Indigenous leader inspires an Amazon city to grant personhood to an endangered river
Associated PressShare Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print The Wari’ people lived independently until the late 1950s and early 1960s and are the largest group of Chapakuran speakers, an isolated language family. Members of an Indigenous Wari’ family sit in their house in the community of Guajara-Mirim, Rondonia state, Brazil, Thursday, July 13, 2023. “It is very good to have it preserved and clean.” An Indigenous Wari’ boy looks to the camera after swimming in the Komi Memem River, named Laje in non-Indigenous maps, in Guajara-Mirim, Rondonia state, Brazil, Thursday, July 13, 2023. Indigenous Wari’ children throw out water from a boat in the Komi Memem River, named Laje in non-Indigenous maps, in Guajara-Mirim, Rondonia state, Brazil, Friday, July 14, 2023. An Indigenous Wari’ boy swims in the Komi Memem River, named Laje in non-Indigenous maps, at Wari’ community in Guajara-Mirim, Rondonia state, Brazil, Thursday, July 13, 2023.
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