Indigenous Brazilians send Urgent Plea for Help

‘WE ARE FACING A VIOLENT GENOCIDE’

by September 2, 2015

An urgent plea for help has surfaced from the state of Mato Grosso do Sul in southern Brazil, where a local Indigenous activist has accessed various social media platforms to broadcast the current state of crisis, and ongoing genocide of Indigenous Peoples in the region.

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Portraits of Tribal Heroines for Women’s Day

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braz-awa-tn-2011-3968-final_gallery_largeLittle Butterfly, a young girl from the nomadic Awá people, the Earth’s most threatened tribe.
 

On International Women’s Day, Survival International profiles the stories of the world’s tribal women.

For women of the Awá hunter-gatherer tribe in the Brazilian Amazon, an egalitarian society is normal; some Awá women even take several husbands, a practice known as polyandry….http://www.survival..

On International Women’s Day, Survival International profiles the stories of the world’s tribal women.

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