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Many A'uwẽ-Xavante ceremonies – such as wate’a (above), part of the male initiation complex -- revolve around water and ritual activities in water.  Plans for three hydroelectric dams on tributaries to the Rio das Mortes threaten the river basin. Photo by Rosa Gauditano/Studio R.
 

By Laura R. Graham, with collaboration from 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.

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.

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