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News from the Indians of Raposa–Serra do Sol

Farmers leave Indian land

May 5, 2009

After years of conflict and tension, rice farmers are finally leaving the Indigenous territory known as Raposa-Serra do Sol (the Land of the Fox and Mountain of the Sun) in northern Brazil.

Supreme Court upholds Indians’ rights in historic ruling

March 20, 2009

Brazil’s Supreme Court has ruled that the Indian reservation known as Raposa-Serra do Sol should not be broken up.

Indians rejoice as Supreme Court affirms land rights

December 11, 2008

Indians across Brazil are celebrating today as the majority of judges in the Supreme Court ruled to uphold Indigenous land rights in a key case. Indian representatives have called the decision a ‘great victory’.

Indians arrive in capital for landmark land rights case

December 9, 2008

Indigenous people from the Amazon state of Roraima are gathering in the Brazilian capital Brasilia today to await the Supreme Court's ruling on a key land rights case.

Indigenous leaders denounce farmer invading their land

September 11, 2008

Leaders of Barro community in the Indigenous territory of Raposa-Serra do Sol in Brazil have denounced destruction of their property by farmer Paulo César Quartieiro on 3 September.

Judge upholds Indian land rights - case adjourned

August 28, 2008

Yesterday in a packed Supreme Court in Brazil, a key judge voted to uphold the demarcation of the Indigenous territory Raposa-Serra do Sol. The case was adjourned at the request of another judge.

Legal expert says reducing Indian territory unconstitutional

August 26, 2008

Renowned Brazilian lawyer and constitutional expert José Afonso da Silva has declared that reducing Indigenous land by dividing it into islands is unconstitutional.

UN Special Rapporteur visits Indigenous Peoples in the Amazon

August 21, 2008

Prof James Anaya, the recently appointed United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous people, is currently visiting Brazil.

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