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Indigenous woman in Brazilian city

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Artemis Cruz is a Tikuna indigenous woman in Manaus, Brazil. Her family moved to the city three decades ago from a forest village in the Alto Solimoes region of the Amazon. Along with others from the Tikuna indigenous community, beginning in the 90s they centered their life in the Cidade de Deus neighborhood of Manaus. With assistance from the Catholic Church's Indigenous Mission Council, known as CIMI, they formed the Wotchimaucu Community, today a center for Tikuna culture and for Tikuna newcomers migrating to the city. Cruz is one of several dancers in the community that seeks to keep indigenous culture alive in the urban setting.

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Paul Jeffrey
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Amazon, Brazil, Amazon, Indigenous
Artemis Cruz is a Tikuna indigenous woman in Manaus, Brazil. Her family moved to the city three decades ago from a forest village in the Alto Solimoes region of the Amazon. Along with others from the Tikuna indigenous community, beginning in the 90s they centered their life in the Cidade de Deus neighborhood of Manaus. With assistance from the Catholic Church's Indigenous Mission Council, known as CIMI, they formed the Wotchimaucu Community, today a center for Tikuna culture and for Tikuna newcomers migrating to the city. Cruz is one of several dancers in the community that seeks to keep indigenous culture alive in the urban setting.