.com/about.html
Incomindios highlights: Brittani gave a series of webinars with Incomindios, the final one entitled "Hope and Renewal: Fixing the Earth with Indigenous Environmental Stewardship during Climate Change" - you can watch this here.
Flavio Augusto Ayuso López (Mayan, Muna, Yucatán) (2022 Recipient)
Flavio Ayuso López is a law graduate and works with a variety of organizations and groups regarding the defence of territory and natural resources. Notably, he works with communities of Yucatán, on legal processes within a participatory and strategic litigation scheme, as a form of defence against the imposition of new megaprojects, and is also a part of the Yansa Foundation that calls for a fair energy transition in the Yucatán area. He is currently studying Sociology at the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences of the National Autonomous University of Mexico. He also attended the twenty-second session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) in April 2023.
“I thank the Incomindios-Lippuner Scholarship program, for the opportunity to allow me to strengthen my academic training and above all for giving me the possibility to continue with community work in defence of the land. Thank you very much.”- Flavio Ayuso
Incomindios highlights: Flavio presented his work entitled "The Ejido Communities in Mexico forming Territorial Resistance: Ixil, Yucatán," which you can watch here.
Jermani Ojeda Ludena
(Quechua community of Puca Puca, Curahuasi district, Apurímac region, Peru) (2023 Recipient)
Jermani Ojeda Ludena is currently working on a PhD in Iberian and Latin American Literatures and Cultures at the University of Texas at Austin, USA. His research explores the Indigenous media experience in South America, and he also researches and promotes the use of Indigenous languages, such as Quechua and Aymara. He is also an active and prominent member of the Native American and Indigenous Studies (NAIS) community and from 2022-2023, was the co-chair of the Native American and Indigenous Peoples Association (NAIPA), a NAIS-sponsored graduate student organisation. He also attended the twenty-second session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) in April 2023.
Follow his current work on X : https://twitter.com/jermaniojeda
Incomindios highlights: Jermani conducted an insightful interview with Incomindios, which can be accessed here.
For information about eligibility and deadlines, please follow the link here.
For any questions, email us directly at scholarship@incomindios.ch; please also get in contact if you are interested in collaborating with us. You can donate to Incomindios here to finance the scholarship and our other projects – we are very grateful for your support.
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