Indigenous warrior women take fight to save ancestral lands to Brazilian capital

Jair Bolsonaro is backing a legal move to open up large tracts of indigenous territory to commercial exploitation that tribal members call an extermination effort'

More than 5,000 indigenous women have marched through Brazil's capital to denounce the historic assault on native lands they say is unfolding under the country's far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro.

Female representatives of more than 170 of Brazil's 300-plus tribes have gathered in Brasilia in recent days to oppose highly controversial attempts to strip back indigenous land rights and open their territories to mining operations and agribusiness.