*** A good way to help is to send an email to the Brazilian authorities pressuring them to help the Guardians. You can do that here: svlint.org/guardians THANK YOU! *** Extraordinary new footage showing members of the world's #MostThreatenedTribe has been released by an indigenous group in Brazil.
The video, showing uncontacted members of the Awá tribe in Maranhao state, eastern Brazil, was filmed by a neighboring tribe, the Guajajara, who are trying to protect the islands of rainforest in which the Awá live.
The forest in the area is being rapidly destroyed, and Guajajara groups regularly patrol the forests to monitor incursions and evict loggers. Many of them have faced death threats, and some have been killed, as a result.
Olimpio Guajajara, Coordinator of the Guardians of the Amazon, said: “We Guardians are defending our people’s rights, defending the uncontacted Indians, and defending nature for all of us. Three of our Guardians have been assassinated. We need the land to be protected for good.”
The Awá have frequently experienced attacks at the hands of loggers. Most have now been contacted, but some are known to live uncontacted in the last significant areas of forest remaining. The Guajajara saw them while out hunting, and this video provides proof of their existence.
Under President Bolsonaro, loggers and ranchers have been emboldened to increase their assault on indigenous lands. Logging is now rampant in the territory, and loggers’ camps have been spotted close to the uncontacted Awá.
Flay Guajajara of Mídia Índia, who took the footage, said today: “We hope this film produces something positive. We hope it makes an impact around the world to help protect our people and our forest.”
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