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Thousands Participate in Indigenous March in Brazil in Protest of Official 500 Year Celebrations

April 22, 2000 marks the 500 year anniversary of the "discovery" of Brazil. To counter national celebrations, and to protest 500 years of violence against them, Indigenous movements in Brazil are taking part in a historic March, culminating in a rally tomorrow. Some 2000 Indigenous representatives from more than 200 peoples are participating in the March.

Indians Protest Brazil Anniversary

Brasilia, Brazil (AP) - Hundreds of Indians marching in the capital
Thursday destroyed a monument commemorating the
500th anniversary of the discovery of Brazil by Portuguese explorers.

Armed with bows and arrows, and wearing traditional war paint, some 400
Indians paraded down the main avenues of the
capital asserting there was no reason to celebrate Brazil's discovery.

According to the Coun

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Vice President Al Gore delivered a scathing speech back on Oct.

Davi Kopenawa Yanomami, Yanomami Indigenous Leader from Brazil

TO ALL WHO WISH TO HEAR ME
The biggest problem for the Yanomami Indians now are the garimpeiro (goldminers) who are in our land, and the illnesses they bring with them. The government's National Health Foundation say that 1300 Yanomami had got malaria up until May this year.