As the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff moves forward, interim President Michel Temer and his newly appointed ministers are attempting to put a stop to the protection of indigenous lands. Continue reading “Brazil Coup: Indians protest Law to “Undo” Land rights Progress by”
BRAZIL AUTHORIZES OPERATION OF THE BELO MONTE DAM, DISREGARDING THE RIGHTS OF AFFECTED COMMUNITIES
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They decided to retake their traditional forms of self government to start a long process of building their autonomy. A few months back they inaugurated a new weapon to continue defending their traditions and reaffirm their rejection of the institutional political method: a communalContinue reading “Cherán K’eri:: Building a party-free Autonomy”
Pictured: Daiara Tukano (Source: Daiara Tukano) “The Indigenous genocide of America is the biggest genocide in the world, and we must join forces and fight for the end of this violence.” Daiara Tukano
An urgent plea for help has surfaced from the state of Mato Grosso do Sul in southern Brazil, where a local Indigenous activist has accessed various social media platforms to broadcast the current state of crisis, and ongoing genocide of Indigenous Peoples in the region.
Continue reading “Guarani appeal as gunmen ‘prepare to attack’”
Juníper Serra, who invented ‘mission’ camps of abuse, torture and mass murder of Natives… Now to be declared a SAINT by the Pope in Washington D.C.
May 3, 2015, from Red Power Media, with thanks..
Pope Francis on Saturday praised the zeal of an 18th-century Franciscan missionary he will make a saint when he visits the United States this fall but whom Native Americans say brutally converted indigenous people to Christianity.
Francis praised Junípero Serra during a homily at a Rome seminary training future priests from North America. The pope will proclaim the Spaniard a saint during a Washington, D.C., ceremony Sept. 23. Continue reading “Pope to make a Priest who Genocided Indians into a SAINT..Sept in Washington”
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