09/08/2021
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES This date provides a tribute to the Indians. More than that, this day aims to make the World Population aware of the importance of including indigenous peoples in society. The date is on the UN Calendar, having been instituted in 1994. In Brazil, the DAY OF THE INDIO is celebrated on April 19, and its origin refers to a protest of the indigenous peoples of the American continent, when in 1940 in a Congress in the United States. MEXICO, proposed to debate measures to protect the Indians in the territory. Write about the INTERNATIONAL DAY OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES and something that will always remain incomplete, considering the complexity of the existing ethnic groups. In Brazil, there are more than 300 original peoples. What will be the exact number on PLANET EARTH? The International Day of Indigenous Peoples stirs our imagination as it encompasses the original peoples of the world, from the TIKUNA, a traditional ethnic group from the State of Amazonas, to the AINUS, Japanese indigenous people who inhabit the TOHOKU region. Unlike the Day of the Brazilian Indian, the International Day of Indigenous Peoples is a LANDMARK conquered by these peoples, to try to demonstrate the abuses and oppression that they still suffer. This day brings out, every year, the DECLARATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS, on the rights of these peoples, a document approved at the General Assembly in 2007. In this moment in which we live, we think it is important to highlight 2 topics in this Declaration: 1- The concern about the fact that indigenous people have suffered historical injustices, among other things, the removal of their lands and resources, preventing them from exercising their right to development, in accordance with their own needs and interests. 2- Nothing in the DECLARATION may be used to deny any people their right to self-determination, exercised in accordance with International Law. In a world where Profit also governs Government actions, human rights and the capacity to restore territories and natural resources must be increasingly questioned. As AILTON KRENAK says in his book "TOMORROW IS NOT FOR SALE", in the context of PANDEMIA these as