81. 02-11-21 indigenous peoples in Brazil and Guyana A View from the Frontlines A paneldiscussion on the rights of indigenous peoples in Brazil and Guyana. http://web.gc.cuny.edu/dept/bildn/bildner/events/2002Events/02-11-21.htm

Indigenous Peoples in Brazil and Guyana: A View from the Frontlines A panel discussion on the rights of Indigenous peoples in Brazil and Guyana Indigenous Council of Roraima Socio-environmental Institute Jean La Rose, Amerindian Peoples Association Joanna Simmons, Amerindian Legal Services Center Rainforest Foundation-US Guyana and Brazil are disparate in size, language, history and culture. The Indigenous peoples who live within their borders, however, share many common concerns and aspirations. This panel discussion will focus on the situation of Indigenous peoples in the two countries, comparing national level policies as they reflect on specific local struggles. One of the cases to be highlighted in Brazil is that of Raposa Serra do Sol, the traditional The panel discussion is being co-organized by the Bildner Center and the Rainforest Foundation-US, a New York-based organization dedicated to supporting the rights of Indigenous peoples in Latin America. The speakers, who are briefly described below, represent Indigenous organizations and NGOs that partner with the RF-US on a series of legal, public policy, and capacity building initiatives in both Brazil and Guyana. The panel discussion will be a rare opportunity to hear about the situations of Indigenous peoples in Brazil and Guyana directly from people on the frontlines of the struggle for the recognition of Indigenous rights in Latin America. There will be ample opportunity for questions and discussion following the presentation.

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83. MSF: Brazil: Work With Street People And The Excluded As a way to raise awareness throughout Brazil of its indigenous peoples, MSF is sponsoring Indians 2000, an exhibition of 26 photographs by Sebastião Salgado http://www.msf.org/content/page.cfm?articleid=6589BEA0-DC2C-11D4-B2010060084A637

84. IRN Press Release Of February 1, 1996 According to the indigenous organization, Council for the Unity of Brazilianindigenous peoples and Organizations (CAPOIB) 16 Indian areas are already http://www.irn.org/programs/hidrovia/pr2-1-96.html

Brazilian President Urged To Scrap Decree Threatening Indian Lands PRESS RELEASE Thursday, February 1, 1996 (Washington, D.C.) A coalition of 80 environmental and human rights groups with more than five million members has sent a strongly-worded protest to Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso urging the revoking of a controversial executive order which could provoke a massive land grab on indigenous reserves. Under Decree 1775, issued by President Cardoso on January 8, ranchers, loggers, miners, and local governments are given 90 days to stake claims on landwithin the 344 Indian areas which have not yet been officially entered in the country's land registry. Many of the 210 reserves which have already received formal protection are also expected to receive legal challenges. In the letter to Cardoso the Coalition in Support of Amazonian Peoples and Their Environment, which counts as members most major U.S. environmental organizations including International Rivers Network, National Wildlife Federation, Environmental Defense Fund, and the Sierra Club say the decree "represents a huge step backward which will likely lead to the violation of the rights of indigenous peoples mandated by the Constitution of 1988...(and) will likely result in an escalation of conflicts over land and natural resources which will threaten the survival of indigenous populations in Brazil". Copies of the letter were sent to U.S. government and multilateral agencies funding development projects in Brazil likely to have an impact on Indian lands. Coalition members intend to pressure these agencies to withhold funding for projects in areas where protection of Indian lands cannot be guaranteed. At a meeting in Brazil next week, Indians are expected to ask the World Bank to suspend funding to the Brazilian government for land demarcation, saying that the decree renders meaningless the government's program to protect Indian lands.

