Raoni Metuktire, also known as Chief Raoni or Ropni, is an Indigenous Brazilian leader and environmentalist. He is a chief of the Kayapo people, a Brazilian Indigenous group from the plain lands of the Mato Grosso and Pará in Brazil, south of the Amazon River and along Xingu River and its tributaries.
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Raoni with Sting in 1989 in Paris
Raoni in a conference in Brazil in April 2006
Raoni and French President Jacques Chirac in May 2000 at The Élysée Palace.
Raoni holding his international petition against the Belo Monte Dam in Paris.
Lula besides the people that delivered him the presidential sash in his third presidential inaugurationAwards 4
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Ingrid BetancourtAlso won honorary citizen of Paris
Amos GitaiAlso won honorary doctorate from Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University
Oleh SentsovAlso won honorary citizen of Paris
Robin HartshorneAlso won honorary doctorate from Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University
Mumia Abu-JamalAlso won honorary citizen of Paris
Hu JiaAlso won honorary citizen of ParisAbout this person
Raoni Metuktire, also known as Chief Raoni or Ropni, is an Indigenous Brazilian leader and environmentalist. He is a chief of the Kayapo people, a Brazilian Indigenous group from the plain lands of the Mato Grosso and Pará in Brazil, south of the Amazon River and along Xingu River and its tributaries. He is internationally famous as a living symbol of the fight for the preservation of the Amazon rainforest and indigenous culture.
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