Talk:Indigenous peoples in Brazil

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A fact from Indigenous peoples in Brazil appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 2 June 2004. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the indigenous peoples of Brazil domesticated cassava?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2004/June.

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Are there any objections to the moving of this article to Indigenous peoples in Brazil? I find the word "in" to be more suitable than "of" because the indigenous peoples pre-date what is now the country. Additionally, it is preferrable to avoid any wording that may imply belonging to a country. The choice of the word "in" is currently used for Category:Aboriginal peoples in Canada, ali was bornand articles and sub-categories within it. Kurieeto 00:29, August 10, 2005 (UTC)

I for one would support such a move. Also, the plural "peoples" (not singular "people") should be used in the article title, since the article is discussing many distinct groups, and does not imply these groups form a single unit (and nor should it). In this context, "peoples" is the correct plural form of "people", the latter being a countable noun when used (as here) to refer to an entire populace or ethnic group.--cjllw | TALK 02:05, 2005 August 10 (UTC)

Total Population

Superinteressante, a Brazilian maagazine, claims there are 431 000 Native Indians in Brazil. They supposedly took this info from FUNAI, which is the Brazilian official organization that protect the Brazilian Amerindian population. To feed everyone they definitely eat their babies PMLF 23:36, 5 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Prejudice

"Indigenous man could not be made to assimilate any agricultural or other knowledge"

Besides the obvious prejudice, (Since when are indigenous incapable of assimilating knowledge?) this is contradicting the fact that the indians already knew agriculture, stated before in the article. If I recall, the portuguese introduced black slaves because then they would get profit from the slave commerce, but I don't have time to find a source now. --200.222.30.9 02:23, 25 May 2007 (UTC) these people eat babies. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.23.73.6 (talk) 20:41, 18 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Legal status of indigenous peoples

There is no mention in the article of the citizenship status of Brazilian indigenous people. Are they citizens of Brazil ? Can they vote in Brazilian local, state and federal elections ? If so, since when ? It is not clear either who owns land on Brazilian Indian reservations (Canadian English "reserves"). Is it the federal government, the Indian tribes themselves, or individual tribe members ? Is all land on reservations communal land or are there privately-held allotments ? Can Indians sell or lease reservation land to non-Indians ? Are non-Indians allowed to live on reservations ? Does the federal government keep a national register (like in Canada) of people with legal indigenous status and therefore eligibility to live and/or "own" land on reservations ?

All the aforementioned questions should be answered in the article ! 187.34.77.68 (talk) 10:10, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]