Raoni's 1 600-strong community has a two-pronged approach to defending its ancestral homeland: conducting patrols against ...

His home village of Metuktire, named after his clan belonging to the Kayapo people, is accessible chiefly by boat along the Xingu River, a tributary of the Amazon. Chief Raoni Metuktire is the ...

at his Raoni Institute for Indigenous people's rights in the jungle city of Peixoto de Azevedo several hours from his small village of Metuktire on the banks of the Xingu River. Raoni is expected ...

Emily Craddock, 27, was working as a radio officer on the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise when she vanished on December 12 as it sailed on the Xingu River, 1,500 miles north of Rio de Janeiro.

Join ICT and IndiJ Public Media’s 2024 End of Year Campaign in honor of Mark Trahant’s 50-year legacy in Indigenous journalism. Help us reach our goal of $75,000 by Dec. 31 to celebrate and ...

Indigenous peoples in Brazil have won a new right: a share in the profits of hydroelectric plants that cause them harm when built on or near their lands.