85. URBAN CRIMINAL VIOLENCE AND HUMAN RIGHTS Session 4 The Rights of indigenous peoples in Brazil Monday, November 24th,2003, 122PM Location DRCLAS, Large Conference Room, 61 Kirkland Street. http://drclas.fas.harvard.edu/events/conferences/human_rights_indigenous.html

Harvard Forum on Human Rights in Brazil A Seminar Series 2003-2004 Session 4 The Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Brazil Monday, November 24th, 2003, 12-2PM Location: DRCLAS, Large Conference Room, 61 Kirkland Street Panelists and topics: , Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University Right and Wrong Ways of Implementing Indigenous Rights: A Comparison of Health Care and Education Among the Macuxi Indians Stephan Schwartzman , Environmental Defense, co-director International Program, Washington, DC Indigenous Rights, the Struggle for Land and Environmental Protection in the Amazon David Maybury-Lewis , Edward C. Henderson Professor of Anthropology, Department of Anthropology; Co-chair of Brazilian Studies Committee at David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies Cultural and Human Rights for Indigenous Peoples in Brazil Co-sponsored by DRCLAS and the Human Rights Program, Harvard Law School. For further information, please contact Kelly Becker, the DRCLAS Brazil Initiative Coordinator, drc-br@fas.harvard.edu or 617-496-8271.

86. Brazil's Indigenous People Resist Large River Modifications Brazil s indigenous People Resist Large River Modifications BRASILIA, BRAZIL, May30, 2001 (ENS) Leaders of the Apinaje, Kraho, Xerente, Tapuia, and Karaja http://www.gci.ch/Communication/DigitalForum/digiforum/ARTICLES/article2001/braz

Brazil's Indigenous People Resist Large River Modifications BRASILIA, BRAZIL, May 30, 2001 (ENS) - Leaders of the Apinaje, Kraho, Xerente, Tapuia, and Karaja indigenous peoples gathered from May 24 to 28 at the Boto Velho village on the Bananal Island to discuss the impacts of large development projects on indigenous areas in the region. The indigenous peoples are meeting to strengthen their common position in relation to the impact of these large projects on their lives. This week's gathering is the first of a series of meetings to be held in the states of Goias and Tocantins, according to the Indianist Missionary Council (CIMI). Meetings are scheduled to take place in June in the Tapuia village in Goias, and the Xerente and Apinaje villages in Tocantins. (Photo courtesy Paulo Travel) The indigenous peoples of this region are suffering the effects of activities ranging from the construction of dams and hydroelectric power plants to waterways like the Tocantins-Araguaia waterway.

87. Violence Explodes As Lula Government Betrays Brazil's Indigenous Peoples (16 Apr Violence explodes as Lula government betrays Brazil s indigenouspeoples. Mass lobby of Congress by Indians planned for 19 April. http://www.survival-international.org/brazil_040416.htm

Violence explodes as Lula government betrays Brazil's indigenous peoples Mass lobby of Congress by Indians planned for 19 April The Brazilian Amazon has this week seen an explosion of violence, with both Indians and diamond miners being killed and beaten. Hundreds of indigenous representatives are now gathering in the capital, Brasilia, to protest against government policies. A mass lobby of Congress is planned for 19 April, the annual 'Day of the Indian'. Despite clear commitments in his election manifesto to demarcate Indian lands and to defend their rights, President Lula has failed to tackle the pressing problems which have led to an explosion of violent conflicts throughout the country. This week there have been violent confrontations between the Cinta Larga tribe and diamond miners who have illegally invaded their reserve in the western Amazon. Miners responsible for killing several Cinta Larga last year returned to the Indian reserve. As the Indians tried to defend their land, conflict broke out and at least three miners died. In the northern Amazon the government has continually delayed recognition of the Raposa-Serra do Sol territory - home to over 12,000 Indians. Encouraged by local politicians, colonists and ranchers have invaded the area. At least 12 Makuxi Indians have been murdered by ranchers during the last 15 years. The situation is extremely tense as the government has hinted it may reduce the size of the reserve to hand Indian land to outsiders.

