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Territorial rights for the Indigenous populations of Brazil are largely intertwined with socio-economic issues. There have been violent conflicts over land rights between the government and the Indigenous population, [46] with political rights doing little to stop them. Movements like the Landless Workers' Movement (MST) work to prevent land ...
In Brazil, an Indigenous territory or Indigenous land (Portuguese: Terra Indígena [ˈtɛʁɐ ĩˈdʒiʒẽnɐ], TI) is an area inhabited and exclusively possessed by Indigenous people. Article 231 of the Brazilian Constitution recognises the inalienable right of Indigenous peoples to lands they "traditionally occupy" [ n 1 ] [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and ...
The Ministry of Indigenous Peoples (Portuguese: Ministério dos Povos Indígenas, MPI) is a cabinet-level federal ministry in Brazil. The ministry was established on 11 January 2023 under the government of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to advance and protect the interests of the Indigenous people of Brazil .
Indigenous people celebrated Thursday after Brazil's Supreme Court ruled to enshrine their land rights, removing the imminent threat those protections could be rolled back. The justices had been ...
Brazil's first Indigenous People Minister Sonia Guajajara, appointed by Lula, said the veto was a big victory for the country's 1.6 million Indigenous people, who have strived to protect their ...
The four envisioned Indigenous territories that were not authorized are occupied by farmers who have ownership rights to those lands, Brazil's government said. Indigenous leader Dinamam Tuxá told ...
Anti-indigenous sentiment and violence has persisted into the 21st century. [2] [3] From 2007 to 2017, 833 indigenous people were murdered according to the Special Secretariat for Indigenous Health. [22] Genocide scholars have identified actions by Brazil in the 20th century as actions of genocide. [23] [24]
Brazil's Congress on Thursday overturned a veto by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva so it can reinstate legislation that undoes protections of Indigenous peoples’ land rights. Both federal ...