OUR MISSION

We are an Indigenous-led production house based in Guåhan (Guam), committed to building power and community through strategic media and storytelling — to protect what we love, to heal what has been broken, and to move toward a more just and joyful world.

For the past decade, we’ve worked to equip future land and water protectors, disrupting oppressive narratives, centering cultural knowledge and perspectives on critical issues, while celebrating our Indigenous worldviews and ways of being. Nihi is creating a new world for our Indigenous storytellers – one that truly shifts narrative power and resources to the most vulnerable, ensuring that our frontline communities are fairly compensated, cared for, and platformed.

As Indigenous people of Guåhan, the Marianas, and the broader Micronesia, it is our responsibility to build a world where our traditions and connections to the land and ocean are valued and protected. This is our responsibility to our elders and to all of the generations that are to come. Deeply rooted in our people’s value of inafa’maolek, our work centers relationships and restoration while amplifying voices and stories from our islands, region, and the greater Pacific.

Our History

To fill a need for relevant programming for island children of Guåhan and Micronesia, Cara Flores and her cousin began producing a kids show in a spare room of their grandmother’s home using brightly colored, cardboard cutout sets made by local artists. The unique show used song, chant, skits, and Chamoru language to affirm identity, teach kids about their home, and to inspire a deep love for our land, ocean and culture.

Duk Duk Goose, Inc. was founded several years later in late 2013 by a small group of Chamoru educators, advocates, and activists. After setting up a small studio and office in Hagåtña, the team produced a full Season of Nihi!

Today, Nihi Indigenous Media produces a wide range of culture-based programs including native language immersion shows, Pacific children’s series, artist collaborations, and deep-dive discussions on urgent issues concerning cultural and environmental devastation. Over the next few years, our organization is taking on several more critical projects for environmental justice and indigenous rights.