The Cinta Larga (or Cinturão Largo) are a people indigenous to the western Amazon Rainforest of Brazil, numbering almost 2,000.

Their name means "broad belt" in Portuguese, referring to large bark sashes the tribe once wore.

[2] Since the 1920s, the tribe has often come into violent conflict with prospectors entering the region to harvest rubber, timber, gold or diamonds.

[3][4] It is believed the plane made a first pass over the village, dropping sugar to lure a crowd to the central plaza.

In exchange for an $810,000 community grant from the Brazilian government, the tribe agreed to shut down the mine and refrain from killing intruders.