Mongabay

Indigenous women lead a firefighting brigade in Brazil’s Cerrado

When a 2018 fire burned across 73,000 hectares (180,000 acres) of the Santana Indigenous Territory, located in Brazil’s Cerrado savanna, the local Bakairi people waited helplessly for authorities who ...

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

When Sávio Conrado Mura left his Indigenous village of stilt houses located deep in the Amazon rainforest in early April, he ...
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 ...
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.
Forbes

Closing The Financial Access Gap: Empowering Native Women, Transforming Economies

In Native communities across the United States, we have always known: when you invest in women, you invest in whole nations. Women are the backbone of our communities, the culture-bearers, the ...

Indigenous soccer team Originarios achieves victory in Rio debut

Sávio Conrado Mura and his all-Indigenous soccer team, Originarios, celebrate a successful debut in Rio de Janeiro, winning ...
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 ...