Digital Journal

Brazilian police, indigenous tribes clash outside Congress

Thousands of Brazilian indigenous tribe members clashed with riot police Tuesday while demonstrating in the capital, Brasilia, for greater rights. Some of the indigenous people were armed with bows ...
Digital Journal

Brazil’s indigenous tribes to protest as court decision looms

Brazilian indigenous activists are expected to protest in the capital Brasilia on Wednesday ahead of a Supreme Court verdict that could weaken tribes’ legal hold on swaths of ancestral land. At least ...
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 ...
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With COP30, Indigenous Brazilians strive for new resources to protect nature

For many Brazilians, the country’s Indigenous peoples are considered the main protectors of nature. This is one of the key findings of a new Greenpeace survey published in October: according to the ...

A conflict over cattle in Brazil's Amazon highlights tensions for Indigenous peoples

On a vast island in northern Brazil, an unusual debate about cattle and conservation is taking place. Federal authorities ...
Los Angeles Times

Indigenous peoples’ demands got more than lip service at COP30 climate summit

The long ordeal of the Kaxuyana, an Amazonian tribe airlifted from its land during Brazil’s military dictatorship in the 1960s, reached a happy conclusion at the COP30 summit in the city of Belém. On ...
Yahoo

In Brazil’s Cerrado region, Indigenous fire practices reshape wildfire strategy

Xerente Indigenous people, part of a fire brigade formed by women, ignite fires as part of a controlled burn with dry palm leaves during a fire prevention operation along Brazil's environmental ...
THE WEEK

Did Cop30 fulfil its promise to Indigenous Brazilians?

The Brazilian government has created 10 new Indigenous territories as the end of Cop30 approaches in Belém. The new legislation enshrines the protection of the environment and culture of Indigenous ...
America Magazine

In the Brazilian Amazon, a Catholic Indigenous community endures amid land invasions and government neglect

Cristina de Souza and Bernardo Alves at the Sateré-Mawé Health and General Monitoring Base in the Andirá-Marau Indigenous Territory of Brazil in July. Credit: Hannah Lima Farbiarz In the creation ...
New York Post

Indigenous Amazon tribe says New York Times story led to its members being smeared as porn addicts

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An Indigenous tribe from the Brazilian Amazon has sued The New York Times, saying the newspaper’s reporting on the tribe’s first exposure to the internet led to its members being ...
Mongabay

With COP30, Indigenous Brazilians strive for new resources to protect nature

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Less than 1% of global climate funding reaches Indigenous peoples and traditional groups, despite their leading roles in environmental conservation ...