Situation of Indigenous Peoples in Mato Grosso do Sul
INDIGENIST MISSIONARY COUNCIL - CIMI
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of the indigenous peoples who were victims of dispossession and
massacres, they are not differentiated in the narrative about the
actions of the gunmen and police. In this perplexing situation in
which the Guarani people survive and struggle, it even appears
that this decision and injurious action by the group of gunmen
and by the court is inevitable. Therefore, the indigenous peoples,
victims, enter a state of suffering and despair no longer knowing
who to appeal to guarantee their right to live as native and originary
people of this Guarani territory.
STRUGGLE AND RESISTANCE
It is important to highlight that the Kaiowá Guarani during these
500 years of invasion have developed very efficient strategies for
confrontation and survival in the midst of the most intense of
adversities and forms of violence. The essence of this process is
centered, without a doubt, in their profound religiosity and in the
centrality of their religious leaders (the Ñanderu and Ñandesy) in
the organization of the communities and in the confrontations in
the fight for life.
One of the forums and forms of articulating the resistance, social
processes and coexistence are the Aty and Aty Guasu. That is, the
encontros/gatherings/celebrations of the communities, of wider or
lesser embrace.
The Aty Guasu gained a fundamental importance in the process
of retaking of lands. It was at these moments that they discussed
and defined the strategies of the struggle for rights, especially to
land.
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