# @rewild on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DNLOBuTRCi0
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/33293661-rewild-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-08-10T12:57:02.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Re:wild (@rewild) — https://gondola.cc/rewild

## Caption

✊🏾 She raised a machete — and gave the world a reason to listen.

In 1989, when a massive hydroelectric project threatened to drown Kayapó land and the Xingu River, Tuíra Kayapó stood face to face with the project’s director. She brandished her machete — not to harm, but to make him see. The world did. For the time, the dam was stopped. 🌿

Though the dam was later completed in 2016, the 1989 gathering became a turning point for Tuíre and for Indigenous resistance. It amplified Indigenous women’s voices and inspired new movements across the Amazon; her courage continues to echo far beyond Brazil. 🇧🇷

🌱 Today, on the anniversary of her passing, we honor her legacy in the spirit of International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. Her story is not only history — it is a reminder that Indigenous Peoples remain the first line of defense for the Amazon, and for the health of our planet.

➡️ Learn more - link in bio! Through kayapoproject, supported by rewild, the Kayapó People continue to defend more than 23 million acres of rainforest, protecting their rich culture and vital biodiversity for all of us.

📸: giuliannemartins
🎥: simone.giovine
un4indigenous #TuiraKayapo #IndigenousPeoplesDay #Kayapo #Amazon #IndigenousRights #ForestGuardians #WeAreIndigenous #IndigenousDay #IndigenousVoices #ClimateJustice #IndigenousLeadership #LandDefenders

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landdefenders, indigenousday, kayapo, tuirakayapo, indigenousrights, indigenouspeoplesday, climatejustice, amazon, indigenousleadership, weareindigenous, indigenousvoices, forestguardians

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