Indigenous soccer players from the Gaviao Kyikateje club are getting ready for a Para championship match in the changing rooms of the Bom Jesus do Tocantins stadium. Gaviao Kyikateje became the first indigenous women's soccer team in Brazilian history to compete in a professional league. In the Amazon, in the state of Para, indigenous women see soccer as a new opportunity to be seen and heard. Unfortunately, this does not prevent racism and discrimination.

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Keywords: amazon, brazil, discrimination, discriminations, football, indigenous, jungle, natives, people, racism, rainforest, rights, soccer, sports