‘I’m taking my vital image back,’ jokes Yanomami shaman Davi Kopenawa
This is a story of Afro-Indigenous diplomacy and unity, when thirteen Indigenous people met the Afro-Brazilian community of Salgueiro during this year’s Carnival parade, which denounced the genocide of the Yanomami ethnic group and exalted Indigenous Brazil
Understanding the Yanomami in Salgueiro’s samba school parade
A glossary to introduce our readers to the extraordinary world of a people who are fighting genocide while holding up the sky
‘Amateur management’ behind failure that has cost 308 Yanomami lives
How the Brazilian government spent $200 million and mobilized nearly 2,000 healthcare workers, yet wasted a year in addressing the healthcare crisis in the Indigenous land
“Our children are being born rotten. Are these diseases doing that to them?”
Illegal miners have returned to Yanomami territory and so have the consequences. At a gathering of Yanomami women, participants discuss healthcare failures. There has been no screening for sexually transmitted diseases since the mining invasion and 38.1% of pregnant women have no access to prenatal care
What does the
disappearance
of the Amazon
have to do with the
disappearance
of Venice?
As the city sinks, Yanomami filmmaker Morzaniel Ɨramari presents his work at a premier international film festival and reflects on the 'revenge of the Earth' as he realizes Venice may succumb to the effects of climate disruption
‘We are not even able to count the bodies’
Figures obtained by SUMAÚMA show that during Jair Bolsonaro’s far-right government, the number of children under 5 years old who died from preventable causes increased 29% in Yanomami territory: 569 young indigenous children died in the last 4 years from diseases that are treatable
A historical autopsy of a Yanomami murder
The recent killing of an indigenous woman began in 1973, when a road built by Brazil’s military dictatorship was carved through the forest
