“The fight to defend Indigenous territories and humanity will only be possible if each of us takes responsibility for the future”

“The fight to defend Indigenous territories and humanity will only be possible if each of us takes responsibility for the future”

This month, as we celebrate the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, Stand.earth speaks with Luene Karipuna, a leader of the Karipuna people from Oiapoque, Brazil. At 27, Luene is the first young woman to serve as executive coordinator of the organization representing 11 Indigenous Peoples in Amapá and northern Pará. Her journey is deeply rooted in the territory where she grew up and in the teachings of a family of shamans and le…