Today is Brazilian Independence Day and in honor of it we ahould talk about how Brazil is a settler colonial state. In particular, the Figueiredo Report which revealed Brazil's genocide of 6 million Natives in the 1900s.
In 1967, Public Prosecutor Jader de Figueiredo Correia compiled the 7000 page report on decades of genocide of Indigenous peoples detailing how the Brazilian govt's Indian Protection Service and healthy landowners collaborated to genocide Natives and steal their lands.
The Figueiredo report details the tactics used to commit Indigenous genocide, including the use of arsenic, shootings, and throwing dynamite from a helicopter. The journalist Norman Lewis said here "The tragedy of the Indian in the USA in the last century was being repeated."
The Figueiredo Report was so damning, it upended Brazil's Native policy. 50 officials and the Indian Protection Service was replaced with the National Indian Foundation (FUNAI) in 1967. Then the Report was suspiciously lost in a fire that same year until it reappeared in 2013.
While Brazil has much to be proud of regarding Indigenous policy, including the FUNAI's founding and 1988 Native recognition in the constitution. But Brazilian Settler Colonialism as a living institution is undeniable with the Figueiredo report and, now, Bolsonaro's presidency.
FOR MORE INFO: LINK TO PAPER ON THE TOPIC IS LISTED BELOW. AUTHORED BY NORMAN LEWIS OF SUNDAY TIMES MAGAZINE
A shocking report detailing horrific atrocities committed against Brazilian Indians in the 1940s, 50s and 60s has resurfaced.
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SOURCE: New Amauta@AmautaNew
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