To remember... Human Rights and indigenous people

• Main Author: Acçolini, Graziele
• Publication Date: 2010
• Format: Article
• Language: por
• Source: Mediações - Revista de Ciências Sociais
• Download full: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/mediacoes/article/view/6544
• topic: Indigenous people; Diversity; Human Rights; Povos indígenas; Diversidade; Direitos Humanos

This article aims to briefly present the cases of threatened indigenous people, as the tragedy that struck the Nambiquara group in Mato Grosso during the 1970/80 decade during the military dictatorship and the situation of malnutrition and suicides afflicting Kaiowá Guarani Indians, population of Mato Grosso do Sul, considering them as emblematic cases on the issue of cultural diversity in relation to human rights. The goal is to draw attention to the difficulties faced by the indigenous people as the occupation and liberation of lands for exploration, deforestation, forest fires and the swearing by estates and the monoculture. It is worth remembering that these issues concern not only to indigenous people, but also cover certain populations directly and humanity in general, because they are our problems too.