Yanomami And Yekuana Indians Protest Against Illegal Mining Operations

Yanomami And Yekuana Indians Protest Against Illegal Mining Operations Yanomami and Yekuana Indians of northern Brazil held a protest this week to denounce the illegal invasion of Yanomami land by goldminers and to demand that the authorities take action to remove them. The protest took place outside the office of FUNAI (the Brazilian government’s Indian Affairs Department) in the Amazonian state of Roraima on Wednesday. The Indians, decorated with body paint, danced and made their...

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