Firing Arrows Indigenous People In Brazil Protest Bill Curtailing Land

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Firing Arrows Indigenous People In Brazil Protest Bill Curtailing Land Riot police fired pepper spray to contain the crowd, and some arrows were shot at the glass windows of the building. "this bill pl 490 is harmful not just to us, but to humanity," sonia guajajara, head of brazil's largest indigenous umbrella organization apib, told reuters. indigenous people march to the entrance of the chamber of deputies. Several hundred indigenous brazilians protested outside the congress building in brasilia on wednesday against a bill backed by the country's farm sector that would limit recognition of reservation lands. protesters wearing feathered headdresses and body paint later tried to invade a downtown building to demand the ouster of the head of the government's indigenous affairs agency funai for not. Indigenous leaders vow more protests. the law sailed through brazil's lower house of congress late tuesday and is expected to pass the senate. among its provisions, it will limit the creation of. "this bill pl 490 is harmful not just to us, but to humanity," sonia guajajara, head of brazil's largest indigenous umbrella organization apib, told reuters. the legislation, first tabled in 2007, would fix 1988 as the cut off date for the demarcation of reservation lands if they were not occupied at that time.