Raoni Metuktire
Raoni Metuktire (born c. 1930), also known as Chief Raoni or Ropni,[1] is a Brazilian leader and environmentalist. He is a chief of the Kayapo people, a Brazilian Indigenous group from the plain lands of the Mato Grosso and Pará in Brazil. He is internationally famous as a living symbol of the fight for the preservation of the Amazon rainforest and indigenous culture.
Raoni Metuktire Media
Raoni with Sting in 1989 in Paris
Raoni in a conference in Brazil in April 2006
Raoni and French President Jacques Chirac in May 2000 at The Élysée Palace.
Raoni holding his international petition against the Belo Monte Dam in Paris.
Lula besides the people that delivered him the presidential sash in his third presidential inauguration
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References
- ↑ Brown, Chip. Kayapo Courage. National Geographic (Jan 2014). Retrieved 5 Feb 2016.