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during these events, and had an interpreter translate for her. She also advocated for indigenous groups' access to electricity and spoke out against the expansion of mining efforts in indigenous land. She strongly criticized the passing of PL do Marco
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At age 17, Tuíre and her family moved back to her father's village, Kubēnkrãkêj. Her parents died shortly afterwards. Tuíre and her infant son moved to the village of Aukre, where she met her husband, Takaktô, from the village of
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in 2023, and began undergoing treatment that same year. She died from the disease on 10 August 2024, while receiving palliative care in
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768:"Tuíre Kayapó convoca luta contra marco temporal: 'O branco só quer destruir a nossa Amazônia'"
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In August 2019, she helped organize the first March of
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in the late 2010s. In 2024, painter Éder
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409:"'This Is My Land': The Indigenous Women Chiefs Protecting the Amazon"
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Yolaçan and Tuíre had first met during a residency Yolaçan had in
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taken of the event brought her name into the public consciousness.
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and the aunt of aspiring politician Maial
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890:"Kayapó chief Tuire interview with artist Pinar Yolaçan"
858:Camargos, Daniel; Harari, Isabel (10 August 2024).
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