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Seven Brazilian Indians in Prison Since December for Protesting
On December 27, 2005, eight Indians were arrested in Chapecó, state of Santa Catarina, ...
Brazilian Indians Sue Government to Get Traditional Land Back
Two lawsuits will reinforce the mobilization of Brazil’s Krahô-Kanela people and their allies, such ...
Indians from 9 States Repudiate Brazil’s Indian Foundation
The 6th Meeting of Brazil’s Association of Indigenous Peoples of the Northeast, Minas Gerais ...
Brazilian Indians Get US$ 2.8 Million for Health Care
Health care will be reinforced for Indians who live in eleven Brazilian states. The ...
Brazilian Indians Want Paper Firm to Give Back Their Land
Around 500 Tupinikim and Guarani indigenous people in the municipality of Aracruz, in the ...
Brazil Misses Another Chance to Do Indians Justice
Earlier this month, on January 3, Brazilian Justice Ellen Gracie of the Supreme Federal ...
Brazil Tries to Build a House for 30,000 Homeless Indians
Around 30 thousand indigenous families that live close to large cities in the Northeast, ...
Brazilian Indians Sitting on World’s Largest Diamond Mine
The Brazilian government has just issued a Temporary Measure (Medida Provisória) (MP) which will ...
Brazilian Justice Acquits Man Sentenced for 1988 Massacre of Indians
Brazil’s federal court of appeals acquitted the timber mill owner Oscar de Almeida Castelo ...
Indians Get a Stronger Voice on Brazil’s Politics
In an interview with National AM Radio, professor PatrÀcia Melo, who teaches history at ...
