Historic cut-off ruling stirs Indigenous peoples to lobby inside Brasília’s palaces
Accompanied by lawyers and armed with technical arguments, the movement's leaders have begun making regular visits to Supreme Court justices to influence public debate and the outcome of the trial that will decide the future of their people
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
‘Art history must be rewritten to include the Indigenous presence’
The Amazon artist Denilson Baniwa is one of the highlights at the Amazon Biennial in Belém. Curated by a diverse team of women, this “trans and multi” event is a must-see for anyone who wants to understand Brazil
SUMAÚMA – the year in images
On the one-year anniversary of our Amazon-centred news community, our co-founder Jonathan Watts shares some of his favourite images from a year of enormous - and mostly positive change - that you dear readers helped to make possible
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Why were we separated?
In the first story from Micélio Sumaúma - a Forest-Journalist Co-Training Program - Yudjá-Juruna reporters from Volta Grande do Xingu answer a question that ties violence to resistance, all at the same time
Edel Moraes: the defender of the forest peoples in Brasília
Afro-Indigenous, a cabocla, and a ribeirinha, the woman at the helm of one of the most important departments in the environment ministry recalls that under Bolsonaro the words 'traditional' and 'communities' couldn't even be used together. Now, reconstruction demands time. 'We're reforesting'
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’
Trials of love and strength at a traditional indigenous wedding
Samela Sateré Mawé and Tukumã Pataxó, digital influencers who represent the new face of indigenous youth and promote the culture of native peoples, were recently married in a Pataxó ceremony known as the Aragwaksã
