Situation of Indigenous Peoples in Mato Grosso do Sul
INDIGENIST MISSIONARY COUNCIL - CIMI
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MULTICULTURAL BUT SCHIZOPHRENIC; THE HAND THAT CARESSES IS THE
SAME THAT CASTS STONES: THE STATE AND STIMULUS TO DEVELOPMENT AND
ITS IMPACT ON INDIGENOUS LANDS IN MATO GROSSO DO SUL
Marcos Homero Ferreira Lima 20
Verônica Maria Bezerra Guimarães21
At the end of the 1980s, with the promulgation of the
Constitution and the signing of Convention 169 of the ILO, it was
announced that the statute of guardianship and the integrationist
vision was terminated, giving impetus to a new policy model which
addresses the indigenous peoples with due consideration of their
diversity, thus guaranteeing the self-determination and autonomy
these peoples.
For various reasons, the State has been very slow to ensure
the specific rights of the indigenous peoples as set forth in Article
231 of the CF/884. But it should be noted that, just as pernicious
as the morosity, is the dual personality of the State, characterized
by disorganization of its internal processes, which makes and
unmakes, acts and stumbles over itself.
The issue of indigenous land in the State of Mato Grosso do Sul
is a good illustration. On the one hand, the Brazilian State promotes
the process of identification and delimitation of indigenous lands so
that it is able "to protect and ensure respect for all their property";
on the other hand, the same State creates mechanisms and employs
20 Anthropologist and Expert Analyst for Ministério Público Federal (MPF-public prosecutor) - Dourados, MS
21Prof. Faculty of Law and International Relations of the Federal University of Grande Dourados (UFGD). Access the full article at: http://www.cimi.org.br/pub/MS/Viol_MS_2003_2010.pdf
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