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I wanted to be the first person to hear the plane and the white people arriving.
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I grew up learning how to garden in the Amazon, about the spiritual world, she recalls.
I buried these stories my entire life until I began writing my story, she says.
I decided to include some of these in the book as a way of healing myself.
Indigenous activist Nemonte Nenquimo (centre), pictured during a protest.
Indigenous activist Nemonte Nenquimo (centre), pictured during a protest.
My people always lived free in the forest and they want to continue living free in the forest.
We need to protect it.
Nenquimo with her husband Mitch Anderson and daughter Daime.
It was through this experience, building access to clean water, that we fell in love.
Nenquimo with her husband Mitch Anderson and daughter Daime.
Ultimately, what they did was cause a lot of harm and trauma, she says.
Its a crucial message in the context of the climate crisis were facing.
Shes just demanding to be respected.
We Will Be Jaguars by Nemonte Nenquimo and Mitch Anderson isout now.
