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May our utopia be a future on Earth
Speech at COP26 My name is Txai Suruí. I am only 24 years old, but my people have lived in the Amazon rainforest for at least 6,000 years. My father, the great chief Almir Suruí, taught me that we must listen to the stars, the moon, the wind, the animals, and the trees. Today the…
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August 25: Turtle Island and Abya Yala Converge in the Indigenous Struggle for Life
Today is a day of great relevance in the continental struggle of indigenous peoples in defense of their territories and the right to Free, Prior, and Informed Consultation. It is a day when the struggles of the northern and southern hemispheres converge in the recognition of indigenous peoples as subjects of law, as fundamental actors…
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From the Amazon: Letter to Mother Earth
We share a beautiful letter from indigenous people in the Amazon in celebration of Mother Earth Day. This letter was read live by a representative of the youth network during a panel organized by the Coordination of Indigenous Organizations of the Brazilian Amazon (COIAB), broadcast live thanks to Mídia Ninja. You can access the original…
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Brazilian Court Calls for $1 Million Daily Fine to End Illegal Mining in Indigenous Lands
A federal court in Brazil has ruled that unless illegal miners or garimpeiros are removed from Yanomami lands in the next 10 days, government institutions in Brazil will be fined $1 million reais (close to $182K in US dollars) until they comply with this order. This story has significant consequences on how Amazon forests are…
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Brazil: Planned Extermination of Indigenous People in Voluntary Isolation
From Awasqa Editors: Deep in the Amazon rainforest live one of the most vulnerable populations: indigenous tribes in voluntary isolation, or uncontacted tribes that have chosen to live away from civilizatory colonial advances of “modern” society. Their exact population is unknown but it spans across several borders in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, and other…
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Urgent Climate Action Requires Defending the Defenders: Indigenous Peoples at Risk
Photo: Greta Thunberg and Guardians of the Forest, @GuardianesBos. As millions of children, youth, and their parents or mentors bravely take the streets around the world (in 150 countries!) this Friday, September 20, to strike for the climate; we at Awasqa have been thinking how it’s usually those who are most at risk who often…
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Indigenous women and peasants unite for the largest women’s action in Brazil
SOURCE: MidiaNinja, translated from Portuguese by Awasqa. The Margaridas meeting was attended by 100,000 people in Brasilia. The first march of indigenous women joins the peasants to fight against social setbacks. To resist the current political scenario, indigenous women decided to unify movements. The first March of Indigenous Women will occur simultaneously with the March…
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Pequi, A Medicinal Tree, Promoted by the Indigenous Communities of Brazil Against Monocultures
In the Alto Xingu area, 16 indigenous communties of Mato Grosso, the most deforested state by the soja monoculture agroindustry, are struggling to preserve the rainforest and their way of life, as well as protect water, land and their territories. Among the species of endemic trees with which they have been reforesting the land is…