The Pitaguary people inhabit the Pitaguary Indigenous Land, located in the municipalities of Maracana\u00fa and Pacatuba, in the Fortaleza metropolitan region of Cear\u00e1 state, approximately 26 kilometres from the capital. The population of this territory is 3,623 Indigenous people, according to 2014 data from the Indigenous Health Care Information System of the Special Secretariat for Indigenous Health. They live in six communities: Aldeia Horto, Aldeia do Olho d\u2019\u00c1gua, Aldeia Nova, Aldeia do Santo Ant\u00f4nio dos Pitaguary, Aldeia Central (in Maracana\u00fa) and Aldeia Munguba (in Pacatuba). The Indigenous Land, which awaits ratification, was proclaimed by the Ministry of Justice in 2006.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The demarcation process began in 199<\/a>7 , when the National Indian Foundation (Funai), in Order n\u00ba 1.093\/PRES, of 24 October<\/a> , established a technical group responsible for identification and demarcation studies, coordinated by anthropologist Maria de F\u00e1tima Campelo Brito. This technical group produced the comprehensive identification and delimitation report of the Pitaguary Indigenous Land, published in 2000, which concluded that the territory traditionally occupied by this people totalled 1,735.60 hectares.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In July of 2000, the report was approved by the president of the National Indian Foundation, in Directive n\u00b0 34 of 3 July. After this recognition, the Pitaguary Indigenous Land awaited the publication of the declarative order by the Ministry of Justice and then presidential ratification. Almost ten years after the process began, six years after recognition of the Indigenous Land by the National Indian Foundation, it was declared a permanent possession of the Pitaguary people by Ministry of Justice Order n\u00ba 2.366 of 15 November 2006. The ratification of the Indigenous Land, however, has still not occurred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Despite the publication of the declaratory order, \u201cIn 2002, one of the non-Indigenous families living in the area filed a lawsuit (n\u00ba 2002.81.001593-7) in the 10th<\/sup> Civil Jurisdiction of Fortaleza, negating the ethnic identity of the Pitaguary and alleging that this community never occupied the land. It also requested that the administrative process of the area\u2019s demarcation be stopped or cancelled. In 2006, a judge from the 10th<\/sup> Jurisdiction issued a partial judgment in favour of the plaintiffs. It maintained the demarcation of the Indigenous Land, but excluded the Fazenda Pouso Alegre tract, claiming that there was no traditional Indigenous occupation in this area. This is despite the fact that the Fazenda is located along the summit of the Serra do Pitaguary, between the Pitaguary villages of Munguba and Santo Ant\u00f4nio, which are located on each side of the mountain. The federal government and the Federal Public Ministry appealed the decision in Civil Appeal n\u00ba 419332\/CE and the suit continued in the Federal Appels Court (TRF-5), in Recife, Pernambuco. The appeal was rejected, thus maintaining the initial 2008 decision of the 10th<\/sup> Jurisdiction. A motion for annulment (N\u00ba 0802049-43.2016.4.05.0000) was filed by the Pitaguary\u2019s lawyers in 2016, but has not been decided. However, in June 2018, the National Indian Foundation published a new map of the Indigenous Land, excluding the Fazenda Pouso Alegre from the demarcated area. But the map was not published in the Di\u00e1rio Oficial da Uni\u00e3o \u2013 which is the vehicle for official communications of decisions by federal agencies. It was only found in an unreported change to the geographic-processing section of the National Indian Foundation website, impeding public awareness of the act yet making it appear official. This has been \u201cquite disturbing to the Pitaguary people\u201d, according to the Brazilian Association of Anthropology (Associa\u00e7\u00e3o Brasileira de Antropologia, Bras\u00edlia, July 11, 2018).