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Joênia Wapixana
Joenia Wapixana (officially Joenia Batista de Carvalho; born 20 April 1974) is the first Indigenous lawyer in Brazil and a member of the Wapixana tribe of northern Brazil. After taking a land dispute to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Wapixana became the first Indigenous lawyer to argue before the Supreme Court of Brazil. She is the current president of the National Commission for the Defense of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. She was elected federal deputy for the state of Roraima, from the party list of the Sustainability Network (REDE), in the 2018 general election. Batista de Carvalho is the first Indigenous woman elected to the Chamber of Deputies and the second Indigenous federal deputy since the election of Mário Juruna in 1982. After Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva took office as President of Brazil, she became the president of FUNAI and also the first Indigenous woman to assume the role. Early life Joenia Wapixana is a member of the Wapixana people. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ordem Do Mérito Cultural
The Ordem do Mérito Cultural is an honor bestowed by the Ministry of Culture (Brazil), Ministry of Culture to personalities, bodies both public and private, national and foreign, as a recognition of their contributions to Brazilian culture. The award was established bLaw No. 8313, 1991and regulated in 1995 by the Federal Government through Decree 1,711. The OMC is celebrated annually on November 5, in celebration of the National Culture Day. The Ordem do Mérito Cultural recipients are selected by a Council composed of the Minister of Culture (Brazil), Minister of State for Culture, who presides as Chancellor, and the Ministry of Education (Brazil), Ministers of State for Education, Science, Technology and Innovation and Ministry of External Relations (Brazil), Foreign Affairs, and on a Technical Commission, nominated by the Minister of State for Culture. Ordem do Mérito Cultural In the MinC site can indicate all persons or entities, national or international, with signific ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mário Juruna
Mário Juruna (September 3, 1942 or 1943 – July 18, 2002) was the first national-level federal representative in Brazil that belonged to an indigenous people. Biography He was born in Namurunjá village, near Barra do Garças, in the state of Mato Grosso, the son of the Xavante ''cacique'' (chief) Apoenã. He lived in the jungle, without contact with civilization, until the age of 17, when he became ''cacique''. In the 1970s he became famous for walking the halls of FUNAI, in Brasília to fight for land rights of Indians, while carrying a tape recorder, which he used to record everything that was said to him and to prove that the authorities, in most cases, did not keep their word. He was elected to the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil by the Democratic Labour Party from 1983–1987, representing Rio de Janeiro. His election had strong repercussions in Brazil and the world. He was responsible for the creation of a permanent commission for Indians, which brought formal rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reebok Human Rights Award
The Reebok Human Rights Award honoured activists under the age of thirty who fought for human rights through non-violent means. Each year, the award was given to four or five individuals. Each received a grant of US $50,000 that was to be used to support their human rights work. The awards were underwritten by the Reebok Foundation. Roots can be traced to 1988 when Amnesty International invited Reebok to sponsor Human Rights Now!, a series of worldwide music concerts. Youth from close to 40 countries received the award since it was established in 1988. No new awards have been given out since 2007. Laureates 2007 * Laura McCargar, United States * Anderson Sa, Brazil * Iryna Toustsik, Belarus * Ou Virak, Cambodia 2006 * Li Dan, China * Rachel Lloyd, United States * Khurram Parvez, India * Otto Saki, Zimbabwe 2005 * Zarema Mukusheva, Chechnya/Russia * Carlos Rojas, Mexico * Aloysius Toe, Liberia * Charm Tong, Burma/Thailand 2004 * Yinka Jegede-Ekpe, Nigeria * Van ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of Attorneys Of Brazil
The Order of Attorneys of Brazil (, OAB) is the Brazilian Bar Association. Founded in 1930, it is responsible for the regulation of the legal profession in the country. Its national headquarters are in Brasília, Federal District. The OAB has 1,065,304 lawyers (2018). This number rose to 1,211,309 as of early 2021. Its early origins are found on a private institution founded in 1843. Graduates in Law from university who wish to act on behalf of clients before a Court of Law must register at the Order of Attorneys of Brazil. Only those who are duly registered can provide legal consultation and appear before the Court. It is an organization independent from the government, but it has some public powers, which include disciplinary action over its members. The Federal Constitution of Brazil considered advocacy an essential activity for the maintenance of justice, and Art. 133 provides that "The lawyer is indispensable to the administration of justice and is inviolable for his acts or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wapishana People
The Wapishana or Wapichan (or Wapisiana, Wapitxana, Vapidiana, Wapixana) are an Indigenous peoples, Indigenous group found in the Roraima area of northern Brazil and southern Guyana. Location Currently the Wapishana are located in the State of Roraima, Brazil, northern and eastern Boa Vista, Paraíba, Boa Vista, as well as in the southern Rupununi savannas of Guyana. In their villages, one can find ranches, settlements, small towns, and commercial developments of Brazilians. In Guyana, the Wapishana villages are located between the Takutu River, Takutu, Rupununi River, Rupununi, and Kwitaro River, Kwitaro rivers, bordering the Macushi territory in the Kanuku Mountains to the north, and extending as far as the Wai-Wai territory to the south. In Brazilian territory, in the north eastern portion of Roraima, the Wapishana villages are mostly located in the Serra da Lua (Moon Ridge) region between the Branco River and one of its affluent, the Tacutu. On the lower Uraricoera River, anot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taurepang
