[WASHINGTON, D.C., AUGUST 2020] -- Brazil has blocked an Indigenous woman from addressing the Organization of American States Permanent Council during the O.A.S. Inter-American Week for Indigenous Peoples (August 5-12, 2020). We condemn this deplorable, dangerous act.
By Edson Krenak Naknanuk
Sr Jair Bolsonaro
Presidente
Praça dos Três Poderes, Palácio do Planalto
Twitter: @jairbolsonaro
Caro Senhor Presidente e Senhores Ilustres,
June 10, 2020
Sr. Jair Bolsonaro
President
Praça dos Três Poderes, Palácio do Planalto
Twitter: @jairbolsonaro
Dear Senhor Presidente and Distinguished Sirs,
By Laura R. Graham
By Edson Krenak Naknanuk
By Laura R. Graham, with collaboration from Edson Krenak Naknanuk
By Edson Krenak Naknanuk
The following statement was issued at the conclusion of a meeting of Indigenous representatives from 45 different Brazilian Indigenous Nations. The group convened at the invitation of Raoní Metuktire (Mẽbengokre), also known as Ropni, who was nominated for a Nobel Peace Award. Representatives met from January 14-17, 2020 in the village of Piaraçu in the Capoto Jarina Indigenous Territory.
Associação Xavante Warã (Xavante Warã Association, AXW) released the following statement on November 3, 2019. Em português
Allegedly criminally set fires have destroyed nearly all of Xavante Indigenous Territory Areões, about 219,000 hectares, in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil, according to a report by Globo News, a leading mainstream media source in Brazil. Areões is an Indigenous Territory, home to about 1,500 Xavante who are now facing the catastrophic impacts from the fires.
Land Acknowledgement
We acknowledge that we are headquartered on Massachusett land, in Cambridge, MA, and we thank the past, current, and future Indigenous stewards of this territory.
