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NatGeo’s ‘The Territory’, About Indigenous Brazilian Group’s Daring Fight To Protect Their Land, Wins Emmy For Exceptional Merit

Their film centers on the Indigenous Uru-eu-wau-wau people, who face constant assault as they try to protect their territory…

Via Deadline

Lily Gladstone is the Golden Globes’ first Indigenous best actress winner

When Lily Gladstone took the stage Sunday night to accept her first…

Via ABC News

End of impunity for Indigenous killings in sight for Brazil’s Guajajara

Indigenous forest guardian Paulo Paulino Guajajara was killed in November 2019 in an alleged ambush by illegal loggers in…

Via Mongabay

Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Are the World’s Secret Weapon in Curbing Climate Change

The world’s Indigenous Peoples and communities are more important players in the battle against climate change than anyone ever…

Via World Resources Institute

Brazil: “A momentous, historic victory” for Indigenous people as Supreme Court rejects Time Limit Trick

Opponents of Indigenous rights in Brazil have suffered a major setback after the Supreme Court rejected a proposal that…

Via Survival International

Ecuador: Victory for uncontacted tribes as oil drilling blocked in historic referendum

In a historic referendum, people in Ecuador have voted to block oil drilling on uncontacted tribes’ land in the…

Via Survival International

Brazil’s government launches major operation to evict miners from Yanomami territory

Authorities in Brazil have launched a major operation to remove thousands of illegal goldminers from the Yanomami territory in…

Via Survival International

Amazon forest guardians fulfil Bruno Pereira’s mission of Indigenous exchange

Pereira, who was murdered alongside British journalist Dom Phillips, planned to lead an Indigenous delegation 2,500km across Brazil to…

Via The Guardian
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