One of the greatest ecological catastrophes in the history of modern mining came to light in Minas Gerais, in Brazil's southeastern region: the collapse of the iron ore tailings dam known as Fundão. From within this catastrophe, an indigenous philosophy of the future emerges—engaged in producing spiritual repertoires to postpone the end of the world (Krenak 2019).
In this paper, drawing on the ecological, ontological, and agential force of the cosmological kinship between the Krenak people and the Doce River, I intend to explore an epistemological confluence between Ailton Krenak’s indigenous philosophy, material post/inhuman ecologies, and methodological strategies derived from the Religion and Ecology’s field of study to investigate how the ancestral future(s) already present in the watery roots of the Krenak's experience can inspire and teach us to produce relevant knowledge on and collective interventions in response to current planetary crises.