The indigenous influencer joined and will be able to run for election as federal deputy in .
“It’s a party that, in some way, represents what I believe in. Novo supports entrepreneurship, wants to free people through the economy. I defend this for indigenous people too,” she told the Panel.
Criticized by indigenous movements for her right-wing positions, she does not talk about a future candidacy, although the expectation exists within Novo. “I don’t know yet”. The indigenous woman lives in a village in Alto Xingu (MT) and presents herself as a mix of four ethnicities (Kalapalo, Nafukuá, Aweti and Matipu).
Ysani has been active on social media “since the days of Orkut”. “I’ve been on the internet since 2008, when we weren’t called influencers yet. But I’m part of the first generation of indigenous influencers. At that time, I received a lot of insults for being indigenous, I was beaten a lot virtually. I heard that Indians aren’t people, that Indians are animals, that I should get off the internet because an Indian’s place is in the bush”, he stated.
She became better known in 2019, when she embarked on the then president’s (PL) delegation to , which earned her , as Atix (Associação Terra Indígena Xingu).
“They call themselves the official representatives of the see my people going hungry. I want the people to have economic development so they don’t depend on the government”, he said.
Ysani states that she once led an organized indigenous movement, between 2011 and 2014, when she was fighting against , and says that, in general, she has always had a bad experience with NGOs.
“I saw that they were acting more out of self-interest than out of social interest. I started acting alone,” she said. “And there are always some traitorous chiefs”, he added, still talking about the Belo Monte case.
Ysani in 2020. He said that the former president did not carry out the necessary restructuring at . “I don’t give a damn to politicians. I stopped supporting him,” she said, adding that Funai remains in bad shape.
“Funai’s regional offices are abandoned. It was good in the 1980s and 1990s. That’s when Funai did the most for the Indians. From 2000 onwards, it’s only gone downhill”, she criticized.
However, she remains active on social media. “I continue to talk about the indigenous issue, but now I use humor to capture people’s attention”, she explained, who in 2025 intends to present an indigenous podcast, on her own YouTube channel, in addition to releasing a book.
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