Babawru, a woman in her 40s, along with her mother and sister, believed they would be the last surviving members of the ...

One official calls a newborn boy "a symbol of the resistance of the Akuntsu people, but also a source of hope for Indigenous ...

When Brazil’s Indigenous protection agency announced that the Akuntsu people — a tribe reduced to just three women — had ...

JUMA INDIGENOUS TERRITORY, Brazil (AP) — At night, in this village near the Assua River in Brazil, the rainforest reverberates. The sound of generators at times competes with the forest, a sign that ...

The life of Varî Vãti Marubo shows how much life has changed for the rainforest’s Indigenous tribes — and how much has stayed the same. Varî Vãti Marubo is likely one of the oldest people still living ...

Juma Indigenous Territory, Amazonas, BrazilJuma Indigenous Territory, Amazonas, Brazil — At night, in this village near the Assua River in Brazil, the rainforest reverberates. The sound of generators ...

Until recently, the Juma seemed destined to disappear like countless other Amazon tribes. In the late 1990s, the last remaining family consisted of an elderly man and his three daughters. But under ...

Thanks to AP climate reporter Fabiano Maisonnave’s unmatched contacts in the Brazilian Amazon, a region he’s covered extensively for years, the AP secured unique access to the remote and rarely ...