• A Ka’apor Indian warrior chases a logger with a stick after he tried to escape after he was captured.
    A Ka’apor Indian warrior chases a logger with a stick after he tried to escape after he was captured.
  • A Ka’apor Indian warrior carries a confiscated chainsaw. The words on the warrior’s shirt read, ‘Indigenous Environmental Guard’.
    A Ka’apor Indian warrior carries a confiscated chainsaw. The words on the warrior’s shirt read, ‘Indigenous Environmental Guard’.
  • A Ka’apor Indian warrior pours petrol on a logging lorry before setting fire to it.
    A Ka’apor Indian warrior pours petrol on a logging lorry before setting fire to it.
  • A group of warriors depart on the expedition to search for and expel loggers from the Alto Turiacu Indian territory. The warriors set up monitoring camps in the areas that are being illegally exploited.
    A group of warriors depart on the expedition to search for and expel loggers from the Alto Turiacu Indian territory. The warriors set up monitoring camps in the areas that are being illegally exploited.
  • A logging lorry is set alight.
    A logging lorry is set alight.
  • Tired of what they say is a lack of sufficient government assistance in keeping loggers off their land, the Ka’apor Indians, who along with four other tribes are the legal inhabitants and caretakers of the territory.
    Tired of what they say is a lack of sufficient government assistance in keeping loggers off their land, the Ka’apor Indians, who along with four other tribes are the legal inhabitants and caretakers of the territory.
  • Warriors tie up loggers.
    Warriors tie up loggers.
  • A lorry carries logs along a dirt road leading out of the Alto Turiacu Indian territory.
    A lorry carries logs along a dirt road leading out of the Alto Turiacu Indian territory.
  • Ka’apor Indian warriors gesture to members of their tribe after being sent out to find illegal loggers.
    Ka’apor Indian warriors gesture to members of their tribe after being sent out to find illegal loggers.
  • A Ka’apor Indian warrior watches as loggers run off after being released.
    A Ka’apor Indian warrior watches as loggers run off after being released.
  • A Ka’apor Indian warrior gets ready to set a lorry on fire.
    A Ka’apor Indian warrior gets ready to set a lorry on fire.
  • A Ka’apor Indian warrior stands holding a rifle.
    A Ka’apor Indian warrior stands holding a rifle.
  • A Ka’apor Indian warrior uses a chainsaw to ruin one of the logs they found.
    A Ka’apor Indian warrior uses a chainsaw to ruin one of the logs they found.

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In pictures: Amazon Indian warriors fight for their trees

Robert Mickelson

September 05, 2014

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Tired of what they say is a lack of sufficient government assistance in keeping loggers off their land, the Ka’apor Indians, who along with four other tribes are the legal inhabitants and caretakers of the territory, have sent their warriors out to expel all loggers. All photos by Lunae Parracho / Reuters

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