20/05 TALKING: Brazil’s indigenous peoples

30 Apr, 2013

TALKING 6.30pm John Hemming & Colin Thuron ‘Brazil’s indigenous peoples’ @ Stamford St Lecture Theatre (127 Stamford Street, SE1 9NQ) + info: jacqueline.armit@kcl.ac.uk FREE


Brazil’s indigenous peoples reached a nadir in the mid-twentieth century, reduced by centuries of disease and oppression. Since then, Indians have fought for and achieved remarkable successes, in land tenure (for forest tribes), population growth, and constitutional rights. Now they struggle to retain their rich cultural and language heritages in a booming dynamic nation. They grapple with new problems in education, health, environmental protection of sometimes vast protected areas, threats from loggers, miners and land-grabbers, legal status, and a need for income in often-remote reserves. This event is FREE but booking is essential