CHIEF KRETÃ KAINGANG

A longtime executive coordinator of APIB (Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil) for the Southern region, he fights for the demarcation of his people’s territories as well as for the preservation of the Araucaria forest—an integral part of the Atlantic Forest—severely affected by deforestation. He is known for leading opposition to hydraulic fracturing (fracking) projects […]

CHIEF RAONI METUKTIRE

An Indigenous leader of global renown and a tireless defender of the Amazon, the Cacique (chief) Raoni Metuktire participated, together with the Villas-Bôas brothers, in the creation of the Xingu National Park in 1961, the first protected Indigenous land in Brazil. He played a major role in the recognition of the constitutional rights of Indigenous […]