Tag: indians
Survey Shows: Brazilian Indians Are Less Illiterate and More Evangelical
Illiteracy among Indians in Brazil fell sharply in the decade between 1991, when it ...
Brazil’s Indians Growing Six Times Faster Than Average Population
A survey by the Brazilian government statistical bureau (IBGE) has found that Brazil’s Indian ...
UN Hears About Plight of Brazilian Indian
The assassination of Indians in Brazil and the risky situation of human right defenders ...
Brazil Fears an Isolated Indian Tribe Has Been Victim of Genocide
The Brazilian federal police have launched a major operation to remove settlers and loggers ...
More Brazilian Indians Looking for Basic Schooling
Registration of indigenous students for elementary school has increased in the last three years, ...
Brazilian Indians Gain Right to Live in Isolation
Of the 35 articles of the American Declaration of Indigenous Peoples’ Rights, three have ...
More than 3,000 Indians in Brazil Celebrate Return of Reservation Indians
Two tuxaua Indians (leaders) accused of involvement in a fire at the Raposa/Serra do ...
Brazilian Indians Reoccupy Lands. Farmers React with Death Threats and Lynching Attempt
Two weeks ago, the Maxakali indigenous people reoccupied their lands in rural areas in ...
Brazilian Officer Who Killed Indian Faces Jury 9 Years After Crime
Today, August 4, a military police officer charged with murdering Raimundo Silvino, an indigenous ...
Zero Hunger to the Rescue of Brazilian Indians
Two and a half thousand victims of malnutrition from indigenous communities in the state ...