Kayapó
Nair Benedicto, the jaguar-photographer hunting extractivism
In the 1980s, she shot photos of the Serra Pelada catastrophe and investigated the destructive exploitation of the Amazon. At 85, she is opening her entire collection and teaching about the strength of the eye, of action, and of resilience
O dia em que homens brancos de terno negociaram o futuro dos Indígenas
Como foram as cinco horas da sessão de conciliação do inconciliável proposta pelo ministro Gilmar Mendes, com o apoio da maioria de seus colegas do STF, para decidir sobre o marco temporal
Raoni: ‘If it stays like this, we’ll disappear’
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
Dolphin tracking, Yanomami app and other stories
A two-minute round-up of the latest Amazon news
Raoni: ‘After I’m gone, the next generation will need to be united’
The strongest root in Brazil's Indigenous movement, the elder put out a new call to relatives: he is preparing his succession, but he is still in the fight. And he promises to ‘give Lula an earful’
Raoni walked up the ramp with Lula in Brasília but couldn’t get past the door in Belém
President Lula strung the Kayapó elder along, leaving him waiting for five hours and ultimately failing to show, instead sending a few cabinet ministers to receive Raoni in a backroom cafeteria
UK Company Mining in Amazon without land agency consent
Serabi Gold is operating an Amazonian mine before completing a consent process with indigenous communities and without the approval of the land agency Incra, which has designated the plot for the sustainable settlement Terra Nossa
Opinion
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A plea to Lula: Staunch blood gold
The new president should revoke dubiously-enacted legal clauses that facilitate the purchase of gold criminally extracted from indigenous lands. These flawed legislation contributes to a humanitarian and environmental catastrophe
Ten films to (start to) understand the Amazon
From harrowing tales of forced contact to a failed capitalist scheme to build a resource-supplying city in the forest, here is a sample of cinematic Amazonian destruction and beauty
Raoni wants to
meet with Lula
meet with Lula