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an estimated 15,000 Juma people were located in the Amazonas state
After years of disease and massacres at the hands of rubber tappers
After a massacre in 1964 by the townspeople of Tapaua for access to resources on Juma land
only one man was left in the patrilineal society
after his brother-in-law died in a panther attack
and Boreá Juma — took matters into their own hands
Here's how the Juma is keeping their culture alive in efforts led by the daughters of the last male chief
The last remaining Juma decided that the death of Aruká wouldn't result in the extinction of their tribe
Mandeí picked up the mantle of chief and has been doing her best to keep their traditions
The Juma were forcibly removed from their land in 1998 to the Rondônia state and married members of the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau tribe to keep the tribe alive
The move was difficult for the remaining Juma
The Associated Press reported that Aruká's sister and brother-in-law died of sadness just months after their move to their new location
has broken with the patrilineal tradition of the tribe and has adopted his mother
"I kind of broke the anthropology rules and followed my mother's lineage," Puré
and changed his legal name to add his mothers
His full name is now Puré Juma Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau
Plans to pave a highway near the Juma territory increase the risk of people trying to take Juma land
The Juma also have been targeted by anti-Indigenous groups who claim the government goes too far in protecting Indigenous groups and providing large swaths of land despite their size
As deforestation across the Amazon increases to make room for cattle and soybean farming
"The river doesn't fill with water as it used to ..
The water shouldn't dry up so much like this," Mandeí told the AP
Our concern is this: Why is this happening
Kaninde, a local Indigenous non-profit, donated drones to the Juma to help them monitor remote areas against loggers
Aruká Juma was the last fluent speaker of the Juma language. After his family was forcibly removed from their land, he expressed his discontent that he was unable to speak with his grandchildren
"Because we were few, people didn't recognize or respect us," Mandeí told AP. "There had never been a woman leader before, and then people came to tell me, 'You shouldn't have assumed it because you're a woman.'"
At first, that hurt, she said. But that didn't stop Mandeí from doing the impossible and keeping the Juma alive.
"I adapted to seek solutions for our people," Mandeí said.
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