21. Bringing It To Another Level: Indigenous Peoples Speak To Human Rights Commissio It was a good omen for all indigenous peoples in the Americas. RFUS organizeda training workshop for three of the six brazilian indigenous delegates. http://www.rainforestfoundation.org/1oas

@import "misc/drupal.css"; @import url(modules/event/event.css); @import "themes/bluemarine/style.css"; Rainforest Foundation US Donate About Us Help Us ... NEW SITE FEATURE Create a user account and get email reminders about events, urgent alerts and updates, and even customize parts of this site. Login Logout Create New Username Upcoming events more News RF-US News News from the Rainforest ... Past Events Bringing It to Another Level: Indigenous Peoples Speak to Human Rights Commission Tue, 02/25/2003 - 12:40pm. In an unprecedented step toward a united front, indigenous peoples spoke in a collective voice to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). It was a good omen for all indigenous peoples in the Americas. For the first time, the IACHR devoted a general session exclusively to indigenous issues. The session allowed delegates from across the Americas to address common concerns, such as ancestral land and human rights. Usually, isolated indigenous groups bring their cases to the Commission on an individual basis, regarding specific cases. A special IACHR audience for indigenous rights made sense. The indigenous delegates were already in town for a meeting of the Organization of American States on the proposed American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

22. Embassy Of Brazil In London : 30/03/2005 - Note From FUNAI Although infant mortality among indigenous peoples is higher than the brazilian indigenous policy recognises that ethnic development is based on http://www.brazil.org.uk/page.php?n=210

23. German Parliament Members Press For Brazilian Indigenous Land Demarcation of indigenous lands in Brazil and that failure to do so may mean freezing indigenous peoples, conservation and sustainable development must be held http://forests.org/archive/brazil/brgeraid.htm

German Parliament Members Press for Brazilian Indigenous Land Demarcation Following is an update on Brazilian rainforest conservation issues posted by the Indianist Missionary Council - Cimi, in econet's rainfor.general conference. It reports on the planned meeting between indigenous leaders and German parliamentarians. The German government recently approved a resolution which asks "the Brazilian Government to speed up the demarcation of indigenous lands in Brazil" and that failure to do so may mean freezing "the financial support being provided by the German government for that purpose." Governments which accept multinational aid for the purpose of indigenous peoples, conservation and sustainable development must be held accountable for enacting their pledges. g.b. RELAYED TEXT STARTS HERE: /** rainfor.genera: 155.0 **/ ** Topic: GERMAN MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT WILL CO ** ** Written 3:08 PM Jul 22, 1996 by ax:cimi in cdp:rainfor.genera ** Newsletter n. 219 GERMAN MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT WILL COME TO BRASILIA TO MEET INDIGENOUS LEADERS Indigenous leaders are looking forward to meeting deputy Angelika Koster- Lossak, from the German Green Party, next week, when she will be arriving

24. ACTION ALERT-->Brazilian Indigenous Land Rights Under Assault indigenous peoples of Brazil. This will entail horrid consequences. and stainthe image of Brazil before the International Community. http://forests.org/archived_site/today/recent/1995/bracomin.htm

WORLDWIDE FOREST/BIODIVERSITY CAMPAIGN NEWS Forest Networking a Project of Ecological Enterprises June 11, 1995 Following you will find an urgent appeal from COMIN, a Brazilian indigenous organization, asking for international pressure to press the Brazilian government to stop dragging their feet on the demarcation of Indigenous Territory (abbreviated herein as TI). Specifically, the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, guaranteed by the Federal Constitution of 1988, are being abridged through a proposed decree to allow increased judicial appeals for invaders of indigenous lands. These lands have long been known to belong to indigenous peoples; and this legal ploy is more aimed at halting, or greatly reducing the extent of, a more rigourous legal demarcation of indigenous territory. Amazingly, this new appeals process is to be enacted retroactively, threatening the size and/or existence of 189 indigenous territories that have already been demarcated in Brazil. There are two excellent sample letters at the end which we appeal to you to take the time to expand upon and send.

