Tag: indians

Brazil Supreme Rules Kuwait-Size Territory Belongs to Amazon Indians

Indians from the Brazilian Amazon have won a major victory with Brazil's Supreme Court ...

Killings of Indians in Brazil Fall 40%, Still 53 Were Murdered in 2008

At least 53 Brazilian Indians were murdered in nine states in Brazil during the ...

Brazil: Indians Celebrate Supreme’s Ruling on Land, But Farmers Vow to Fight

Across Brazil Indians are celebrating a resolution by the Brazilian Supreme Court, where the ...

Over 70 Indians Elected as Mayors and City Council Members in Brazil

Brazil's latest municipal elections, on October 5, resulted in a growing number of indigenous ...

UN Urges Brazil to Ensure Human Rights to Its Indians

Despite some advances in their conditions and the Government's commitment to improve their situation ...

Fearful of Losing Land Brazilian Indians Take Their Case to London

A video released by the Brazilian Indigenous Council of Roraima  (CIR) and Survival International, ...

War with Rice Farmers Leaves 10,000 Brazilian Indians Isolated

Brazil's Indigenous Council of Roraima (CIR) estimates that 10,500 Indians may be isolated in ...

Brazilian Indians Want UN Declaration Applied to Them

Sixty one indigenous people from Brazil and other Latin American countries met in BrasÀ­lia ...

Genocide: 76 Indians Killed in Brazil in 2007. 63% More than in 2006

At least 76 indigenous people were murdered in 2007 in Brazil. This was the ...

Brazil Indian Chief Raoni Tells Lula: ‘We Want No Invader on Our Land’

Kayapó Indian leader Raoni has delivered a letter to Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula ...