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The Internet’s Final Frontier: Remote Amazon Tribes Elon Musk’s Starlink has connected an isolated tribe to the outside world — and divided it from within. "The tribe is one of hundreds across Brazil that are suddenly logging on with Starlink..." nytimes.com/2024/06/02/wor…

We have some tragic news: our dear friend @yawanawa has reported devastating flooding. It has wiped out their homes, boats, clothes, and food sources. Please help raise emergency funding for food, fuel and tools! gofundme.com/f/yawanawa-flo…

"At the U.N. climate summit, I [Amy Goodman] spoke to the head of the largest Indigenous delegation in the history of the COP, Sônia Guajajara, Brazil’s first Indigenous cabinet minister. She’s the minister of Indigenous peoples." democracynow.org/2023/12/18/cop…

"The final deal fails to recognise the historic responsibility of the developed countries such as the US, UK, Canada and EU, which got rich by burning fossil fuels and are therefore most responsible for climate breakdown." theguardian.com/environment/20…

📢📢Last call! The #Ogiek need your signature to show that they are not alone in defending their ancestral forests. ✋🏾Help stop the violent forced evictions that are underway. ✍️🏾Sign here: tinyurl.com/mthdufkz

On Tuesday, Nov. 7 at 9am EST, join our colleagues at @equatorinit in honoring the 2023 winners of the #EquatorPrize—Indigenous peoples and local communities who have offered solutions for a climate-positive future. Stream the ceremony live at natureforlifehub.org

“This is a bitter irony,” the Indigenous leaders said in a statement. “That people who have only been on this continent for 235 years would refuse to recognize those whose home this land has been for 60,000 and more years is beyond reason.” thehill.com/policy/interna…

"Indigenous inhabitants in the Amazon are asking the Brazilian government to declare a climate emergency as their villages have no drinking water, food or medicine due to a severe drought that is drying up rivers vital for travel in the rainforest.” reuters.com/business/envir…

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day! "Is Commemorating Columbus Day Offensive?" "Continuing to celebrate Christopher Columbus implies that we are ignoring the well-documented history of his atrocities..." usatoday.com/story/news/rac…

4:30pm - Music by @ericterena & @djuena_tikuna 5pm - Fashion by three incredible Indigenous designers: @mauriciord, @HakhuAmazon, @leosacha, @4Kinship & all Indigenous models including @HastiinNeez, @sam_sateremawe, @tukuma_pataxo and others. We hope to see you there!

This Sunday 9/17, @Tribal_Link will help organize an afternoon of Indigenous wisdom, music, art, & fashion for the climate at @CultureLabLIC, 5-25 46th Ave, Queens, NY. 1-9pm - Holistic and Art Salon Market 4pm - Opening Ceremony by @yawanawa & @LauraSorianoY (cont. in thread)

against indigenous communities based on unfounded rumors. "They say that the demarcations will take land from peasants, and even towns and cities, which is causing terror," she told the Folha de S. Paulo newspaper.

Lula plans to recognize six more reserves before the end of the year, according to Indigenous Peoples Minister Sonia Guajajara. Guajajara claimed that the government's plans to legalize more reserves have provoked threats of violence

An incredible story which will have far-reaching consequences for the Amazon rainforest. nytimes.com/2023/08/19/wor…