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Until 1967
- Brazilian Census doesn’t indicate Indian villages in Aracruz
- COFAVI began exploiting forests in the Aracruz region
- Aracruz Florestal S.A. is set up
- Guarani Indians migrate to ES from Paraguay and south Brazil
Years 70
- FUNAI decides to establish a reservation to receive indians
- FUNAI brings back Guarani indians that were in Minas Gerais
- FUNAI ruling orders studies for areas “chosen” by Indians
- FUNAI working group declares 6,500 ha to Indian occupation
Years 80
- Aracruz donates 1,696 ha to FUNAI for Indian Reservation
- Decrees ratify physical demarcation of the area donated
Years 90
- Indians request their reservation to expand to 14,270 ha
- Ministry limits the expansion to 2,571 ha
- Aracruz property is inveaded
- Aracruz-Indians relationship takes on commercial form
Since 2002
- Communities request that the agreement is revised
- New Indian invasion to Aracruz property
- Reports are filed
- Deciosion that approved summaries are republished
- Aracruz challenges FUNAI's report on expansion of the reservation.
- Indians set criminal fires on company's lands in order to pressure Ministry of Justice.
- Brazilian Census doesn’t indicate Indian villages in Aracruz
- COFAVI began exploiting forests in the Aracruz region
- Aracruz Florestal S.A. is set up
- Guarani Indians migrate to ES from Paraguay and south Brazil
Years 70
- FUNAI decides to establish a reservation to receive indians
- FUNAI brings back Guarani indians that were in Minas Gerais
- FUNAI ruling orders studies for areas “chosen” by Indians
- FUNAI working group declares 6,500 ha to Indian occupation
Years 80
- Aracruz donates 1,696 ha to FUNAI for Indian Reservation
- Decrees ratify physical demarcation of the area donated
Years 90
- Indians request their reservation to expand to 14,270 ha
- Ministry limits the expansion to 2,571 ha
- Aracruz property is inveaded
- Aracruz-Indians relationship takes on commercial form
Since 2002
- Communities request that the agreement is revised
- New Indian invasion to Aracruz property
- Reports are filed
- Deciosion that approved summaries are republished
- Aracruz challenges FUNAI's report on expansion of the reservation.
- Indians set criminal fires on company's lands in order to pressure Ministry of Justice.
Aracruz's Questioning
How is it possible for someone to have removed or expelled the Tupiniquim Indians from their lands when the historical records show that they never inhabited that area?
How is it possible for someone to have removed or expelled the Tupiniquim Indians from their lands when the historical records show that they never inhabited that area?
Aracruz's challenge
For the third time in 30 years, the Brazilian Indian Foundation (FUNAI) is asking Aracruz to expand the Espírito Santo Indians reservation on Aracruz's lands.
For the third time in 30 years, the Brazilian Indian Foundation (FUNAI) is asking Aracruz to expand the Espírito Santo Indians reservation on Aracruz's lands.
Evidence
Official Brazilian Census of 1920 and visual evidence reinforce the fact that there were no presence of Indian villages in the region of Aracruz (ES).
Official Brazilian Census of 1920 and visual evidence reinforce the fact that there were no presence of Indian villages in the region of Aracruz (ES).
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What the historians have to say
The area claimed was never inhabited by the Tupiniquim, who lived 140 km away.
What the historians have to say
The area claimed was never inhabited by the Tupiniquim, who lived 140 km away.
