Tag: indians

Deed to Indians’ Land Gets Lost on Its Way to the Brazilian President’s Desk

The last stage in the process of recognizing an indigenous land in Brazil is ...

US Study in Brazilian Amazon Disputes Belief that Grammar Has Universal Features

Two studies that appear in the August/October 2005 issue of Current Anthropology challenge established ...

Repossession of Indian Land in Brazil Comes with Death

One indigenous person from Brazil was killed and five were injured after ranchers reacted ...

Gunmen Kill One Indian and Hurt Four Others In Land Dispute in Brazil

A Guarani Indian was shot dead early on Sunday morning, June 26, by heavily ...

100 Indians Under Siege by Armed Cattle Ranchers in Brazil

According to Amnesty International, a group of around 100 Guarani Indians reportedly occupied a ...

Brazilian Indians Want Paper Firm to Give Back Their Land

Around 500 Tupinikim and Guarani indigenous people in the municipality of Aracruz, in the ...

Brazilian Indians Get Vitamin A to Boost Immunity

Brazil’s National Health Foundation (Funasa) began, April 4, the distribution of capsules containing megadoses ...

Indians Get Electricity in Brazil. 10 Million People Still Lack It.

The conclusion of the electrification project in the Indian village of Escalvado, in the ...

Brazilian Indians Get Six New Reserves

In a ceremony held today in the Planalto Palace, in BrasÀ­lia, capital of Brazil, ...

New Reservation to Repay Debt Brazil Owes Indians, Says Lula

On Friday, April 15, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed a decree ...