The strengthening of cultural bases is essential for the continuity of traditional knowledge, which in turn is the determining factor in the process of resistance of indigenous peoples. To this end, throughout history we have seen that the use of this knowledge has ensured survival in the face of the changes that have taken place. …
The fight of the indigenous peoples is ancestral, and for a long time the process of resistance was through the use of bows and arrows, spears, and other tools, which were essential instruments to guarantee the existence of the original peoples. As time went by, the adaptation to this new world that was being formed …
April 19th, the Indigenous Peoples Day, had its name changed and re-signified, because “Indian Day” as it was previously called does not represent the diversity of the 305 peoples of Brazil and the word “Indian” is no longer used considering that it is an etymologically incorrect word and that it does not match in any …
Recently, urucum seeds were collected in the Kaarimã village for the production of seedlings for the medicinal herb garden. The medicinal herb garden is part of the project of the Center for Traditional Medicine that is in the planning stage. Thus, it is worth pointing out that urucum is a raw material used by the …
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Jackson Wild Film Festival The chief Juma Xipaia traveled to Austria at the end of September at Jackson Wild’s Film Festival invitation. On the first day of the trip she participated in a lunch, offered by the St. Martins Therme Lodge. During lunch, she moved everyone with her speech about the current situation in the …
September 5: Amazon Day The Amazon Day was established by the federal law n° 11.621 of 2007, and has been “celebrated” since 2008, on September 5th, as it coincides with the creation of the Province of Amazonas in 1850 by D. Pedro II. Therefore, the true meaning of remembering this day is to raise awareness …
IX National Meeting of Indigenous Students The National Meeting of Indigenous Students (ENEI) held its 9th edition with the theme “Ancestrality and Contemporaneity”, in the week of July 26 to 29, 2022, being hosted at the State University of Campinas – SP; the event covered approximately 2 thousand indigenous students from all 5 regions of …
Juma Institute in Austria: Erdgespräche Event and visit to the Presidential Palace On April 20, 2022, Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen and his wife Doris Schmidauer received chieftain Juma Xipaia at his presidential palace in Vienna to talk about the crisis in the Amazon. Juma was very well received and was able to talk …
Brazilian indigenous Youth represented by Juma Xipaia, Jaciara Borari, Vall Munduruku, Estéfane Galvão, Arewana Juruna and Are Juruna (communicator/photo) delivered a letter with demands and recommendations to the resident coordinator of the United Nations Organization in Brazil, and to the UN Secretary General’s youth advisor, Paloma Costa.
Rise for the Earth Brasília – DF, June 15, 2021. We, indigenous peoples, live in a state of constant threat, which requires us to be in constant vigilance and mobilization. At this time, June 2021, still under the restrictions of a devastating pandemic that is approaching the victimization of 500,000 Brazilians, of which more than …
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