To be considered indigenous, you must be native to the land. However, imperialism caused a loss of indigenous tribe’s culture and their people. Currently, Forests in Brazil are being cut down. The Kawahiva in Rio Pardo, Brazil are currently becoming history. The Kawahiva’s lifestyle consists of constantly moving within the Amazon Rainforest and using natural resources to function daily. With their lack of resources due to government and illegal logger the Kawahiva are becoming more afraid for their chance of survival.
The Kawahiva’s chance of survival are not in their control. They use their land for shelter and with illegal logger they are having less space for their society to grow. ‘“Their [Kawahiva tribe] territory, known as Rio Pardo, …show more content…
From a tribe’s perspective, the tribe would associate outsider with evil. The Kawahiva people are becoming timider because they fear for their health of their children and themselves. Additionally, when miner, drug gangs, and logger meet the tribe, the Kawahiva may be victims of attacks (Robert Ferris). They are easy to be taken advantage of because they are not close to being technology equivalent to modern day. Along with the decline in population, the tribe’s reproduction rate is becoming lower. “Tribespeople who are constantly evading hostile outsiders often seem to stop having children, a sure path to extinction. The small woven toy, however, indicates that Kawahiva mothers have not yet reached that point.” (Heather Pringle). The small woven toy is a reference to a video of the Kawahiva. In the video, “One of the two children hitching a ride on a woman's back notices the camera in the trees and cries out. The group flees (some dizzying camera shake ensues) until one of the men creeps back to examine the foreign invader through from behind brush cover.” (Robert Ferris). They cannot reproduce and have a safe environment to have a baby if they are always on the run from outsider and being plagued with diseases. This fear of reproducing is directly related to the fact of visitors visiting their tribe with intention of harm. The …show more content…
Within these 23 year, their land has been taken away from them and their basic human’s rights has been violated many times. The Fuani has been studying this land since 1999, but in 2001 they have been settled an area outside of the Kawahiva’s land to help protect them (Funai). They are getting the help they need, but the Kawahiva need vast land and the Funai may not be enough help for them. The government has tried to help protect the land, but their effect has not been good enough because the tribe has
The Kawahiva’s chance of survival are not in their control. They use their land for shelter and with illegal logger they are having less space for their society to grow. ‘“Their [Kawahiva tribe] territory, known as Rio Pardo, …show more content…
From a tribe’s perspective, the tribe would associate outsider with evil. The Kawahiva people are becoming timider because they fear for their health of their children and themselves. Additionally, when miner, drug gangs, and logger meet the tribe, the Kawahiva may be victims of attacks (Robert Ferris). They are easy to be taken advantage of because they are not close to being technology equivalent to modern day. Along with the decline in population, the tribe’s reproduction rate is becoming lower. “Tribespeople who are constantly evading hostile outsiders often seem to stop having children, a sure path to extinction. The small woven toy, however, indicates that Kawahiva mothers have not yet reached that point.” (Heather Pringle). The small woven toy is a reference to a video of the Kawahiva. In the video, “One of the two children hitching a ride on a woman's back notices the camera in the trees and cries out. The group flees (some dizzying camera shake ensues) until one of the men creeps back to examine the foreign invader through from behind brush cover.” (Robert Ferris). They cannot reproduce and have a safe environment to have a baby if they are always on the run from outsider and being plagued with diseases. This fear of reproducing is directly related to the fact of visitors visiting their tribe with intention of harm. The …show more content…
Within these 23 year, their land has been taken away from them and their basic human’s rights has been violated many times. The Fuani has been studying this land since 1999, but in 2001 they have been settled an area outside of the Kawahiva’s land to help protect them (Funai). They are getting the help they need, but the Kawahiva need vast land and the Funai may not be enough help for them. The government has tried to help protect the land, but their effect has not been good enough because the tribe has