The Pemon or Pemón (Pemong) are Indigenous people living in areas of Venezuela, Brazil, and Guyana.See pp.112,113 and 178 of ''Venezuela: the Pemon'', in ''Condé Nast Traveler'', December 2008. The Pemon people are divided into many dialects and traditions, which are Arekuna, Kamarakoto, and Taurepang. People The Pemon are part of the larger Cariban language family, and include six groups including the Arekuna, Ingarikó, Kamarakoto, Tualipang, Mapoyo and Macushi/Makushi (Macuxi or Makuxi in Brazil). While ethnographic data on these groups are scant, Iris Myers produced one of the most detailed accounts of the Makushi in the 1940s, and her work is heavily relied upon for comparisons between historical and contemporary Makushi life. The Pemon were first encountered by westerners in the 18th century and converted by missionaries to Christianity. Their society is based on trade and considered egalitarian and decentralized, and in Venezuela, funding from petrodollars have helped f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makuxi
The Macushi (''Makuusi'', ) are an Indigenous people living in the borderlands of southern Guyana, northern Brazil in the state of Roraima, and in an eastern part of Venezuela. Identification The Macushi are also known as the Macusi, Macussi, Makushi, Makusi, Makuxi, Teueia, and Teweya people. Macushi, as well as the Arecuna, Kamarakoto, and Taurepan are considered sub-groups of Pemon. Language Macushi people speak the Macushi language, a Macushi-Kapon language, which is part of the Carib language family. Some in Brazil also speak Portuguese, while some in Venezuela speak Spanish, and some in Guyana speak English. The Macushi language is written in the Latin script, and the New Testament was translated into the language in 1996. Macushi were hesitant to teach their language to outsiders, thus the language was threatened in the 1950s, as it was considered "slang" compared to the official Portuguese. Housing and lifestyle They live in villages linked together by tracks and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingarikó
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Ingarikó (Ingaricó) or Kapon is a term that collectively refers to three closely related tribes of indigenous people of South America, living in areas of Venezuela, Brazil and Guyana. Linguistically, the three groups fall within the Cariban language family. These groups are: *The Akawaio people *The Pemon people *The Patamona people See also * Annetta Kapon, artist * Tomer Kapon (born 1985), Israeli film and television actor *Capon A capon (from , genitive ''cāpōnis'') is a male chicken that has been castrated or neutered, either physically or chemically, to improve the quality of its flesh for food, and, in some countries like Spain, fattened by forced feeding. Histor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raposa Serra Do Sol
Terra indígena Raposa/Serra do Sol ( Portuguese for ''Fox/Sun Hills Indigenous Land'') is an indigenous territory in Brazil, intended to be home to the Macushi people. It is located in the northern half of the Brazilian state of Roraima and is the largest in that country and one of the world's largest, with an area of and a perimeter of about . Location The area includes two major natural landscapes: plains occupied by a type of vegetation similar to that of ''cerrado'' and steep mountains covered with thick rainforest. The Pacaraima Mountains in the north of the territory separate Brazil from Venezuela and Guyana. The territory contains the Monte Roraima National Park, created in 1989. Population Raposa Serra do Sol indigenous territory is home to about 20,000 people, most of them Macushi. Other peoples represented there are the Wapixanas, Ingarikós, Taurepangs and Patamonas, as well as non-indigenous farmers. The inhabitants of the reserve vary wildly in language ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indigenous Movements In The Americas
Indigenous people under the nation-state have experienced exclusion and dispossession. With the rise in globalization, material advantages for indigenous populations have diminished. At times, national governments have negotiated natural resources without taking into account whether or not these resources exist on indigenous lands. In this sense for many indigenous populations, the effects of globalization mirror the effects of the conquest in the mid 16th century. In response, indigenous political movements have emerged in various countries in North and South America. These movements share similarities. Many seek specific rights for indigenous populations. These rights include the right to self-determination and the right to preserve their culture and heritage. Aims differ. One of the main differences is the way in which they organize themselves to meet their objectives. There have been movements in Latin America to unite indigenous populations separated by national borders. The f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portuguese Language
Portuguese ( or ) is a Western Romance language of the Indo-European language family originating from the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. It is the official language of Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal and São Tomé and Príncipe, and has co-official language status in East Timor, Equatorial Guinea and Macau. Portuguese-speaking people or nations are known as Lusophone (). As the result of expansion during colonial times, a cultural presence of Portuguese speakers is also found around the world. Portuguese is part of the Iberian Romance languages, Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia and the County of Portugal, and has kept some Gallaecian language, Celtic phonology. With approximately 250 million native speakers and 17 million second language speakers, Portuguese has approximately 267 million total speakers. It is usually listed as the List of languages by number of native speaker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
