Rumor: Photograph shows the chief of Brazil's Kayapó tribe weeping over the approval of a hydroelectric dam project that will destroy tribal forest areas.

Kayapo tribe gets trust fund for Amazon protection Kayapo tribe gets trust fund for Amazon protection mongabay.com June 11, 2008 The government of the Brazilian state of Pará and Conservation ...

The tribe is a subgroup of the Kayapo tribe, and lives on its 4.9-million-hectare (12.1-million-acre) Menkregnoti Indian reservation, Moura said. • Click here for FOXNews.com's Americas section.

Tejubi, 21 and a member of the Uru-eu-Wau-Wau tribe in the state of Rondônia, said her uncle had long been an environmental defender, patroling Indigenous territories and protecting it against ...

Stuckert, who has been a professional photographer for over 25 years, started taking pictures of Brazil's indigenous people since 1996, when he visited a Yanomami tribe. (Pictured) Bejà, a Kayapo ...

Indigenous leader Paulinho Paiakan of Kayapo tribe, takes part in a protest against Brazil's president Michel Temer for the violation of indigenous people's rights, in Brasilia (photo credit: REUTERS) ...

These events are sponsored by Purdue’s Native American Educational and Cultural Center. “An Evening with Kayapó and Mebengokre Leaders and Artists” is 4:30-6:30 p.m. Tuesday (March 7) in Mann Hall ...

A rtists of Garantido and Caprichoso Cultural Association honor Indigenous leader of the Kayapo tribe Cacique Raoni Metuktire and perform during the annual folklore festival known as Boi Bumba at ...

Indigenous leader of the Kayapo tribe, Cacique Raoni Metuktire, is honoured at the annual folklore festival known as Boi Bumba, in northern Brazil Artists of Garantido and Caprichoso Cultural ...

With his feathered crown and wooden lip plate, Chief Raoni of the Kayapo tribe is instantly recognizable the world over. He has met with presidents, ...

Alessandra Korap of the Munduruku tribe conducts a boat patrol on the Jamanxim River with Chief Juarez, 61, while monitoring illegal mining on Indigenous land in the Amazon. Lynsey Addario ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Kayapó filmmakers from the Central Brazilian Amazon are visiting Purdue University in early March. There will be a public film screening and discussion of Kayapó documentaries ...