Silvério Tsereburã Tserenhib’ru Xavante
July 11, 1988 - December 3, 2025
Areões Indigenous Land
It is with great sadness that Cultural Survival reports the passing of A’uwẽ leader, Silverio Tsereburã Tserenhib’ru Xavante (July 11, 1988 - December 3, 2025).
Em memória: Silvério Tsereburã Tserenhib’ru Xavante
11 de julho de 1988 - 3 de dezembro de 2025
Terra Indígena Areões - Mato Grosso, Brasil
É com profunda tristeza e pesar que anunciamos o falecimento do corajoso líder A'uwẽ, Silvério Tsereburã Tserenhib'ru Xavante (11 de julho de 1988 - 3 de dezembro de 2025).
By Edson Krenak (Krenak, CS Staff)
Indigenous Peoples represent one of the most significant multilateral and democratic contributions to climate and land issues, as they are the frontliners of the climate crisis, leaders in ecosystem protection, legal land tenure, and sustainable development. However, at the COP, they struggled to be heard.
By Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Koĩts-Sunuwar, CS Staff)
The Xikrin Peoples face severe humanitarian and environmental crises as Vale’s nickel and other metal mining contaminates their rivers, harms their health, and destroys their ancestral territory, endangering their cultural survival and the environmental integrity of the region. The negative impacts on the health of the Xikrin people are so severe that some studies show that 98% of the communities in the Cateté lands are seriously contaminated.
"As manifestações Indígenas na COP30 não são violações de segurança. Os Povos Indígenas estão exercendo seus direitos humanos fundamentais e expressando frustração pela falta de acesso aos espaços onde são tomadas decisões que os impactam de forma desproporcional." -- Aimee Roberson (Choctaw e Chickasaw), Diretora Executiva da Cultural Survival
“The Indigenous demonstrations at COP30 are not security breaches. Indigenous Peoples are exercising their fundamental human rights, and expressing frustration due to a lack of access to spaces where decisions are made that disproportionately impact them.” --Aimee Roberson (Choctaw and Chickasaw), Cultural Survival Executive Director
A'uwẽ-Xavante, Jequitinhonha Valley communities, and Cultural Survival document how Brazil finances mining without Indigenous consent using climate funds
A'uwẽ-Xavante, comunidades do Vale do Jequitinhonha e a Cultural Survival documentam como o Brasil financia a mineração sem consentimento Indígena, utilizando fundos climáticos.
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