Mukashahu Yawanawá

Daughter of Chief of the Yawanawá Tribe

Mukashahu is the youngest daughter of Yawanawa chiefs Nixiwaká and Putanny, she comes from a long lineage of indigenous leaders and medicine men and women and has been raised to be a leader of the Yawanawa people in the future. She lives in the Sacred Village of the Yawanawá people where she learns Yawanawa language, spirituality, history and the songs. From an early age she mastered the acoustic guitar and now in her teenage years brings out a strong voice ready to accompany her sisters and her mother.