In Brazil, an indigenous woman joins Bolsonaro in fight for mining

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Irisnaide Silva is female, Brazilian and indigenous.

Irisnaide Silva, 32, an Indigenous leader of one of two main indigenous groups in the Amazonian state of Roraima, gestures in the Raposa Serra do Sol reservation, Roraima state, Brazil, October 5, 2020. Picture taken October 5, 2020. REUTERS/Leonardo Benassatto NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVESFor decades her family picked and panned the borderland near Venezuela, scouring the hills for diamonds and gold.

Silva, 32, leads one of two main indigenous groups in the Amazonian state of Roraima. But the other group, and many other indigenous associations, see her as a traitor manipulated by rapacious intruders eager to grab lands and resources.“I’ve been called a white Indian,” Silva told Reuters over squawking chickens at her steel-roof home in the Raposa Serra do Sol reserve. Although her mixed race background is not uncommon, critics use it to question her credibility.

By teaming up with some indigenous people, activists say he is exacerbating tensions within tribes through divide-and-conquer methods that historically helped destroy native lands worldwide. The state of Roraima, with little industrialized mining due to its many reserves, is already courting investors. Anastase Papoortzis, head of state development company Codesaima, told Reuters the company owns 29 exploration permits on indigenous territories and will attend a mining fair in Canada this year.

In the 2000s, as she finished school and trained to be a teacher, rival indigenous factions fought over how to protect their homeland. That struggle in Raposa Serra do Sol became emblematic of Brazil’s debate over indigenous policy. She has expanded their social media presence and aligned the organization with right-wing state and federal governments.

Funai, in response to Reuters questions, said it did not know the size of each group or how they might have changed. It declined to comment on the rivalry, beyond saying it did not condone violence.Near Napoleão, an indigenous town of 1,200 people in the mountainous south of Raposa Serra do Sol, workers sweat dawn to dusk, cutting deep into yielding rock.

 

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I read the article and this lady and her father seem very suspicious

An indigenous person defending mining in an area that should be preserved? What?

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She joins BolsonaroGenocida because she Works minning. She doens't represent her tribe.

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