Alexandre Cursino (they/them) is a PhD candidate in Anthropology at Western University and a member of the Maraká’nà community in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Born in Kûánãpará, “the bay that looks like the sea” in Tupi-Guarani, they were shaped early by the ocean’s teachings, learning through surfing to read the rhythms of water as a dialogue of trust and balance. Since 2019, Deshkan Ziibiing (the Antler River in London, Ontario) has been another guide, reminding them that healing is relational and not linear. Alexandre’s research focuses on Indigenous reclamation and urban land-based learning as pathways to resurgence. Grounded in decolonial and community-based methodologies, their work examines land-based healing and Indigenous wellbeing. With ancestral ties to the Puri and Kariri peoples, they collaborate with Maraká’nà members to revitalize Indigenous knowledge and advance the creation of Brazil’s first Indigenous Pluriversity. Their doctoral project centers relational accountability and ethical knowledge mobilization, connecting academic inquiry with lived practices of resurgence and care.