From Brazil's rainforest to Rio de Janeiro, an all-Indigenous soccer team debuts with victory

Sávio Conrado Mura left his Indigenous village of stilt houses located deep in the Amazon rainforest to try his luck at ...

In Brazil’s capital, Indigenous leaders rally as land disputes and mining pressures grow

Indigenous people in Brazil have marched in the capital, Brasilia, to protest what they say are violations of their land ...

Indigenous soccer team makes professional debut in Brazil to score goals and fight prejudice

From a village on the coast of Rio de Janeiro state, Indigenous people have founded a professional soccer team made up solely ...
The Gazette

Photos of Brazilian Indigenous people as they unite to demand land rights

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Indigenous people from across Brazil gathered in the capital for the annual Free Land Encampment rally to demand that the government honor longstanding promises, like the ...
Mongabay

Indigenous alliance unveils Brazil’s first Native-led emissions strategy

Brazil’s largest Indigenous organization has launched the country’s first Native-led strategy to cut greenhouse gas emissions, ahead of International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples on Aug. 9.
Mongabay

Brazil’s Indigenous Akroá Gamella reclaim and restore their land, one patch at a time

After decades of invasions, pollution and state neglect, the Akroá Gamella Indigenous people have reclaimed part of their ancestral land in the Taquaritiua Indigenous Territory, in Brazil’s Maranhão ...
The Shillong Times

FROM BRAZIL’S RAINFOREST TO RIO DE JANEIRO, ALL-INDIGENOUS FOOTBALL TEAM GETS SET FOR DEBUT

When Savio Conrado Mura left his Indigenous village of stilt houses located deep in the Amazon rainforest in early April, he departed with the hopes of representing his people as a professional soccer ...
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Bolsonaro strips agency of right to decide native land in Brazil

Brazil's new president, Jair Bolsonaro, has stripped an agency of the responsibility to demarcate indigenous lands in a move that has unsettled native rights groups and even some farm businesses that ...
KHQ

Brazil's top court strikes down law blocking Indigenous land claims

Brazil's top court struck down a law on Thursday that limits Indigenous people's rights to their ancestral lands, the latest twist in a long legal battle over native territory. Land rights for ...
The Boston Globe

In Brazil’s capital, Indigenous leaders rally as land disputes and mining pressures grow

BRASILIA — Thousands of Indigenous people marched in Brazil’s capital on Tuesday to protest what they say are violations of their land rights by large corporations advancing farming, logging and ...