Ancestral Story Library
Oral histories, myths, and songs — recorded, transcribed, and translated together with the storytellers who own them.
Diamond patterns suggest the woven baskets that carry stories between generations.
Stories the Forest Still Tells
First-voice storytelling from Brazil’s indigenous communities — preserved with consent, shared with respect.
Begin the JourneyExplore Stories
River-line motifs evoke the threads that connect communities along the waterways — original geometry, drawn in respect for Amazonian traditions.
Three Ways to Listen
Built with communities, for everyone who wants to listen more carefully.
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Living Voices
New recordings arrive every week in their original languages, with context written by the speakers themselves.
Water-drop marks honor the rivers that link villages, families, and songs.
Learn & Preserve
Free classroom guides for schools, and a preservation fund that pays communities for every published hour of story.
Step-fret borders echo the rhythms painted on traditional ceramics.
How It Works
From first listen to lasting support — three steps into the archive.
- 01
Listen
Stream narrated stories and songs in their original languages, with community-approved translations.
- 02
Learn
Read context pages written by the storytellers — place, history, and meaning in their own words.
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Support
Your plan pays authors directly and funds the language-preservation projects they lead.
Plans That Pay Storytellers First
Reading and listening are free. Paid plans sustain the people who make Nimbus possible.
Seed
$0 forever
- Full story library access
- One story each week by email
- Basic classroom guides
River
$9 / month
- Everything in Seed
- Offline listening & downloads
- Bilingual transcripts
- Monthly community Q&A
Forest
$90 / year
- Everything in River
- Annual printed story collection
- Preservation fund updates
- Invitations to live tellings
Seventy percent of every paid plan goes directly to community storytellers and the language projects they lead; the remainder keeps the archive running.
Voices from the Circle
What listeners and educators tell us.
“My students no longer meet these cultures through borrowed textbooks — they hear the storytellers themselves, on the storytellers’ own terms.”
“After fifteen years in an archive, I finally see a platform where communities narrate their own heritage, set their own conditions, and are paid first.”
Honest Questions, Honest Answers
About authorship, consent, and money.
What is Nimbus?
Nimbus is a digital platform where indigenous Brazilian communities publish their own stories, songs, and knowledge. We provide recording, translation, and hosting; the communities decide what is shared — and hold the authorship.
Who writes and approves the stories?
The communities themselves. Every piece is recorded with informed consent, reviewed by its tellers before publication, and remains their intellectual property. Nothing is published about a community without them.
How does my subscription help?
Seventy percent of every paid plan goes directly to storytellers and the language-preservation projects they lead. The remainder funds hosting, field-recording equipment, and free classroom access.
Join the Circle
One community-chosen story in your inbox each week — and front-row news from the preservation fund.
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