Indigenous peoples in Brazil or Native Brazilians (Portuguese: Brasileiros nativos) are the peoples who lived in Brazil before European contact around 1500 and their descendants. Indigenous …

The history of Brazil’s Indigenous peoples has been marked by brutality, slavery, violence, disease and genocide. When the first European colonists arrived in 1500, what is now Brazil …

The Indigenous peoples in Brazil (Portuguese: povos indígenas no Brasil) comprise a large number of distinct ethnic groups, who have inhabited the country prior to the European. The …

Many Indigenous peoples in Brazil continue to use, in their daily activities, ways of life inherited from their ancestors as well as objects, institutions and social relations acquired after the …

Sep 22, 2023 · The lawsuit put at risk the status of Brazil’s hundreds of Indigenous territories, said rights group Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil, known by the Portuguese acronym …

Aug 10, 2022 · Under Brazilian law, demarcation sets out clearly what land belongs to Indigenous peoples and provides them with secure collective legal rights over that land. That recognition …

The story of Brazil’s Indigenous peoples begins in Siberia, 17,000 years ago. Over centuries they migrated south to the Brazilian lands, creating two major groups. The Tupi settled along …

Jun 2, 2021 · More than 98% of Indigenous Lands (ILs) in Brazil are concentrated in the country's Legal Amazon region (see map below). They form large forest blocks that function as one of …

GENEVA (11 July 2024) – A human rights expert today called on the Brazilian Supreme Court and Senate to secure the rights of Indigenous Peoples to lands, territories and natural …

Brazil's Indigenous population stands at 896,900 individuals, 36.2% of whom live in urban areas. A total of 505 Indigenous Lands have been identified, covering 12.5% of Brazilian territory …