88. RF-US Program - CIR In the past, there hasn t been much participation by indigenous peoplesof Brazil in international forums, said Paulo Pankararu. http://www.rainforestfoundation.org/1indoas.html

Not Business as Usual: Indigenous Peoples Take on the OAS Starting from scratch ten years ago, the participation of indigenous people in the Organization of American States (OAS) has come a long way. In 1993, the OAS first drafted an indigenous rights proposal without any meaningful input from the people most affected. Such a lapse in courtesy was not intentional, just business as usual. The OAS usually works through its members - governments of North, Central and South America, not "constituencies." Ten years later, more than 100 indigenous delegates attended last week's OAS meeting on the Draft American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. In the last four years, enough have managed to trek to Washington, DC to form an Indigenous Peoples Caucus. [Read the Indigenous Peoples Caucus' declaration here Indigenous Peoples Caucus at OAS meeting. Three indigenous lawyers from Brazil, Paulo Pankararu of the Warã Brazilian Indigenous Institute, Vilmar Guarani of the General Council for the Defense of Indigenous Rights, and Joênia Wapichana, of the Indigenous Council of Roraima (CIR) - a RF-US partner organization - took an active role in the discussions last week. Azelene Kaigang and Samuel Karajá also joined Brazil's indigenous delegation. RF Legal Program Coordinator Isabela Figueroa and Fernando Baptista, a lawyer from the Socio-Environmental Institute (ISA), another RF-US partner organization in Brazil, provided technical support for them during the meeting.

89. Return To Education Supplement ContentsRainforest Information Centre Educational Sarawak 3. The Yanomami of Brazil 4. The KukuYalanji of North East Queensland, Australia5. The Pygmies of Central Africa 6. indigenous People and Rainforest http://www.rainforestinfo.org.au/background/people.htm

Return to Education Supplement Contents Rainforest Information Centre Educational Supplement INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF THE RAINFOREST "Miners going into the mines often used to carry small birds, such as canaries, which were highly sensitive to the buildup of toxic gases. If the birds died, the miners quickly fled. Today, the world's 500 million indigenous peoples are the miners' canary; and the Earth particularly the tropical rainforests is the mine.That the canary is dying is a warning that the dominant cultures of the world have become toxic to the Earth. In this case, however, we cannot flee the mine." Jason W. Clay in "Lessons of the Rainforest" Contents 1. Introduction 2. The Penan of Sarawak 3. The Yanomami of Brazil 4. The Kuku-Yalanji of North East Queensland, Australia 5. The Pygmies of Central Africa 6. Indigenous People and Rainforest Protection 6.1 The Desana of Colombia 6.2 Colombia: Tribes Get Half of Amazon 7. More Rainforest Facts Recommended Reading 1. Introduction

90. Klima-Bündnis - Alianza Del Clima, Climate Alliance, Indigenous News The largest part of this indigenous people lives on Peruvian territory. AlthoughBrazilian military personnel were in the area and reinforced the indigenous s http://www.klimabuendnis.org/english/indigenous/34newse.htm

Indigeneous News There is little public awareness of the everyday problems of indigenous peoples in Amazonia. In reality, daily life in much of Amazonia is characterized by violence and threats from loggers, settlers, gold prospectors or oil companies. The progressive destruction of the rainforest also means the destruction of the indigenous communities' natural bases of life. We therefore continue here our series of regular reports on the problems facing indigenous peoples. New York - February 2004 UNICEF, the children's aid organization, is calling on its member countries to observe the rights of indigenous children, who are affected the most by the social exclusion, disease and poverty that indigenous peoples suffer around the world. More than 300 million indigenous persons live in 70 states around the world. Indigenous peoples have a high rate of child mortality, suffer from a lack of health care, and have few opportunities for schooling and higher education. Ecuador - February 2004 The Quichua, together with befriended Achuar and Zapara communities, are continuing to struggle in the Sarayacu region against the intrusion of oil businesses into their territory. They have set up "camps for peace and life" on the borders of their region to protect from intruders the land officially awarded to them in 1992 by the government in Quito. "We have been fighting against the intrusion of oil groups into our territory for more than 20 years. Now we're asking national and international organizations to show their solidarity to us!" says Mario Santi, president of the community in Sarayacu. For more information, go to

91. The History Of Native Americans In Brazil demarcation 6 February, 1996. The Unity Council of brazilian IndigenousPeoples and Organizations (CAPOIB) objects to decree 1776/96. http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/41/index-mj.html

