Covering territorial defence actions on Panará Land. Indians almost extinct in the 1970s, forced to...
In the 1970s, the Indigenous people of Panará were uprooted from their land due to the construction of the BR-163 highway connecting Cuiabá to Santarém. This highway construction project was part of the National Integration Program initiated by the Brazilian Military Dictatorship (1964-1985). The Panará were relocated to Xingu Indigenous park, and the poorly planned transfer pushed the community to the brink of extinction as 80% of its population died.
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But the Panará are resolute survivors who have returned to their land, in Mato Grosso, after fighting a legal battle. Follow this story of struggle and resistance of a people who refused to be forgotten.
