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Brazil’s battle over the land rights of Indigenous communities also exposes how Christian evangelical movements are undermining religious freedom and eroding Indigenous culture
A cloak of thousands of scarlet ibis feathers, sacred to the Indigenous Tupinambá people of Brazil, has been in Danish hands since the 1600s. Now it has finally been returned to Brazil in the midst of an ongoing dispute over Indigenous rights in the country.
Three years ago, Brazil’s Supreme Court overturned arguments prohibiting Indigenous land claims from before 1988, but a new proposed constitutional amendment threatens these rights by imposing a timeline limit, sparking widespread opposition from Indigenous communities and their advocates.
a major decision by Brazil’s Supreme Court enshrines Indigenous land rights.
Brazil’s President Lula da Silva or simply Lula announced that his government has recognized six new Indigenous reserves.