25. Brazil: Tupinikim And Guarani Indigenous Peoples Vs Aracruz Cellulose Brazil Tupinikim and Guarani indigenous peoples vs Aracruz Cellulose. Thanks tothe letter campaign and the pressure from brazilian and international http://www.wrm.org.uy/bulletin/1/Brazil.html

Brazil: Tupinikim and Guarani indigenous peoples vs Aracruz Cellulose Source: WRM's bulletin Nº 1, May 1997 top Go to Home Page World Rainforest Movement Maldonado 1858 - 11200 Montevideo - Uruguay tel: 598 2 413 2989 / fax: 598 2 418 0762 wrm@wrm.org.uy

26. Health Needs Of Indigenous People Stressed At Permanent Forum The brazilian constitution recognized indigenous peoples, and traditional indigenouslands had been set aside for them. The economic development of people http://www.un.org/rights/indigenous/may16.htm

Health needs of indigenous people stressed at Permanent Forum 16 May - The "acute health needs" of indigenous peoples cut across socio-economic boundaries, Permanent Forum member Mililani Trask today told the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues as it continued its discussion on the theme of health. Summarizing the statements of several participants, Ms. Trask (United States) said underlying causes of poor health for indigenous people included colonization, homelessness, poor housing, poverty, lack of reproductive health rights, domestic violence and addiction. Health care should be envisaged from an indigenous perspective, which encompassed mental, physical and spiritual health. There was a direct relationship between land use and indigenous health. Indigenous women and children had special needs, including expanding immunization and combating domestic abuse and addiction. In formulating the Forum's recommendations, Ms. Trask said Forum members should work with the United Nations Joint Programme on AIDS (UNAIDS), the World Health Organization (WHO) and other United Nations agencies to ensure better coordination and delivery of health programmes for indigenous communities. United Nations agencies should identify focal points for indigenous issues within their secretariats. The call for a Global Plan of Action for Indigenous Health had not been heeded, and a second International Decade of the World's Indigenous people could help ensure a more integrated approach to health.

27. BRAZILIAN RAINFORESTS Brazil s indigenous peoples are the guardians of the ancient The indigenouspeoples of Brazil have one of the most tragic histories of any of the http://www.lightparty.com/Economic/BrazilianRainforest.html

var MenuLinkedBy='AllWebMenus [2]', awmBN='530'; awmAltUrl=''; Membership Eco-nomics Mailing List FOR YOUR INFORMATION FROM THE LIGHT PARTY BRAZILIAN RAINFORESTS The New Threat Brazil's indigenous peoples are the guardians of the ancient rainforests. But they could soon lose their lands. The indigenous peoples of Brazil have one of the most tragic histories of any of the world's peoples. Since the arrival of the first European invaders 500 years ago, they have seen their lands stolen, their traditions destroyed and their people murdered. More than 80 indigenous cultures have been wiped out in the Amazon since the beginning of this century. Only recently has real hope appeared for their future. In 1988, in its new democratic constitution, the Brazilian state finally agreed to recognize the rights of its indigenous peoples. 'Decree 22/91' guaranteed Brazilian Indians' permanent rights to lands traditionally occupied by them, and required that all these lands be 'demarcated' by 1993. Indians living in demarcated areas have the right to live, free from outside interference, according to their own customs and laws. Demarcation is not only a question of land rights, it is also one of the best ways to protect the Amazon rainforests. The Indians have the skills, the knowledge and the incentive to preserve the forests they have relied on for their livelihoods for thousands of years.

28. World's Indigenous Peoples - OzSpirit The International Day for the World s indigenous peoples takes place on August 9, brazilian Indians send White Man s Spirit to Heaven http://www.ozspirit.info/2003/53.html

Home About Us Teachers Parishes ... Contact Us Issue 53 click on headlines to read the full text Why do we allow these injustices to continue? The International Day for the World's Indigenous Peoples takes place on August 9, and here in Australia, the National Aboriginal and Islander Children's Day took place on August 4. This week's Backgrounder asks us to ponder why, in 2003, it is still so tough to be Aboriginal. By every measurable outcome Aboriginal people remain behind the eight ball. The Backgrounder provides cross curricular teaching and learning activities to explain Aboriginal marginalisation. CAFOD fears for Guatamala's Mayan people Patrick Nicholson Brazilian Indians send White Man's Spirit to Heaven Axel Bugge, Reuters ... Survival for Tribal Peoples Survival for Tribal Peoples is the only international organisation supporting tribal peoples worldwide. It was established in 1969 following an article in Britain's Sunday Times which revealed the massacres, land theft and genocide of the Brazilian Indians which took place in the name of 'economic growth'. This site has stuff for kids and free educational material on indigenous peoples from Siberia to West Papua. See also Friends of People Close to Nature , a global movement of individuals and groups dedicated to the survival of triBal peoples, in particular hunter-gatherers.

