Tag: indians
Brazil’s Forest People Mission: Offer Outsiders a Glimpse of Jungle Life
“Indians are not a thing of the past.” “Indians are not a costume.” “Water ...
Army and Indians Work Together to Protect Brazil’s Borders
Since its founding in 1648, the Brazilian Army (EB, in Portuguese) has maintained a ...
No More Amazon Mega-dams, Announces Brazil. Environmentalists and Indians Celebrate
Brazil’s government announced a major shift away from its policy of building mega-dams in ...
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 ...
