Abstract:

Nixiwaka Yawanawá is a member of the Yawanawá tribe -- a community of indigenous people who live within the Amazon rainforest -- on the Acre River Headwaters Indigenous Land. Like many other Amazonian tribes, the Yawanawá rely on the rainforest for their subsistence, and the land holds a very deep spiritual significance, Nixiwaka says. However, their land is being illegally invaded and projects like dams, roads, mining and agriculture are destroying their way of life.