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  • Karapiru Awá, Posto Tiracambu, Caru, April 2000<br /> © 2000 Fiona Watson/Survival<br />
    Brazil: Guajajara leader murdered in land conflict
    10 June 2005 An old Guajajara Indian leader, José Araújo Guajajara, was murdered on 21 May 2005 by a group of armed men who stormed into his village, setting fire to houses and shooting at the Indians.
  • Makuxi wearing paishara costumes for meeting at Bismark, Raposa Serra do Sol, Brazil. The meeting with the Minishter of Justice Nelson Jobim, President of FUNAI Julio Gaiger and State Governor Neudo Campos was to discuss their land claims. October 1996<br /> © 1996 Fiona Watson/Survival<br />
    Brazil: Enawene Nawe demand land rights
    9 June 2005 Members of the Enawene Nawe tribe of Mato Grosso state travelled to Brazil’s capital Brasília last week to demand that the government legally recognise a key part of their territory.