In the 200-year anniversary of Brazil’s independence from Portugal, Indigenous people achieved a historical milestone: the highest number of Indigenous candidates elected to the National Congress in the country’s history, a key move for the future of their rights, which have been under attack since the colonization period, researchers say. In the Oct. 2 general […]
The women’s leader of the Xingu Indigenous Territory, the eldest daughter of one important tribal chief and the niece of another, Watatakalu Yawalapiti watched her family be devastated by Covid.
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