What is Raoni Metuktire?
[[File:Raoni le 24 septembre 2011.JPG|right|200px]] '''Raoni Metuktire''' (born {{circa|1930}}), also known as '''Chief Raoni''' or '''Ropni''',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/01/kayapo/brown-text |title=Kayapo Courage |last=Brown |first=Chip |work=National Geographic |date=Jan 2014 |access-date=5 Feb 2016 |archive-date=26 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126014125/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/01/kayapo/brown-text |url-status=dead }}</ref> is a Brazilian leader and [[environmentalist]]. He is a chief of the [[Kayapo]] people, a [[indigenous peoples in Brazil|Brazilian Indigenous group]] from the plain lands of the [[Mato Grosso]] and [[Pará]] in [[Brazil]]. He is internationally famous as a living symbol of the fight for the preservation of the [[Amazon rainforest]] and [[indigenous culture]]. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.raoni.com/ Official website] *[http://www.rainforestfoundationuk.org/ Rainforest Foundation] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110616010902/http://amazonwatch.org/ Amazon Watch] {{DEFAULTSORT:Metuktire, Raoni}} [[Category:1930 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Brazilian environmentalists]] [[Category:People from Mato Grosso]] {{bio-stub}}