“ ANMIGA is composed of indigenous women , originally from the Earth . We know that the root of Brazil comes from us , from the womb of the Earth and from our ancestors . The Mother of Brazil is Indigenous . Brazil never existed and will never exist without us . We understand the importance of political articulation of water-women in constant movement in the stream of struggles . We are the seeds of our ancestors , those who even before the social movement existed already had the traditional and ancestral movement that strengthens us and is present in our territorial body , reflected in our biomes , in our waters and in the seeds that paint , adorn and feed our bodies .
We are because our ancestors were . Indigenous women have always been present in movements : whether in more local movements or at the national level . Women in the communities : midwives , medicine women , shamans , leaders and cacicas . Since the 1980s until today .
Before contact with non-Indigenous peoples , we Indigenous Peoples had our unique way of living and surviving for millennia , which underwent transformations after the arrival of others within our territories . Since then , we have relied on the partnership of non-Indigenous people to preserve and access our rights , sometimes fleeing , sometimes silencing us , sometimes violating our own ways of life , but always resisting . We , indigenous women , gathered and united in the ancestral diversity of our Peoples , are the seed of resistance , wisdom and mastery of the millennial traditional knowledge inherited from our elders , and in respect for them and for those who will come , we will always defend our diverse traditions and cultures practiced in our territories . We have our own indigenous science strengthened in our spiritualities , which unites us in the same purpose : to live in harmony and to practice living well and a good living in our own way .”
— ANMIGA