A model Indigenous territory in Brazil’s Amazon seeks protection from criminal gangs

Gangs and drug traffickers are increasingly encroaching on Ashaninka land and using the rivers in the Amazon and adjacent ...

Brazil's government says it is working with Peru to protect border Indigenous lands

Brazil’s Ministry of Indigenous Peoples said it has signed a memorandum with Peru’s Ministry of Culture to protect Indigenous ...

Brazil's indigenous movement calls for creation of National Indigenous Truth Commission by presidential decree

Brazil's indigenous movement renewed its call for the creation of a National Indigenous Truth Commission (CNIV) through a ...
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For Brazil’s Xokleng people, saving a sacred tree means saving their culture

By Letícia Klein IBIRAMA-LA KLÃNÕ INDIGENOUS TERRITORY, Brazil — Zág, pronounced “zã,” is the Xokleng word for the Brazilian ...

Ceramic vessels reveal how social inequalities were also cooked into 19th-century Brazil

Fish, shellfish, maize, manioc, rice and even chicken eggs. Molecular residues preserved in more than 180 ceramic vessels ...
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9 cultural traditions in Brazil that define daily life

Brazil is not just a country. It is a feeling. A rhythm. A slow Saturday afternoon with a steaming pot on the stove, drums echoing through a neighborhood, and children practicing kicks on a dusty ...

Brazil uses forensic science to trace gold’s origin and tackle illegal mining in the Amazon

Brazil is using forensic science to tackle illegal gold mining in the Amazon. The mining is a top threat to the rainforest ...
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Brazil has the world’s strictest laws against racist speech

RACIST SPEECH is sadly neither new nor uncommon. But around the world governments are showing growing willingness to treat it ...