Politicized Indigenous affairs agency puts Brazil's uncontacted groups at risk

Brazil’s federal agency for Indigenous affairs snubbed new evidence of uncontacted Indigenous groups found by two expeditions in the Amazon last year, heightening concerns about political interference in the government body and the growing threat to the survival of Indigenous groups in voluntary isolation. Critics say it’s increasingly clear that the agency, known as Funai, […]

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