They came from all around the country to Brasilia for their 19th annual gathering under the slogan "Terra Livre" (free land) – the first since the return to power in January of leftist leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.  "Our territory is an island of forest with destruction all around," said Yakari Kuikuro Mehinaku, who lives on a reserve in the Alto Xingu region of Brazil's central Mato Grosso state. Lula, who had previously governed from 2003 to 2010, created a  Indigenous Peoples Ministry on his return to office for a third term