Thousands of Amazon Indigenous people are leaving their villages in a migration to urban areas in Brazil, reshaping their lives and their tribes. Leaders worry that their villages and culture will wither while their people are mired in a new urban poverty.
Kids play in Atalaia do Norte, Amazonas state, Brazil, March 1, 2023. Scores of Indigenous families have left their territory in the Javari Valley, for the impoverished city of Atalaia do Norte, some in pursuit of a better education and drawn by a federal benefit that can ensnare them in the city. Tumi Tuku works in a bakery in Atalaia do Norte, Amazonas state, Brazil, March 2, 2023.
Indigenous people march to protest against the killings of Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira and freelance British journalist Dom Phillips, in Atalaia do Norte, Vale do Javari, Amazonas state, Brazil, Monday, June 13, 2022. The Matis tribe, who’ve known the outside world for less than 50 years, now have about half of their 600-strong population now live in the city. Binin Matis, president of the Matis Tribe association, poses in front of his office in Atalaia do Norte, Amazonas state, Brazil, Feb.
A Matis Indigenous man takes part in a protest against the killings of Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira and freelance British journalist Dom Phillips, in Atalaia do Norte, Vale do Javari, Amazonas state, Brazil, June 13, 2022.The Matis tribe, who’ve known the outside world for less than 50 years, now have about half of their 600-strong population now live in the city.
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