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Interview —

ReXistence —

“White people, your world makes me very sad”

In this interview, Ehuana Yaira talks about the indivisible relationship between the Forest and the female body. The Yanomami artist and writer was the first member of her people to give a public talk in Europe, as part of the series “Rainforest is Female,” held at the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona

Planet in Collapse —

The river in my village turned green – I was horrified to discover why

In the Xipaya Indigenous Territory, the Iriri River is suffering the effects of climate change, as its waters change color and its fish die. We Indigenous people are living in a time of uncertainty

Thought Seeding —

Die a little each day

While the forests of the outside world face a growing risk of desertification, our symbolic forests, the habitat of the mental creatures who populate the individual and collective unconscious, are turning to deserts before our eyes

Journalism from the center of the world

Voices of the Forest —

Raoni: ‘If it stays like this, we’ll disappear’

SUMAÚMA staff ,

Aldeia Piaraçu/Mato Grosso ,

18 September 2023

In an interview with SUMAÚMA, the most prominent leader in the Indigenous struggle in Brazil warns his own people about the nefarious effects of mining and asks for societal awareness about global heating

ReXistence —

Video: two women joined by the war for the Amazon

SUMAÚMA staff

7 June 2023

SUMAÚMA brought together Bruna e Alê, the widows of Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips, to talk about life after losing their husbands in a brutal and still unpunished murder

FRONTLINE DISPATCH —

The brutal spectacle of a Congress betraying the future

SUMAÚMA staff

31 May 2023

By 283 votes to 155, the House of Representatives approved unjust historic time limits on indigenous land demarcation

Voices of the Forest —

Indigenous youth exert influence during Free Land Camp

SUMAÚMA staff ,

Cerrado, Brasília ,

12 May 2023

Groups have emerged among different communities to address issues ranging across education, health and LGBT+ rights. This year’s Terra Libre gathering was an arena for the young to show they are active and connected to their ancestors. SUMAÚMA photographers Matheus Alves and Fernando Martinho captures their vitality in images

Voices of the Forest —

Land Women, Seed Women

SUMAÚMA staff ,

Cerrado, Brasília ,

5 May 2023

They have moved to the front line of the indigenous movement and now occupy central positions in the federal government. For indigenous women warriors, the defence of territory is the defence of life and their own bodies. At the 2023 edition of the Free Land Camp, they demanded a national policy to combat violence against indigenous women and began to organize a national rally in September. SUMAÚMA records this historic moment with pictures taken by our photographers Matheus Alves e Fernando Martinho

SPECIAL REPORT —

Indigenous campaigners balance promises and frustrations

SUMAÚMA staff ,

Cerrado, Brasília ,

5 May 2023

Empowered and better represented in government than ever before, indigenous people opened a new chapter in their struggle at the “Terra Libre” (Free Land) Camp in 2023. But as well as celebrating political gains, there was disappointment at fewer-than-expected demarcations.

Voices of the Forest —

Femalize, indigenize, jaguarize: the indigenous language revolt

SUMAÚMA staff ,

Cerrado, Brasília ,

3 May 2023

For 19 years, the annual Terra Livre encampment has been a fulcrum of Indigenous cultures and campaigns. This year, for the first time, activists in the movement are able to celebrate their presence in the centres of power and unveil a strategy for unifying politics in the form of an indigenous village. SUMAÚMA records this historic moment with pictures taken by our photographers Matheus Alves e Fernando Martinho

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