Upsides of Social Media MarketingNew Web Hosting Pioneer Emerges, Offering Affordable Hosting Solutions Coupled with…In an interview with Mongabay, Brasílio Priprá, one of the pioneers of the Free Land Camp, the largest event of the Brazilian Indigenous movement, looks back on its 20 years of existence.
The “People of the Sun,” as the Xokleng Indigenous people of Brazil call themselves, are no strangers to conflict and violence.
Twenty-six-year-old Hariel Paliano, who lived in the Bonsucesso community, inside Ibirama-Laklaño, is the latest fatality the Xokleng have experienced. While nearlyIndigenous people from all over the world, including his parents, celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Free Land Camp, Paliano was brutally killed. Police are still investigating the motive and local leaders are awaiting the results before pronouncing themselves on the case.
Mongabay: This year, the Free Land Camp is completing 20 years of its existence. What has changed during this time?I think very little has changed. But the change that did happen gives us hope to keep fighting. This movement was started by Indigenous people in the south of Brazil in 2003, with around 150 people . Our main goals have been the same ever since: land demarcation, health and education. Here, today, we are so many more.
When we think about the now, we think about guaranteeing that our environment will be preserved so we can continue to live a quiet life. Because if the environment is preserved, our community will have fish in the river, will have freshwater, will have the forest, will have the animals. But the marco temporal has been affecting us. Because non-Indigenous people know our rights are on trial, we are receiving many threats. This violence has accompanied the marco temporal since the 1990s when the thesis was actually proposed, and it’s been lingering through different governments, working against us Indigenous peoples. This is a concern not only for the Xokleng people, but for all Indigenous people in Brazil.
Mongabay: How do you see the law 14.701, approved by Congress in December 2023, which besides the marco temporal also implements other rules for Indigenous territories, such as the possibility of developing economic activities in partnership with non-Indigenous entities? Is there any merit to this proposal?No, I don’t think there’s any merit to it. In fact, it’s our greatest fear, and that is why we are here today.
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