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In Suriname’s Amazon, the Wayana community struggling to keep gold miners at bay
The government in Suriname has pledged to combat illegal mining and the industr...
Maxwell Radwin 11 Nov 2026
Brazil deploys national security force to Indigenous territory following invasion
Two months ago, more than 500 people invaded Brazil's Ituna/Itatá Indigenous Ter...
Aimee Gabay 10 Nov 2026
‘Stringing me along’: After seven years, trial in Indigenous forest guardian killing delayed again
Expected in 2026, the long-awaited trial for the 2019 killing of forest guardia...
Karla Mendes 9 Nov 2026
This entire Indigenous territory didn’t get to vote in Brazil’s elections
With no local polling station or means of getting to one from their remote commu...
Shanna Hanbury 6 Nov 2026
Brazil election sparks threats to reinvade Indigenous Amazon territory
A federal judge issued an emergency order on Oct. 23 to deploy federal security...
Aimee Gabay 5 Nov 2026
Anatomy of a land grab: the law, likes, and legislator behind an Indigenous land invasion in Brazil

A new Mongabay investigation lifts the lid on how a fast‑tracked state law in Pará, Brazil, paired with a coordinated social media blitz, legitimized and encouraged around 500 people to invade the I...

For Indigenous peoples in Brazil, the election results offer a reprieve — not a resolution

Lula's reelection kept an ally in the presidency, but a rightward shift in Congress leaves Indigenous leaders facing more battles. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's re-election as president of Brazil...

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Joseph Lee Oct 29, 2026
Canadian-backed potash mine in Brazil has dried up sacred Amazon springs, residents say

The construction of an access road for a potash mining project in Autazes, in Brazil's Amazonas state, has caused at least two sacred springs to dry up, according to the Indigenous Mura people.

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Aimee Gabay Oct 27, 2026
Indigenous Brazilians denied language interpreter at election voting booth

Two Indigenous women who do not speak Portuguese were denied assistance from their interpreter while voting in Brazil's Oct. 4 election. The translator who accompanied them to the polls, community lea...

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Shanna Hanbury Oct 27, 2026
‘Stay alive’: Brazil’s Indigenous people mobilize to vote for Lula to protect their rights

"It's such a simple phrase: stay alive! The other side is necropolitics."This appeal was made by philosopher and prominent Indigenous leader Ailton Krenak to Brazilians to reelect President Luiz In&aa...

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Karla Mendes Oct 23, 2026
Brazil election: Unprecedented Indigenous ministry at risk if Flávio Bolsonaro wins

"With a single stroke of a pen, he can undo all the achievements we have accomplished in these almost four years," said Brazil's Minister of Indigenous Peoples, Eloy Terena, regarding a possible victo...

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Karla Mendes Oct 21, 2026
Ranchers block Brazilian officials from marking out Paquiçamba Indigenous Land

Since Sept. 23, a group of rural producers has maintained a blockade on the road to the Paquiçamba Indigenous Land in the Volta Grande do Xingu region of Brazil's Pará state.

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Aimee Gabay Oct 13, 2026
Brazilian Indigenous people to be affected after right-wing gains threaten Amazon protections

Brazilian environmentalists have sounded the alarm on land issues affecting Indigenous people after the direction of political discourse following recent national election results.

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Oct 9, 2026
Indigenous people in Brazilian Amazon seek protection from drug gangs

The Ashaninka Indigenous people, who have recovered their once lost territory inside the Brazilian border with Peru from "settlers" more than three decades ago, are under attack again.

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Aug 7, 2026
Indigenous communities rally as COP30 stews over fossil fuels and final deal

United Nations climate talks are nearing the midway point, with countries still wrangling over which issues they might be able to rally around in a final summit deal - and whether such a deal is even...

Indigenous protesters defend actions as COP30 talks roll on

Indigenous protesters have defended charging the gates of Brazil's COP30 climate summit and clashing with security, saying the action was aimed at demonstrating the desperation of their fight for fore...

Brazilian Indigenous protestors storm COP30 climate summit in stand for their land

Brazilian Indigenous protesters have forced their way into the COP30 climate summit venue and clashed with security guards at the entrance. The protesters demanded access to the UN compound where thou...

'marramarra: Indigenous artists making history visible' tells powerful Indigenous stories from around the world

In marramarra: Indigenous artists making history visible, out 1 November, Indigenous artists, Elders and communities across the world tell their stories on their own terms through conversations, bilin...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Oct 23, 2024
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