Self-identified as Tikmũ’ũn, the Maxakali people now live in a small fraction of their original territory, which extended across the northeastern hills of Minas Gerais state.
Confined to four small Indigenous reserves taken over by pasture, the Maxakali suffer from hunger, diseases and high mortality rates; they also lack the Atlantic Forest, essential for maintaining their rich and complex cosmology.
By Xavier Bartaburu
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/why-the-maxakali-people-are-calling-on-their-spirits-to-recover-the-atlantic-forest/
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