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Aritana Yawalapiti

Yawalapiti Chief Aritana is seen in the Xingu National Park, Mato Grosso State, May 9, 2012.

Brazil’s Indigenous communities suffer grave losses from coronavirus 

August 25, 2020COVID-19

More than 700 Indigenous people have died from the coronavirus while more than 27,000 have been infected across 155 tribes. The loss of many ancestral leaders is taking its toll. 

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