29. New Page 1 promotion of the rights of indigenous peoples, which in Brazil amount to around Contrary to what was predicted in the 50’s, the brazilian indigenous http://www.un.int/brazil/speech/01d-del-56agnu-indigenous-peoples-2910.htm

"Third Committee - Programme of Activities of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous People" Statement by the Brazilian Delegation New York, 29 October 2001 Mr. Chairman, Indigenous communities constitute differentiated cultural groups whose dignity should be respected. The empowerment of such communities to exercise their rights and freedoms has proved be the best way to promote harmony in a national setting. We have learnt by experience that national societies benefit immensely from cultural diversity as a source of mutual respect and promotion of universal human rights. My delegation has repeatedly reaffirmed the Brazilian Government’s commitment to the promotion of the rights of indigenous peoples, which in Brazil amount to around 350 thousand individuals. Over 210 ethnic groups and about 170 different languages compose the extremely rich mosaic of indigenous cultures in Brazil. Contrary to what was predicted in the 50’s, the Brazilian indigenous population has not decreased over the years. In fact, we have witnessed a steady increase in the indigenous population, whose demographic recovery is due to not only higher birth rates but also higher life expectancy.

30. Brazil News 24/7 - Nothing But Brazil - Brazzil Magazine - Fresh News Daily - En brazilian Indians Want Their indigenous Identity Recognized Leaders of thethree indigenous peoples handed over petitions asserting the right of their http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/2915/49/

Menu News June 2005 Brazilian Indians Want Their Indigenous Identity Recognized Monday, 19 September 2005 Main Menu Menu News Back Issues Advertising ... Old Issues BrazzilMag Newsfeed Who's Online We have 19215 guests online Latest News Statistics Members: News: WebLinks: User Menu Your Details Submit News Check-In My Items Login Form Username Password Remember me Forgotten your password? No account yet? Create one Related Items Brazil's College Quota: 10% for Poor and Blacks Indians from Brazil Against Piracy of Their Culture Brazil Wants Indians in College Malaria and Malnutrition Plague Brazilian Indians ... Court Rules Brazil's Guarani Indians Can Stay on Reoccupied Lands var site="sm5brazzil" Brazzil Magazine All Brazil, All the Time Brazilian Indians Want Their Indigenous Identity Recognized Written by Newsroom Wednesday, 22 June 2005 The Rio Grande do Norte Legislative Assembly held a public hearing June 15 to address the grievances of indigenous people of that Brazilian state. After more than a century of official silence concerning the existence of indigenous peoples in Rio Grande do Norte, three ethnic groups have publicly asserted their right (before the State and society) to recognition.

31. Return To Education Supplement ContentsRainforest Information Centre Educational Today, the world s 500 million indigenous peoples are the miners canary; In 1992, the brazilian Government granted them a territory of 94000 square 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

32. Brazilian Rainforests: An Action Toolkit From EARTHACTION The indigenous peoples of Brazil have one of the most tragic histories of any ofthe world s peoples. Since the arrival of the first European invaders 500 http://www.earthaction.org/en/archive/96-02-forbra/alert.html

BRAZILIAN RAINFORESTS The New Threat What you can do to help Recommended Action Points Sample Letters you can write Press Release for your Organisation Sample Questions for Parliamentarians ... Graphics The indigenous peoples of Brazil have one of the most tragic histories of any of the world's peoples. Since the arrival of the first European invaders 500 years ago, they have seen their lands stolen, their traditions destroyed and their people murdered. ore than 80 indigenous cultures have been wiped out in the Amazon since the beginning of this century. Only recently has real hope appeared for their future. In 1988, in its new democratic constitution, the Brazilian state finally agreed to recognize the rights of its indigenous peoples. 'Decree 22/91' guaranteed Brazilian Indians' permanent rights to land traditionally occupied by them, and required that all these lands be 'demarcated' by 1993. Indians living in demarcated areas have the right to live, free from outside interference, according to their own customs and laws. Demarcation is not only a question of land rights, it is also one of the best ways to protect the Amazon rainforests. The Indians have the skills, the knowledge and the incentive to preserve the forests they have relied on for their livelihoods for thousads of years.

