The event will also address issues such as land demarcations, suicide among indigenous people, and the recent surge in violence targeting indigenous communities.
Brazil is home to about 1.7 million self-declared indigenous individuals belonging to 305 ethnic groups. This population accounts for 0.83% of the total population.
“Looking to the future alienates people from the more immediate need to build our existence in the present. It’s a vision that educates people to selfishness,” he said in an interview to Agência Brasil.
Tonkyre is the daughter of the respected chief Payaré, who championed indigenous rights and instilled the concept of entrepreneurship and sustainable production.
The mining-affected groups were primarily indigenous people (15.1%), workers (12.1%), urban population (9.7%), and small rural landowners (8.3%), the report reads.
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