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October 31, 2009

Brazilian Indians find plane survivors

Indigenous Indians located nine survivors of a plane that crashed in a river in the Amazon rain forest with 11 people onboard, according to the Brazilian air force.

The nine passengers were in good health, the air force said Friday.

Of the two people missing -- a passenger and a crew member -- one is believed to be dead. The air force did not provide further details.

The plane was on its way to deliver health supplies Thursday when it crashed. It had taken off from Cruzeiro do Sul in Acre state and was headed to Tabatinga in Amazonas state.

The plane landed in the Itui River between the tribe settlements of Aurelio and Rio Novo. Indians of the Matis tribe, who live in Aurelio, initially located the plane and alerted the Brazilian air force, which sent search planes to the site.

Before the passengers were located, at least eight aircraft had been dispatched for the search operation, the air force said.

Members of the Matis, an indigenous tribe of about 300, live deep in the rain forest.

Other area tribes were helping in a search for the two missing passengers along the shores of the Itui.

via cnn.com

 

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July 8, 2009

We are indigenous first

http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/global/49181667.html

via Indian Country Today:

The award-winning indigenous photographer and documentary filmmaker from Venezuela, David Hernandez-Palmar, visited Washington, D.C. recently to speak to members of Congress about the plight of his people, the Wayuu, who live across the countries of Venezuela and Colombia, and to talk to representatives of the Smithsonian Institute about repatriating the remains of Wayuu ancestors and cultural artifacts.

Palmar is also the co-director of “Owners of the Water: Conflict & Collaboration Over Rivers” a documentary about a Brazilian indigenous campaign to protect the Rio das Mortes River Basin from encroaching deforestation and pollution. This film was among the hundreds of Latin American indigenous entries at this year’s Native American Film + Video Festival in New York.

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March 11, 2009

jmsc:

Indigenous people
(AP photo by Andre Penner / January 28, 2009) Indians gather during a meeting to discuss rights of indigenous peoples at the World Social Forum in Belem, Brazil. The World Social Forum, the annual counter-cultural gathering to protest the simultaneous World Economic Forum in Switzerland, is taking place until Sunday.

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October 31, 2008

::::::: C215 Stencil Art - Brasil - RCBF Pr2 (via afrobreak)

While the Brazilian street art invasion continues to migrate to the farthest walls of the world, its home territory is getting action from outside street artists as well. A few months ago Parisian stencil artist C215 joined up with the non-profit group Children At Risk Foundation, which gives kids in Sao Paulo’s Diadema favela a place and program to spend their time productively. He registers the experience in a neat, fresh video that follows him around the shantytown, adding 2-D faces and color. Anyone want to take bets that Banksy’s next piece will be found behind a dumpster somewhere in Brazil?

related: VNA Launch Party

via (JoshSpear.com)

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October 17, 2008

Amazon tribe lays waste to hydro dam site | Intercontinental Cry

http://intercontinentalcry.org/amazon-tribe-lays-waste-to-hydro-dam-site/

In an attempt to protect the Juruena river in western Brazil, an estimated 120 members of the Enawene Nawe tribe occupied the construction site of a hydroelectric dam on October 13, and then burned it to the ground.

“They came armed with axes and pieces of wood, banished the employees and later set fire to everything” said Frederico Muller, a coordinator working at the site. At least 12 trucks were destroyed, along with a number of offices and housing units. All told, Muller suggests that there was at least a million dollars in damages.

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September 23, 2008

ABC News: Missionaries Accuse Indians of Killing Babies

http://www.abcnews.go.com/Nightline/Story?id=5861778&page=1

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September 22, 2008

Missionaries accuse Brazil of allowing infanticide - USATODAY.com

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-09-22-infanticide_N.htm

Evangelical Christian missionaries have launched a campaign against what they claim is the widespread practice of infanticide among Amazonian Indians. The missionaries, associated with the U.S.-based group Youth With A Mission, say the Brazilian government is turning a blind eye to the killing of babies born with birth defects, many of which are treatable by western medicine.

Brazilian government officials say the missionaries are exaggerating and exploiting the issue to justify their attempts to convert Indians to Christianity, destroying ancient civilizations in the process.

The fight has spilled into American churches and Brazilian national politics. It has reached the point that the Brazilian Department of Indian Affairs accuses the evangelicals of enslaving Indians and disguising their intent to evangelize.

Hakani.org

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July 3, 2008

Masked Gunmen attack Amazon tribe

The video shows gunmen believed to be working for local farmer and mayor, Paulo César Quartiero, firing assault rifles and throwing homemade bombs at an unarmed group of Makuxi. These graphic images are just the latest in a series of vicious attacks that have left twenty dead and hundreds wounded and despite the discovery of a large cache of weapons and ammunition at Quartiero’s ranch, he has since been released.Raposa-Serra do Sol, which is home to 19, 000 Indians from over five different Makuxi ethnic groups, was created in 2005 after years of campaigning by the Indigenous Council of Roraima (CIR). It is just one of the many sites of conflict between indigenous Indians and farmers across Brazil and despite official recognition of their right to live there, the violence looks set to continue well into the future.

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July 3, 2008

a simultaneous grafitti designed to bring awareness about the situation of the indigenous in brasil.

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June 24, 2008

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Children buried alive in the Amazon - HAKANI (via andreabrasil31)

Every year,hundreds of children are buried alive in the Amazon. Brazil.
Hakani - the story of one who survived.

Download the full documentary, 35 min, until the end of June.

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