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‘I’m taking my vital image back,’ jokes Yanomami shaman Davi Kopenawa
Amazonian Indigenous leader Davi Kopenawa visits Princeton
Davi Kopenawa talks about violence in Western society
“White people, your world makes me very sad”
Davi Yanomami, the “Dalai Lama of the Rainforest,” wins “Alternative Nobel Prize”
'Their cities are full of big houses filled with piles of goods, but they don’t share'
'People in the west live squeezed together, frenzied as wasps in the nest'
Q&A with Davi Kopenawa
'Commodities people, be very careful'
Davi Kopenawa, Yanomami leader and shaman, elected to Brazilian Academy of Sciences
From December 2018 to April 2019, the Yanomami people were the subject of an extraordinary exhibition in São Paulo, The Yanomami Struggle,...
‘I’m taking my vital image back,’ jokes Yanomami shaman Davi Kopenawa
Although tired of many people capturing his picture, Davi was still able to joke that he could take back his 'vital image' from the devices.
Amazonian Indigenous leader Davi Kopenawa visits Princeton
Shaman and Yanomami Indigenous leader Davi Kopenawa spoke at a Princeton panel discussion. Kopenawa has advocated for the Yanomami people's...
Davi Kopenawa talks about violence in Western society
We Yanomami have no liking for what the white people call 'war' in their language. They blame us for arrowing each other, but they are the ones who really make...
“White people, your world makes me very sad”
In this interview, Ehuana Yaira talks about the indivisible relationship between the Forest and the female body. The Yanomami artist and...
Davi Yanomami, the “Dalai Lama of the Rainforest,” wins “Alternative Nobel Prize”
Renowned Yanomami shaman Davi Kopenawa, the “Dalai Lama of the Rainforest,” has won this year's Right Livelihood Award.
'Their cities are full of big houses filled with piles of goods, but they don’t share'
Davi Kopenawa Yanomami is a shaman and a leader of the Yanomami people, known as “The Dalai Lama of the rainforest.” He has spent his life passionately and...
'People in the west live squeezed together, frenzied as wasps in the nest'
John Vidal: An indigenous Yanomami leader and shaman from Brazil shares his views on wealth, the environment and politics.
Q&A with Davi Kopenawa
In April 2014 Davi Kopenawa, a shaman and spokesman of the Yanomami tribe, visited the San Francisco Bay Area to talk about the urgent need to safeguard the...
'Commodities people, be very careful'
Good morning, dear community! The other day, Eliane Brum asked composer and singer Gilberto Gil what he has been dreaming about.
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Yanomami shaman and spokesperson for the Yanomami people; internationally recognized indigenous leader and co-founder/partner of Hutukara Associação Yanomami.