The history of Native Americans in Brazil Hartford Web Publishing is not the author of the documents in World History Archives The history in general of Native Americans in Amazonia CAPOIB promotes mobilization against changes in Decree 22/91 From CIMI Newsletter, Brasilia, 23 June 1995. Procedures for demarcation of Indian lands. Amazon indigenous leaders imprisoned By World International Dept., 7 October 1995. Repression of rubber workers. Brazilian Indians Ask World Bank To Suspend Funds From G7 for land demarcation 6 February, 1996. The Unity Council of Brazilian Indigenous Peoples and Organizations (CAPOIB) objects to decree 1776/96.

92. Amazon Alliance - Main Page For more information, contact Meghan at amazon@amazonalliance.org.April 19 is the National Day of the indigenous People in Brazil! http://www.amazonalliance.org/

Welcome to the Amazon Alliance The AMAZON ALLIANCE works to defend the rights, territories and environment of indigenous and traditional peoples of the Amazon Basin. The Alliance is an initiative born out of the partnership between indigenous and traditional peoples of the Amazon and groups and individuals who share their concerns for the future of the Amazon and its peoples. How the Alliance functions Latest news Member Organizations and Partners More information Volunteer and Internship Opportunities Interns are needed to work in our downtown Washington DC office on a variety of issues including oil development in Ecuador and Peru, and aerial eradication in Colombia. Find out more... The Camisea Project The Camisea Natural Gas Project is currently under construction in the Peruvian Amazon, to gain access to 11 trillion cubic feet of natural gas and more than 600 million barrels of liquid petroleum gas (LPG). The $1.6 billion dollar project also includes a 700 km pipeline that is being built from the gas fields in the Camisea and Lower Urubamba watershed across the Andes to the Peruvian coast. More about the Camisea Project...

93. Indigenous Action Network - the Xingu river ecosystem and all people who depend s meeting agenda • The BrazilianGovernment s bid result in flooding of indigenous territories, damage http://www.culturalsurvival.org/forum/viewmessages.cfm?forum=16&topic=44

94. What The Indigenous People Could Teach The Summit In Rio representatives of various indigenous groups convened the replica of a traditionalBrazilian habitat, the the differences between people and generates http://www.ipsnews.net/riomas10/2908_8.shtml

The unofficial record of the United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development . An IPS-Inter Press Service independent publication. Past issues Johannesburg, 29 August, 2002. Other Stories 26 August 27 August 28 August 29 August ... 3 September 4 September Terra Viva is an independent publication of IPS-Inter Press Service. The opinions expressed in Terra Viva do not necessarily reflect the editorial views of IPS nor the official position of any of its sponsors. IPS gratefully acknowledges the financial support received for this publication from: Commonwealth Foundation Population Reference Bureau HIVOS IPGRI ... Global Cooperation Council What the Indigenous People could Teach the Summit By Marcos Terena (*) RIO DE JANEIRO(IPS) - Once again, ten years after the 1992 Rio Summit, the peoples and governments of the world are coming together under the auspices of the United Nations to discuss progress that has been made on the environment and the quality of life. In Rio representatives of various indigenous groups convened in the replica of a traditional Brazilian habitat, the Kari-Oca village, to debate how to contribute to the defence of the earth and our common future drawing on our knowledge and experience. Present were 750 leaders from the four corners of the earth. We tried to show the white man that his form of building the world only increases the differences between people and generates distrust, insecurity, and especially the destruction of the environment.

95. TakingITGlobal - Discuss - Thread - The Indigenous Question In Brazil with the indigenous question here People use to refer to indigenous people fromBrazil (mainly on the colonization times) as they form a homogeneous group. http://www.takingitglobal.org/discuss/showthread.html?s=&threadid=5800

96. Amnesty International - Library - Brazil: Fear For Safety PUBLIC AI Index AMR 19/001/2004 UA 12/04 Fear for Safety 09 January 2004 BRAZILIndigenous peoples in Raposa Serra do Sol reservation Missionaries in Raposa http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGAMR190012004?open&of=ENG-BRA

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