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Davi Kopenawa Yanomami

Davi Kopenawa Yanomami is a shaman and spokesman for the Yanomami people. He led the long-running international campaign to secure Yanomami land rights, for which he gained recognition in Brazil and around the world. He is central to the ongoing fight of indigenous peoples across Brazil to #StopBrazilsGenocide.

Davi Kopenawa Yanomami is a shaman and spokesman for the Yanomami people. He led the long-running international campaign to secure Yanomami land rights, for which he gained recognition in Brazil and around the world. He is central to the ongoing fight of indigenous peoples across Brazil for their rights.

Videos

"Our land is our heritage"

"Our land is our heritage"

Shaman Davi Kopenawa Yanomami, speaks about what the proposed mining bill would mean for his people.

Davi and the Yanomami

Davi and the Yanomami

Amazonian shaman and leader Davi Kopenawa Yanomami on his tribe's life and land, shamanism and hi...

"The illegal miners killed two Yanomami"

"The illegal miners killed two Yanomami"

While most Yanomami have some sporadic contact with mainstream society, some are uncontacted. Ind...

Images

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Davi Kopenawa Yanomami © Pablo Levinas/Survival
Davi Kopenawa, shaman and spokesman of the Yanomami tribe, Brazil. Davi is also the President of Hutukara Yanomami Association. © Fiona Watson/Survival
Davi and Survival protesting in London in the 90's. © Survival International
Yanomami women and children rest in a forest garden, Brazil. The Yanomami grow around 60 crops in these gardens, which account for 80% of their food supply. © Fiona Watson/Survival
Davi Kopenawa surrounded by children in Demini, Brazil © Fiona Watson/Survival
Yanomami woman, Brazil © Fiona Watson/Survival
Davi Yanomami and Survival International’s former Director Stephen Corry in 1989, on Davi’s first trip outside Brazil: Survival won the Right Livelihood Award, and asked Davi to accept it on Survival’s behalf. © Survival
Yanomami boy, Brazil © © Fiona Watson/Survival
Davi and Survival’s Fiona Watson at a public event during Davi’s first trip outside Brazil, in 1989. © Survival
Davi and Survival’s former Director Stephen Corry in Weimar, Germany, on the occasion of Davi jointly receiving the Goethe Medaille with photographer and campaigner Claudia Andujar, 2018. © Survival
Davi Yanomami and Survival International’s former Director Stephen Corry at the 1989 Right Livelihood Award ceremony, Davi’s first trip outside Brazil. © Survival
Davi Kopenawa Yanomami and Survival’s Advocacy Director Fiona Watson in Italy for the launch of the Italian edition of Davi’s book The Falling Sky, 2018 © Survival
Davi on the Empire State Building in New York. Survival organized Davi’s first trip to the USA, when he met the UN Secretary General and others to raise awareness of his people’s struggle. 1991 © Survival
Survival International held a regular vigil for many years in the 1990s outside Brazilian Embassies in Europe, to protest the invasion and destruction of the Yanomami’s territory. © Survival
Davi and photographer Claudia Andujar in Weimar, Germany, 2018, with Survival’s former Director Stephen Corry and Advocacy Director Fiona Watson. Andujar and Davi were among the winners of that year’s Goethe Medaille. © Survival
Davi outside the UK’s House of Commons on his first trip outside Brazil, with Survival. 1989. © Survival


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