After traveling more than 35 hours by land, air and sea from Mato Grosso, Brazil’s Xingu Indigenous Park, Brazilian Indigenous activist and Chief Tapi Yawalapiti arrived on Northwestern’s ...

Canadian mining company Belo Sun wants to build a huge gold mine in the Big Bend of the Xingu River in the Brazilian Amazon, but faces opposition from Indigenous communities. In addition to the ...

From 2002 to 2023, Xingu Indigenous Park lost 15 percent of its primary forest, equaling 368,000 hectares (900,000 acres), with 2016 being the most devastating year due to widespread fires.

Surrounded by soy fields and cattle pastures, Xingu Indigenous Park and Capoto/Jarina Indigenous Territory — still shrouded in rainforest — stand out like a green thumb in Brazil’s Mato ...

The World Bank’s Board of Directors has approved a new project to protect forests and promote sustainable development in the Lower Xingu region, in the state of ...

Anitta got her body painted by indigenous people during a Kuarup ceremony in Xingu, but it was her butt that stole the show in a new video ...

Anitta’s visit to the Kuikuro village in the Xingu Indigenous Park (MT) sparked controversy on social media. On that occasion, the singer took part in the Quarup, a funeral ceremony honoring the ...

Created by British artist Sarah Ball, the artwork is titled “Megascops Stangiae,” referring to the scientific name of this species only found in the Indigenous Xingu region of Brazil.

The Lower Xingu is home to vast protected areas and Indigenous territories that are essential for climate regulation, biodiversity conservation, and local livelihoods.

After meeting with indigenous leaders of the Kuikuro — an indigenous group from the Xingu region of Brazil — in 1991, Heckenberger sought to understand their culture and the differences ...

When it comes to making a statement, Anitta knows how to do it with charisma, authenticity, and cultural respect. The global pop queen is once again at the center of… The post Social Media Can’t Stop ...

The “From the Ashes” exhibition in London featured Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists whose work used ink, pigment and pastels created from ash and charcoal left by Amazon wildfires.