With the participation of the federal government, the meeting took stock of actions and discussed the removal of invaders and the restructuring of health and education
"To start having a good dialogue, I would start in the Education sector, within schools", responds leader Maurício Ye'kwana to the question “How will the forest recover?”, which leads the film of the 11th Yanomami and Ye'kwana Leadership Forum launched this Wednesday (XNUMX) on the YouTube channel of the Socioenvironmental Institute (ISA).
With reports from leaders and interviews with the president of Funai, Joenia Wapichana, and the head of the Government House, Nilton Tubino, the minidoc The 13-minute film also features previously unseen images from a flight made in October over the regions most affected by illegal mining, such as Alto Rio Catrimani, Rio Couto Magalhães, Xitei and Rio Parima.
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The meeting took place after the scars left by the administration of Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2022), described as a period of “nightmare for indigenous peoples” by Maurício, and one year and eight months after President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) decree an emergency action to remove invaders and structure Health in the Yanomami Indigenous Land.
“The issue of invasions began to decrease. Today it has decreased a lot, we hardly see many prospectors, nor much movement, especially in the rivers, going up and down the river. And the rivers were also muddy and today they are almost cleared up”, says Júlio Ye'kwana, president of Wanasseduume Ye'kwana (Seduume).
The 23th Yanomami Leadership Forum took place from September 27 to XNUMX in the Fuduuwaaduinha community in Auaris, where the Ye'kwana live. The event brought together leaders from all regions of the Yanomami Indigenous Land and was attended by representatives of the federal government to report to the indigenous people on the actions in the territory.
“We wanted to hear the government’s plan, what they are bringing to inform us, what strategy they are developing to improve the Yanomami Indigenous Land. That is why we brought the federal government to talk and demand it as well,” says Júlio Ye'kwana.
Nilton Tubino showed the results of losses to the mining operation, which had already reached R$209 million. Tubino stated that night operations and overflights will continue to be carried out to combat invasion of the territory and expel persistent miners.
“In the health sector, which was our commitment when we arrived, there were seven health units closed and today they are all functioning. Our strategy from now on is to do a thorough inspection of the territory, going through all the areas that have historically been used for mining to conduct a survey,” said Tubino.
Davi Kopenawa and Dário Kopenawa, father and son and representatives of the Hutukara Yanomami Association (HAY), also gave testimonies for the film. Davi was emphatic in saying that the Yanomami want to continue on the path that Omama built for his people, while Dário warned of the need to respect nature.
“We want to respect our mother nature. If we don’t respect our mother nature, where are we going to live? Where are we going to get water? What good life are we going to live? That’s why we want both worlds: Yanomami and the city. We want to protect our land, which is unique and has no plan B,” said Dário.
Since the Fuduuwaaduinha community is located about 10km from Venezuela, Yanomami and Ye'kwana indigenous people from the neighboring country were able to participate in the event. Since 2008, the Venezuelan government has not demarcated indigenous lands. In addition, the Ye'kwana report a strong presence of miners and fishermen on indigenous lands.
“Among my people, there is no health education. There are no specific doctors, with more knowledge, so many family members are dying,” says Lavi Hernandez, a Yanomami from Venezuela.
The film, as well as the letter The final of the 5th Forum is signed by the nine associations of the Yanomami Indigenous Land. HAY and ISA are responsible for producing the mini-doc, which was produced by Platô Filmes.
Thiago Briglia is the executive producer, while the production is by Fabrício Araújo, who also wrote the script together with Yare Perdomo. The film has images and photography direction by Lucas Silva, photography assistance by Fabrício Marinho and editing by Yare Perdomo.
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