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June 11, 2019 | Mongabay

The Sateré-Mawé Move to Reclaim Amazon Ancestral Lands from Invaders

Thais Borges, Mauricio Torres, and Sue Branford.

The indigenous group is re-occupying its ancestral lands on Brazil’s Mariaquã River, but an outsider is trying to appropriate those lands by likely fraudulent means, inviting conflict.

June 11, 2019 | El Pais

Bolsonaro Against the Maró Indigenous Land (Spanish)

Francesc Badia

The communities of the Brazil's Amazonian face challenges due to aggressive industrial activities, today encouraged by the new government. This series features five young leaders who defend the forest and its territory. In this first chapter: Ednei.

June 11, 2019 | The New Internationalist, Resilience

The Indigenous Resistance Against Jair Bolsonaro

Sue Branford

Jair Bolsonaro may be in power, but the Sateré indigenous people are not taking his hostility sitting down.

May 31, 2019 | Deutsche Welle

The Great Battle of the Xingu Women (Portuguese)

Maria Fernanda Ribeiro and Nadia Pontes

Coming from villages scattered throughout the Xingu national park, 190 women from 16 different ethnic groups met to decide how they can defend their forest.

May 28, 2019 | The Intercept

'Why Is This Man Still Alive?' (Portuguese)

Sabrina Felipe. Images by Ana Mendes.

A look at the lives of a group of Indigenous Akroá-Gamella people two years after a brutal mob attack left 22 severely injured.

May 22, 2019 | Mongabay

Against the Ruralist Onslaught, the Sateré-Mawé Defend Their Territory and Culture (Portuguese)

Thais Borges and Sue Branford

The Sateré-Mawé people, on the border between Amazonas and Pará states, have endured long conflicts with mining companies and land thieves. The Sateré and indigenous groups throughout Brazil now face new threats stemming from the Bolsonaro government's pro-ruralist policies.