Wednesday, January 9, 2019


Condemn the continuation and aggravation of the genocide of 240 native nations by the new government of  Brazil
When the Portuguese invaders arrived in Brazil, the population of the various nations that populated the current Brazilian territory amounted to more than 300 native nations adapted to the multiple environments that constituted their landscapes. From the dense Amazonian forest and the Atlantic forests of the south, to the savannah of the north and the arid interior of the northeast, it is estimated that the region of Brazil inhabited more than 30 million inhabitants.
The Portuguese conquerors developed a policy of exploitation of natural resources using people captured in the numerous communities of the country.
Gradually they were occupying larger areas, deforesting the forests, and enslaving tens of thousands of members of the different indigenous communities of the country.
The separation of Brazil from the Portuguese crown did not change the expansion of the process of degradation of natural ecosystems and the elimination and degradation of the country's indigenous cultures.
In the Brazilian Creole society groups emerged that began to denounce politically and socially the continuous violations of human rights suffered by indigenous peoples. The creation of FUNAI implied a relative cushioning of aggressions against native communities, including the demarcation of indigenous reserves and controlling the most extreme cases of more violent attacks in some areas of the country.
However, the recent political evolution of Brazil, with the assumption of power by Jair Bolsonaro allows forecasting an aggravation of the situation of the First Nations of Brazil, the ignorance of the reserves, the invasion of the indigenous lands by the latifundistas and mining companies , in short, the continuation of the genocidal processes that have marked the history of Brazil during the last 5 centuries.
In spite of the continuous aggressions, forced displacements, enslavement and physical elimination, still survive in Brazil approximately 1 million indigenous belonging to 240 nations with their own languages, traditions and beliefs.
The task of all human beings who do not accept the continuation of the genocide of native peoples in Brazil is to join forces, not only in Brazilian or Latin American society but throughout the entire world.
Below we present a summary list of the main native nations of Brazil and the population of each of them.
Guarani 270,000
Ticuna 70,000
Yanomami 35,000
Pai Tavytera, Kaa'wa, 30,000
Kaingang 30,000
Mbya Guaraní 20,000
Xavantes 16,000
Potiguara 12,000
Pataxó 11,800
Kayapo 10,000
Terena 20,000
Sateré-Mawé 14,000
Pataxó 12,000
Xakriabá 10,000
Xucurú 8,500
Karajá 3,000
Tupinambá de Olivença 3,000,
Tupiniquim 2,630,
Parecis 2,200
Bororo 1,500
Kadiweu 1,500
In the next few weeks I will try to locate and describe each of these nations as a way that we can all identify their geographies, histories and traditions.


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