A radical change to how Brazil’s Indigenous affairs agency functions has prompted alarm among activists, who say it effectively threatens to end the demarcation of Indigenous territories and set back policymaking. Decree 11,226, published Oct. 10 in the official government gazette, abolishes the regional committees of the National Indian Foundation, or Funai. These committees are […]
Since far-right President Jair Bolsonaro took office in 2019, Bare and other indigenous lawyers have taken legal action repeatedly against the Funai indigenous affairs agency, accusing it of dismantling the protections it was tasked with upholding. "The very body that should protect us is against us," said Bare, who represents the largest umbrella group for Brazil's Amazon https://news.trust.org/item/20220209141114-o4u3i indigenous peoples, COIAB.
Since far-right Jair Bolsonaro became Brazilian president, critics say the Funai indigenous affairs agency has been dismantling the protections it is meant to uphold