Tag: Funai
Government’s Conference on Indians Has No Legitimacy, Say Brazilian Indians
The 550 indigenous leaders gathered in the 2006 Acampamento Terra Livre (Free Land Camp) ...
Tragedy: 4 Deaths and 4 Months Later Brazilian Indians Still Living by the Highway
The president of Brazil’s National Indian Foundation (FUNAI), Mércio Pereira Gomes, classified the situation ...
Brazil Calls UN Rapporteur Arrogant and a Liar
The president of Brazil’s National Indian Foundation (FUNAI), Mércio Gomes, used the term " ...
Brazil’s Indian Agency Invites UN to Monitor Its Actions
Taking advantage of the presence in Brazil of the UN special rapporteur for Human ...
Brazil’s Indianist Council Charges Government of Lying About Indian Lands
Funai, the Brazilian government agency in charge of Indian affairs, rejected reports from the ...
Brazilian Activists Say State Assistencialism Is Not Enough to Save Indians
In response to the accusations made by the Indianist Missionary Council (Cimi) to the ...
UN Hears that in Brazil Government Is Main Promoter of Discrimination
The special rapporteur of the United Nations Organization (UNO) on Contemporary Forms of Racism, ...
Brazil Reserves a France + Germany for Indians
The goal of Brazil’s National Indian Foundation (Funai) is to homologate 25 indigenous territories ...
Brazil Reports to UN on Its 430,000 Indians
The president of Brazil’s Funai (Fundação Nacional do Àndio – National Indian Foundation), Mércio ...
20 Indian Tribes Get an Audience in Brazil’s Capital
About 60 indigenous people attended an audience with representatives of Funai, Incra, Funasa, Ibama, ...
