![]() ![]() ![]() Last year fires, possibly started by loggers, ravaged one Awá territory, home to the largest group of uncontacted members of the tribe. Logging companies keen to exploit Brazil's rainforest have been accused by human rights organisations of using gunmen to wipe out the Aw, a tribe of just 355. Around 100 remain uncontacted and are very vulnerable to diseases brought in by outsiders, to which they have no resistance. The conservation charity Survival International has called the Awa the 'most threatened tribe on earth'. They remain good natured despite the plight the community faces. It was clear my visit was a source of great entertainment for the Awa. However, the Awá are still one of the most vulnerable peoples on the planet. Each mishap prompted a new gale of laughter from my hosts. In April 2014 Survival’s international campaign succeeded in pushing the Brazilian government to evict illegal loggers and settlers who had destroyed over 30% of their central territory. This is the first time that the Awá have blockaded the railroad on their own initiative and reflects their determination to hold Vale to account. On June 11 a large group of Awá families occupied a section of the railroad which runs alongside their land.Īt over 300 carriages in length, the Carajás train is among the longest in the world, and seriously disrupts the animals the Awá depend on for food © Screenshotįollowing a meeting with Vale representatives last week (June 15), the Awá agreed to suspend the blockade on condition that the company upholds its agreement to mitigate the impacts on the Indians’ forest. The tribe are calling for a meeting with the company and FUNAI, the Brazilian government’s Indigenous affairs department, so that their wishes can be heard and their rights respected. To transport the iron ore, trains that are over 3 kilometers in length regularly hurtle through close to Awá territory. Heads garlanded in feathers and bands of plumes laced. A young domesticated monkey, called a sagui, balances on Amapirawai’s head. The company has moved to expand the railroad, but the Awá say the expansion will increase the number and size of trains which transport iron ore from the Carajás mine to the port of São Luis – and that this will make it harder for them to hunt for food.Ĭarajás is the world’s largest open pit iron ore mine. Secret life of the Amazon Indians: Incredible images show near-extinct Awá tribe at work and play. Members of Brazil’s Awá tribe have blockaded a railroad owned by Vale mining company in the eastern Amazon. This page was created in 2016 and may contain language which is now outdated. June 17, 2016 This is the first time the Awá have initiated a protest of this kind on their own. © Survival Amazon tribe blockade railroad in protest against Brazilian mining giant On one of the last islands of intact rain forest in Brazil’s eastern Amazon, the Aw Indians face the seemingly inexorable eradication of their home. ![]()
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