Kayapo

Xingu Forever Alive

Monday, May 26, 2008
We, representatives of indigenous peoples, river bank dwellers, gatherers of forest products, family farmers, urban dwellers, social movements, and non-governmental organizations of the Xingu basin met in the Xingu Forever Alive encounter, in the city of Altamira, Pará state, Brazilian Amazon, between May 19 and 23, 2008 to discuss, recognize, and repudiate the threats to the river which is ours, and of which we are part, in order to reaffirm the type of development that we want for our region. We who are the ancestral inhabitants of the Xingu Basin, whose course and whose tributaries we nav

In Defense of the Xingu

Kayapó leader Tuira receives Tenotã-Mõ book from women activists
Fri, 05/23/2008 - 11:11am
Kayapó leader Tuira receives Tenotã-Mõ book from women activists The attack on the Eletrobrás official set off a series of recriminations, aimed at discrediting the movement. But, the Kayapó re-oriented their actions towards moving forward in their defense of the Xingu. Calling the regional Federal Attorney to the table, the Kayapó brought all their chiefs to address him, saying "we are authorities of our people, too. We want to make it very clear how we stand regarding the dams planned for the Xingu." One chief brought his daughter with him. Embracing her, he said "What I am saying is

Tensions Boil Over at Altamira

Kayapó dance at the Belo Monte protest
Wed, 05/21/2008 - 4:32am
Kayapó dance at the Belo Monte protest Shock. Despair. I was on the panel discussing the impacts of Belo Monte Dam, when about eight Kayapó Indians incensed at the defense of the project by state company Eletrobrás' project manager, Paulo Fernando Rezende who had been invited to the encounter, suddenly rushed him. They threw him to the ground about ten feet from me. Chanting and waving machetes, the Kayapó pushed NGO leaders raising their hands and calling for calm out of the way, and in the scuffle, Rezende emerged with a cut on his shoulder. He was treated at the Transamazon Hospital

Xingu Encounter - Altamira, Brazil

Kayapó women paint their faces in preparation
Monday, May 19, 2008
Kayapó women paint their faces in preparation Glenn Switkes May 19-23, 2008 The Xingu Encounter 2008 was a 5-day gathering of over 1,000 Brazilian Amazon Indians and their allies to protest multiple government-supported hydroelectric dam projects on the Xingu River. Much discussion and emphasis was placed on protesting the Belo Monte Dam, whose construction would result in the displacement of 500 indigenous people and 16,000 other Brazilians. The dam would also require the construction of four additional dams on the Xingu River in order to store water during the dry season, and would destroy

Rio Xingu, Brasil

O rio Xingu, de 1.979 km (1.230 milhas) de extensão,corre do cerrado, ou savana tropical da região central do estado do Mato Grosso, Brasil, rumo ao norte na Amazônia. A sua bacia cobre uma área de 531.000 km². 25.000 índios, de 18 grupos étnicos distintos, vivem ao longo do Xingu. Em 1989, uma mobilização internacional, liderada pelos índios Kayapó, paralisou os planos da companhia estatal de eletricidade, Eletronorte, de construir um complexo de seis barragens no Xingu e o seu tributário, o Iriri. Agora, a Eletronorte está propondo a construção de uma primeira grande barra

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