Akuntsu in the news: Indigenous rights win river protection; survivors Pugapia and daughters Aiga and Babawru highlight extinction risk and land defense. Brief: Amazonian tribe of Rondônia, small territory with Kanoê nearby; nearly wiped out in past decades.
In early March 2026, Indigenous groups in Brazil successfully forced the government to revoke a decree privatizing Amazonian rivers after occupying a Cargill grain terminal in Para. This victory protects the Tapajós River from dredging projects that threatened Indigenous territories and the rainforest. Meanwhile, in Rondonia, the birth of a boy to the nearly extinct Akuntsu tribe offers hope for their survival amid ongoing deforestation.