In Brazil, A Tale as Old as Colonization: Why Indigenous Land Defenders Are Particularly Targeted by Extractive Industries

Explore the ongoing fight to protect native land and water rights, with a focus on the events leading up to the Standing Rock protests. Highlight the struggles of the Uruwawa people in the Brazilian Amazon to protect their land from agribusiness and logging. Examine the history and impact of the Doctrine of Discovery, a legal doctrine used to justify land seizure from Indigenous peoples. Discover the concept of Tera Nellius and the use of drones to safeguard Indigenous territories.