The Ka’apor People are an Indigenous nation inhabiting the Amazon rainforest in the state of Maranhão, Brazil. Known for their strong systems of collective governance and territorial defense, the Ka’apor have organized autonomous patrols and community assemblies to protect their forests from illegal logging, mining, and land invasion. Their governance is rooted in ancestral knowledge, communal land stewardship, and collective decision-making, representing a living process of radical democracy, Indigenous self-determination, and commons defense in the Amazon.
| Creation date | 1980 |
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| Topics | Ancestral Knowledge, Commons, Democracy, Environmental justice, Rights |
| Context | Rural |
| Typology | Self-determination movement |
| Languages | Portuguese, Urdu |
| Thematics | Radical Democracy |