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Links:<\/p>\n\n\n\n ASSOCIA\u00c7\u00c3O BRASILEIRA DE ANTROPOLOGIA. Comiss\u00e3o de Assuntos Ind\u00edgenas. 2018. Nota da ABA\/CAI sobre a Terra Ind\u00edgena Pitaguary. Bras\u00edlia, 11 jul. Dispon\u00edvel em: http:\/\/aba.abant.org.br\/files\/20180711_5b464efdce33d.pdf. Accessed: 31 Oct. 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ASSOCIA\u00c7\u00c3O PARA DESENVOLVIMENTO LOCAL CO-PRODUZIDO. 2019. Situa\u00e7\u00e3o dos povos ind\u00edgenas do Cear\u00e1. Fortaleza. Dispon\u00edvel em: http:\/\/adelco.org.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Livro_Diagn%C3%B3stico.pdf. Accessed: 31 Oct. 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n CONSELHO INDIGENISTA MISSION\u00c1RIO. 2018. Nota p\u00fablica de rep\u00fadio \u00e0s viola\u00e7\u00f5es de direitos territoriais do Povo Ind\u00edgena Pitaguary. Bras\u00edlia, 10 jul. Dispon\u00edvel em: https:\/\/cimi.org.br\/2018\/07\/nota-publica-de-repudio-as-violacoes-de-direitos-territoriais-do-povo-indigena-pitaguary\/. Accessed: 31 Oct. 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n CONSELHO INDIGENISTA MISSION\u00c1RIO. 2019. Relat\u00f3rio viol\u00eancia contra os povos ind\u00edgenas no Brasil: dados de 2018. Bras\u00edlia. Dispon\u00edvel em: https:\/\/cimi.org.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/relatorio-violencia-contra-os-povos-indigenas-brasil-2018.pdf. Accessed: 31 Oct. 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n FEDERA\u00c7\u00c3O DOS POVOS E ORGANIZA\u00c7\u00d5ES IND\u00cdGENAS DO CEAR\u00c1. [P\u00e1gina do Facebook]. Available at: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FEPOINCE\/photos\/a.761331330684224\/994367227380632\/?type=3&theater. Accessed: 31 Oct. 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n FUNDA\u00c7\u00c3O OSWALDO CRUZ. Escola Nacional de Sa\u00fade P\u00fablica Sergio Arouca. N\u00facleo Ecologias, Epistemologias e Promo\u00e7\u00e3o Emancipat\u00f3ria da Sa\u00fade. [201-]. CE \u2013 Pedreira da Empresa Britaboa amea\u00e7a \u00edndios Pitaguary em Fortaleza. In: Mapa de Conflitos Envolvendo Injusti\u00e7a Ambiental e Sa\u00fade no Brasil. Rio de Janeiro. Dispon\u00edvel em: http:\/\/mapadeconflitos.ensp.fiocruz.br\/?conflito=ce-pedreira-da-empresa-britaboa-ameaca-indios-pitaguary-em-fortaleza. Accessed: 22 Oct. 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n INSTITUTO SOCIOAMBIENTAL. [201-].Terra Ind\u00edgena Pitaguary. In: Terras Ind\u00edgenas no Brasil. S\u00e3o Paulo. Available at: https:\/\/terrasindigenas.org.br\/pt-br\/terras-indigenas\/4057#direitos. Accessed: 22 out. 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n PINHEIRO, Joceny de Deus. 2007. Pitaguary. In: Povos Ind\u00edgenas no Brasil. S\u00e3o Paulo, Instituto Socioambiental. Available at: https:\/\/pib.socioambiental.org\/pt\/Povo:Pitaguary. Accessed: 22 Oct. 2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n SANTANA, Renato. 2017. \u00c1rea do territ\u00f3rio Pitaguary a ser reintegrada \u00e0 posse de pedreira pertence \u00e0 Uni\u00e3o. In: Conselho Indigenista Mission\u00e1rio \u2013 Not\u00edcias. Bras\u00edlia, 29 nov. Dispon\u00edvel em: https:\/\/cimi.org.br\/2017\/11\/area-do-territorio-pitaguary-a-ser-reintegrada-a-posse-de-pedreira-pertence-a-uniao\/. Accessed: 31 Oct. 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Pitaguary people inhabit the Pitaguary Indigenous Land, located in the municipalities of Maracana\u00fa and Pacatuba, in the Fortaleza metropolitan region of Cear\u00e1 state, approximately 26 kilometres from the capital. 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