“Brazil emerges from these elections with a Congress that is even more aggressive toward Indigenous rights,” said the ...

Audios sent to the Parakanã people in Brazil's Amazon threaten an invasion of their Indigenous land if Flávio Bolsonaro wins ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Xerente Indigenous people, part of a fire brigade formed by women, ignite fires as part of a controlled burn with dry palm leaves ...

Right-wing candidates made big gains in both houses of Congress in Brazil’s Oct. 4 general election. Brazil’s main Indigenous ...

We are at a decisive moment. The results of the first round showed that the threats to our territories and our rights may ...

Researchers in the Brazilian Amazon found universal mercury contamination among members of the Yanomami Indigenous group living in a region awash in illegal gold mining, said a study published ...

In a wide-ranging conversation, Brazil’s first minister of Indigenous peoples, Sônia Guajajara, spoke with Democracy Now! at the COP30 climate summit in Belém. She addressed criticisms of the Lula ...

SAO PAULO — President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Thursday announced the creation of two new Indigenous territories for Brazil, bringing the total number of new reserves during this term to 10. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tereza Arapium, an Indigenous candidate running for a seat in the Rio de Janeiro state legislature, stamps leaves with her name ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — It was a historic week for Brazil’s Krenak people, getting both literary esteem and an apology for dictatorship-era crimes — both firsts for the Indigenous people of the country. On ...

TOCANTINIA, Brazil — Fire began crackling like approaching rain on a recent morning in the Xerente Indigenous Territory in Tocantins in northern Brazil. But the Indigenous residents weren't afraid and ...