33. Brazilian Rainforests - An Action Toolkit From EARTHACTION Brazil s indigenous peoples are appealing for international help to protect their Brazil s indigenous peoples have a long history of being exploited. http://www.earthaction.org/en/archive/96-02-forbra/letters.html

BRAZILIAN RAINFORESTS - The New Threat Sample letters you can write SAMPLE LETTER TO PRESIDENT CARDOSO Your Excellency, I am writing to express my concern about the demarcation of indigenous lands in Brazil, following your recent signing of Decree 1775. This new Decree, by allowing for challenges to demarcations, could represent the biggest single threat to Brazil's indigenous peoples, and their forest homes, for decades. Brazil's indigenous peoples are appealing for international help to protect their raditional lands. I urge you to immediately revoke Decree 1775, and to honor your constitutional commitment to demarcation. I know that you have publicly committed yourself to the demarcation process. I wish to express the strongest support for this commitment, and I very much hope that you will endeavor to complete the process by the end of your Presidential term in 1998. At the same time, I urge you to take whatever steps are necessary to protect all identified and demarcated indigenous lands from invaders, and to expel any loggers, miners or ranchers who are illegally occupying indigenous lands at the present time. By safeguarding the future of Brazil's indigenous people and their lands, you will be making a historic contribution to protecting cultural diversity, human rights and the natural environment, things which are of value not only to Brazil but to the whole orld. In doing so, you will have the support of concerned people everywhere.

34. Pilot Program To Conserve The Brazilian Rain Forest Pilot Program to Conserve the brazilian Rain Forest. indigenous Lands The project in field Involving indigenous peoples in land demarcation. Background http://www.worldbank.org/rfpp/projects/pptal.htm

Overview Projects Funding Organization ... Home Pilot Program to Conserve the Brazilian Rain Forest Indigenous Lands Background Objectives Activities Participants ... The project in field: Involving indigenous peoples in land demarcation Background Indigenous people in the Amazon have long used the rain forest ecosystem without causing major environmental degradation. Their specialized knowledge and stewardship of natural resources are considered by many scientists to be exemplary and could provide a foundation for the development of more sustainable approaches to rain forest use and management. As a result of colonization, warfare, and disease, the number of indigenous people in Brazil has fallen from an estimated 8 million in the 1500s to about 300,000 today. In addition, there are believed to be 2,000 or more indigenous people living in isolated tribes who have not yet had any significant contact with Brazilian society. Since the beginning of the twentieth century, Brazilian law has accorded legal recognition to the rights of indigenous people to their lands, which constitute about 82 million hectares, or 16.4 percent of the Legal Amazon. Legalization of indigenous lands requires that they be formally identified, delimited, demarcated, decreed, and registered. When the Pilot Program’s Indigenous Lands Project was prepared in 1994-95, only 50 percent of 556 indigenous lands recognized by Brazil’s National Indian Foundation (FUNAI) had been legalized.

35. Jogos Indígenas Do Brasil >>>--------------------->   Links          MUSEU DO ÍNDIO (Museum of indigenous peoples) The Museum of the brazilian indigenouspeoples is a scientificcultural organ of FUNAI and was founded by http://www.jogosindigenasdobrasil.art.br/eng/links.asp

Accomplishment Sponsor Press Assessorship We have selected below some links to sites where you can find more information on Brazilian Indigenous communities: ISA (Socio-Environmental Institute) A Brazilian organization that develops sustainable solutions that ensure collective rights and value socio-environmental diversity. http://www.isa.org.br FUNAI (National Indian Foundation) FUNAI is a Brazilian government department that establishes and executes policy in Brasil on indigenous people, determined in the 1988 Constitution. http://www.funai.gov.br The Museum of the Brazilian Indigenous Peoples is a scientific-cultural organ of FUNAI and was founded by Darcy Ribeiro in Rio de Janeiro in 1953. It is the only official institution in the country totally dedicated to the Indigenous culture. http://www.museudoindio.gov.br I DETI (Institute of the Indigenous Tradition Development) The IDETI is a non-governmental organization founded and run by Indian people from various ethnic groups. Their objective is to protect and promote Brazilian indigenous culture and knowledge. http://www.ideti.org.br

36. Brazil - BRAZZIL - Brazilian Indians Ask For Help - May 2001 In January, the indigenous peoples from the states of Alagoas and Sergipe In their areas, indigenous peoples have been resorting to overt actions such http://www.brazzil.com/p10may01.htm

web brazzil.com Brazzil May 2001 Indians Careless The Xerente Indians have already reported deficiencies in the provision of health care services to the Federal Prosecution Service, Funai and the National Health Foundation (Fundasa), but nothing has been done to resolve their concerns. Throughout the first three months of this year, indigenous communities held demonstrations and drafted documents expressing their discontent over the health care model adopted for indigenous peoples in Brazil. The facts reveal a growing dissatisfaction with the outsourced model implemented by the federal government. In January, the indigenous peoples from the states of Alagoas and Sergipe occupied the National Health Foundation building in Maceió, Alagoas, to protest against efforts being made by the state to privatize the system. They spent fifteen days camped in the building until they secured a decree from the Federal Justice system suspending the outsourcing initiative and forcing the Federal Government to continue to provide health care services. At the 3 rd National Indigenous Health Conference held on May 14-18 in Brasilia, the current health care model was assessed.

