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Brazilian Indian mother and child

Pope Called Insensitive and Arrogant for Remarks on Brazilian Indians

Brazil's National Indian Foundation (Funai),Brazilian historians and the Indians themselves challenged pope Benedict XVI's ...

Escondido in Maranhão state, Brazil

Brazilian Court Halts Building of Dam on Indian Land

During a meeting last week at Brazil's Ministry of Justice in BrasÀ­lia, 40 leaders ...

Santa Catarina, Brazil, Indian child

Brazilian Anti-Indian Groups Threaten Bloodshed Against Land Demarcation

Two notes issued at end of last month by Brazil's Indianist Missionary Council (Cimi) ...

A family of Brazilian Kanamari Indians

90% of Indians in Brazilian Amazon Area Suffer from Malaria

The Indians of the Javari Valley in the Brazilian Amazon have warned that rates ...

A group of Brazilian Indians protest in capital Brasília against the government

A Month of Mobilization and Protests for Brazilian Indians

Indigenous April has begun in Brazil. Several events will be held throughout the country ...

Guarani Kaiowá Indians from Mato Grosso do Sul in Brazil

Brazilian Federal Justice Orders Release of 9 Indians in Jail for a Year

The nine Guarani-Kaiowá from Passo Piraju who have been in prison in the Brazilian ...

A Yawanawá Indian - www.yawanawa.com

World Won’t Respect Brazilian Indians Patent Rights Starting with Brazil

They still live in the middle of the Amazon forest and their culture has ...

Heirs to Brazil’s Guarani Mission Vow to Reoccupy Their Lands

About 250 Kaingang, Guarani and Charrua indigenous people from Brazil performed rituals in memory ...

Brazilian Guarani Indians Say They Were Entrapped by Landowners

A commission of 15 representatives of organizations, social movements and unions visited last week, ...

Brazilian Indians Camp in Brasí­lia But Can’t See Lula or Minister

Brazil's 50 Tupinikim and Guarani Indians who were camping in front of the Brazilian ...