Tag: indians
On Paper, Brazilian Indians Live in the Best of the Worlds. In Reality, It’s Another Story
In a remote corner of far-western Brazil lies the Vale do Javari, home to ...
Tired of Being Denied Territory, Amazon Peoples Are Drawing Their Own Maps
In 1707, a Jesuit missionary from the Czech Republic named Samuel Fritz published one ...
Brazilian Indians Losing the Few Rights They Conquered in the Last Few Years
A ten-year anniversary of the United Nation’s landmark recognition of indigenous rights finds slow ...
After Massacre Amazon Indians from Brazil Appeal to the World for Help
Brazilian Indians have appealed for global assistance to prevent further killings after the reported ...
The Cantora: A Historical Novel About Brazil in the Early 1500s
The Cantora (The Native Singer of Colonial Brazil) is both a young adult and ...
A Brazil Judge Rules Again in Favor of Land-grabbers, Against Peasants in the Amazon
Until this week, 80 impoverished families, camped for almost a year under black plastic ...
A Few Reasons Why Michel Temer Should Step Down as President of Brazil
If you ask Google to translate the Portuguese word “temer”, the result is “to ...
Brazil Gets Title of World’s Number One Killer of Indians and Environmentalists
Over the last 15 years, Brazil has seen the highest number of killings of ...
Let Down by Brazil, Indian Leader Goes to Europe to Save His People and the Forest
Ladio Veron, leader of Brazil’s indigenous Guarani-Kaiowá people, is touring Europe and making a ...
Indians Are the Best Answer to Save the Amazon. But There Is Less Room for Them in the New Brazil
Inside Brazil’s Indigenous Reserve 124, Chief Geraldo Apurina walks along a muddy footpath, past ...
