Thousands of indigenous protesters gathered in Brasilia on Wednesday (25 August) as Brazil's Supreme Court prepared to take up a case that could eliminate reservations on their ancestral lands.

Some demonstrators in the Brazilian capital carried bows and arrows and wore traditional headdresses. Organisers said it was the biggest indigenous protest ever in Brazil, with an estimated 6,000 demonstrators preparing to march to the high court when it opens its session.

The court will consider a case that could remove protected status for some native lands, opening them to agribusiness and mining.

The protesters, made up of 170 ethnic groups, established a protest camp on Sunday, promising a week of activities against what they call systematic persecution under far-right President Jair Bolsonaro since he took office in 2019.

This footage was filmed and produced 25 August 2021.

Thousands of indigenous protesters gathered in the Brazilian capital, bearing bows and arrows and traditional headdresses, as the Supreme Court prepared to take up a case Wednesday that could eliminate reservations on their ancestral lands. In what organizers say is the biggest indigenous protest ever in Brazil, an estimated 6,000 demonstrators prepared to march to the high court when it opens its session to consider a case that could remove protected status for some native lands, opening them to agribusiness and mining.

The video shows Indigenous people protesting in Brazilian capital against a law that decrease its original lands. The protesters, who hail from more than 170 ethnic groups, are also fighting what they call systematic persecution under President Jair Bolsonaro since the far-right leader took office in 2019.

This footage was filmed and produced 25 August 2021.

Thousands of indigenous protesters gathered in the Brazilian capital, bearing bows and arrows and traditional headdresses, as the Supreme Court prepared to take up a case Wednesday that could eliminate reservations on their ancestral lands. In what organizers say is the biggest indigenous protest ever in Brazil, an estimated 6,000 demonstrators prepared to march to the high court when it opens its session to consider a case that could remove protected status for some native lands, opening them to agribusiness and mining.

The video shows Indigenous people protesting in Brazilian capital against a law that decrease its original lands. The protesters, who hail from more than 170 ethnic groups, are also fighting what they call systematic persecution under President Jair Bolsonaro since the far-right leader took office in 2019.