37. [Translators] `On "Intellectual Property" And Indigenous Peoples` - Brazilian-po Translators `On Intellectual Property and indigenous peoples` brazilian-portuguesetraslation. Georg CF Greve greve at fsfeurope.org http://mailman.fsfeurope.org/pipermail/translators/2004-November/000501.html

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38. Daedalus: Indigenous People, Traditional People, And Conservation In The Amazon Full text of the article, indigenous people, traditional people, no othercase in brazilian law of a collective land title, indigenous peoples legal http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3671/is_200004/ai_n8883762

@import url(/css/us/style1.css); @import url(/css/us/searchResult1.css); @import url(/css/us/articles.css); @import url(/css/us/artHome1.css); Home Advanced Search IN free articles only all articles this publication Automotive Sports FindArticles Daedalus Spring 2000 Content provided in partnership with 10,000,000 articles Not found on any other search engine. Featured Titles for ASA News ASEE Prism Academe African American Review ... View all titles in this topic Hot New Articles by Topic Automotive Sports Top Articles Ever by Topic Automotive Sports Indigenous people, traditional people, and conservation in the Amazon Daedalus Spring 2000 by Cunha, Manuela Carneiro da de Almeida, Mauro W B Save a personal copy of this article and quickly find it again with Furl.net. It's free! Save it. IN A STUNNING REVERSAL OF IDEOLOGICAL FORTUNE, traditional people in the Amazon, who until recently were deemed, at best, candidates for, if not hindrances to, "development," have been promoted to the forefront of modernity. This change has occurred primarily through the association made between traditional people and conservation. At the same time, indigenous peoples, formerly despised or hunted down by their neighbors, have become role models to dispossessed people in the Amazon. We felt compelled to write this essay partly in response to two major current misunderstandings. The first one questions the foundations of traditional peoples' commitment to conservation. Is such commitment a kind of forgery? Is it, more blandly phrased, a' case of a Western projection of ecological concerns onto an ad hoc constructed "ecologically noble savage"? The second misunderstanding, clearly linked to the former, asserts that "foreign" nongovernmental organizations and ideologies were responsible for the connection made between conservation of biological diversity and traditional people of the Amazon. This misunderstanding makes for strange bedfellows. Progressive first-world activists and scholars and third-world military leaders and communists alike share in that belief.

39. Anthropology These concerns have preoccupied indigenous peoples for a long time but For example, the new journal Filhos da terra offers brazilian indigenous leaders http://lcweb2.loc.gov/hlas/ss57anthro-hirsch.html

HLAS Online Home Page Search HLAS Online Help FAQ ... Comments Volume 57 / Social Sciences ANTHROPOLOGY: ETHNOLOGY South America: Lowlands SILVIA MARIA HIRSCH Professor of Anthropology, Princton University ROBIN M. WRIGHT Professor of Anthropology, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Brazil) HLAS 42:1648, 51:877 and One result of this conference was the identification of what had yet to be done on Lowland ethnohistory, such as a basic survey of material relevant to indigenous history in Brazilian archives. As a result, the Center published a guide to Brazilian historical archives in 1994 (item bi 98008424). Large areas of Amazonia were not included in the volume, indicating directions for future research. In Northeast Brazil, a number of research projects are currently underway to reconstruct regional indigenous history. Shortly after reaching a peak of intensity, the research focus on history in Brazil lost steam. Theses continued to be produced in the area, but numerous research questions went unanswered, such as historical demography and images of the Indian in history. These topics will most likely continue to be investigated, but on a smaller-scale and in a less-centralized fashion. The second area of research is native religions. The noteworthy, systematic publication of collections of myths, particularly by ABYA-YALA Publishers in Quito, has made numerous obscure works available to researchers (item bi 98012823). However, a contextual explanation that would make these myths accessible to unspecialized readers does not exist. One interesting development we may continue to see is collections of myths organized by native narrators.

40. AAAS - AAAS Human Rights Action Network The attacks come in response to the brazilian government s decision to ratify Ratification of this territory guarantees that the indigenous peoples may http://shr.aaas.org/aaashran/alert.php?a_id=298

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