Author: Raquel da Silva Alves

The Jenipapo-Kanindé from Lagoa Encantada village live along the lake’s edge in the Jenipapo-Kanindé Indigenous Land, which lies in the municipality of Aquiraz in Ceará state.  It has an area of 1,731 hectares, with a population of 409 people comprising about 120 families. The Jenipapo-Kanindé’s main conflict is with the Pecém Agroindustrial Ltda. company, part … Continued

The Tapeba are one of 15 Indigenous ethnic groups in Ceará state. They live in the municipality of Caucaia, in the Fortaleza metropolitan area. There are 8,010 Indigenous people, in 17 villages which lie within the 5,294 hectares of the Tapeba Indigenous Land. One of the Tapeba’s land conflicts is with the Arruda Coelho family, … Continued