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remedy for tribes, increased extractive industry development, the
construction of hydroelectric dams, and ranching to be undertaken
on recognized Indian reserves “in the public interest.” The eminent
domain-style bill has passed the Brazilian Senate, providing further
evidence that the indigenous people of the Amazon are imperiled
by overwhelming oil and gas exploration, illegal logging, and
unrestrained ranching and farming.
GIC will seek to work with the multitude of tribal advocacy groups
established to support the 400 or so tribes in the Amazon. Initiatives
we can bring to fruition for our people in North America have the
potential to provide precedent for these tribes in their struggle for
sovereign recognition and the rights of indigenous peoples as
set forth in UNDRIP, which Peru and Brazil adopted.

Those cited here are but a few representative examples of the
myriad situations replicated on indigenous lands and threatening
indigenous communities around the world.

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