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It was pretty much ‘business as usual’ for the month of February. Corporations continued acting as innocent third parties while Governments continued to demand indigenous People allow the theft of their lands and destruction of their cultures without question. “It’s in your best interests,” we’re told. “It’s for the greater good.”

Amidst this however, there was one important shift in the world this month–one that we can only hope will catch on in greater force. Governments began pulling back the reins of development, and a few corporations and Shareholders started withdrawing from and speaking …

The Yanomami have been recently speaking out against a new law in Brazil which if approved, would allow mining on indigenous territories.

Davi Yanomami, was recently interviewed by Survival International, telling them: “I am very worried about the mining law. It will destroy our heartland. We use the water that flows through Yanomami land for drinking, cooking, washing and bathing.”

Davi also says he wants to inform others about what they are up against, and has asked “you who live far away” to help spread their message,
that the land of the …