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Amazon tribe blocks major Brazilian highway mongabay.com June 8, 2007
The Enawenê Nawê, a tribe of around 450 members, say they are concerned the dams will affect fish populations. The Enawenê Nawê eat no red meat and are highly dependent on the Xingu River and its tributaries for fish, many of which migrate upstream through areas that would be flooded. Development interests are pushing for the damns to generate electricity to power industrial farms in Mato Grosso, a Brazilian state that has suffered the brunt of deforestation in the Amazon since the 1970s. The Enawenê Nawê issued a statement through Survival International, an NGO that works to protect the rights of indigenous people around the world. In defence of life and the Xingu River
We are totally opposed to Belo Monte [one of the large dams] because the Xingu river is our life. The death of the river threatens our lives, our future, our people, and our children and grandchildren. Any interference with the Xingu will cause the extinction of game animals, of fish and will profoundly affect our lands and our health. We indigenous peoples wish to live and to breath the Xingu river. Its water are the source of life and we don't want to die. We will not give up on life and we will not abandon our struggle. Our war cries are surging in our throats to oppose the enemy. We want to gather together the indigenous peoples of the XIngu, the Kayapó of the Upper Xingu, the indigenous peoples of the Xingu National Park and of the Amazon and Brazil, and to invite our allies to a big meeting in Altamira where we will show the government of Brazil our indignation and our position against the large scale projects which it is implementing and which are destroying Amazonia. We ask for support and help from national and international institutions so that the communities can fully participate in this big meeting. Altamira, 3 June 2007 Xikrin indigenous peoples of Pykajakà, Potikro, Bacajá, Mrotidjam communities; Kayapó indigenous peoples of Kikretum, Kokraimoro, Pukararankre, Kendjam, Moikarakô, Kôkôkuedjà, Kararaô communities Araweté indigenous people of Igarapé Ipixuna Parakanã indigenous people of Apyterewa Asurini indigenous people of the Xingu Juruna indigenous people of Pakisamba and Km 17 communities; Xipaya indigenous people Kuruaya, indigenous people Arara indigenous people of Volta Grande, Laranjal and Cachoeira Seca communities in Pará Apinajé indigenous people Tembé indigenous people Gavião indigenous people of Rondônia Karitiana indigenous people Together with the social movements and NGOs: Federation of Organisations for Social and Educational Assistance (FASE), Fundo Dema, International Rivers Network (IRN), CIMI (Catholic Indigenous Missionary Council), the Parish of the Xingu, Verbo Divino Congregation, CPPS and Xaverian Missionaries, Movment for the Development of the Transamazonica and Xingu (MDTX), Movment of women of the countryside and town in the Transamazônica region, Humanitas Institute, International Institute of Education of Brasil (IIEB), Movement of People affected by dams (MAB), Movement of small scale farmers, Via Campesina, and researchers from the National Institute of Amazon Research (INPA) and Federal University of Pará (UFPA) Comments? News options News index | RSS | Add to MyYahoo! Advertisements: Organic Apparel from Patagonia | Insect-repelling clothing |
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