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The forest needs the bees: Indigenous beekeepers on the front line of Brazil’s vanishing rainforest

Marcio Verá Mirim grew up listening to a family story. His grandfather, a leader of the semi-nomadic Guarani Mbyá Indigenous ...
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 New York Times

Indigenous People, Long Sidelined at Climate Talks, Take the Stage in Brazil

This summit is unlike any of its predecessors in at least one significant way: The Indigenous presence is palpable and strong. By Somini Sengupta Brad Plumer and David Gelles Reporting from Belém, ...
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.

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

MARICA, Brazil (AP) — When Sávio 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 ...
Yahoo! Sports

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

MARICA, Brazil, May 6 (Reuters) - From a village on the coast of Rio de Janeiro state, Indigenous people have founded a professional soccer team made ‌up solely of players from across Brazil, turning ...
Alaska Dispatch News

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

MARICA, Brazil — When Sávio 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 ...