1. Introduce yourself and say a little about your people and your village<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I am Paulo Henrique, of the Kar\u00e3o Jaguaribaras. I am 15. I am an Indigenous militant and live in Kalembre Feij\u00e3o, on the border between Aratuba and Canind\u00e9. Speaking a little bit about my people, the Kar\u00e3o Jaguaribaras were great protagonists in the fight against colonization, in what is now part of Cear\u00e1 State. My people were declared extinct many times. The Jaguaribaras nation always combined many clans, among them the clans that always lived in the Serra de Ubatryt\u00e9 (today known as Maci\u00e7o de Baturit\u00e9) and to the south, where my Kalembre Feij\u00e3o lies. In 1725, there was a great massacre, in which the young leader Kar\u00e3o directed all of our people to retreat, to gain strength for this hunt, which would last for five generations. In the beginning of the 2000s, in consultation with our leaders, our people decided that it was time to break the silence. That\u2019s when preparations began, and the choices of who would lead each function. In 2005, the first stage of spiritual preparation was completed by the youth who were going to contribute their strength to the movement, along with the troncos s\u00e1bios <\/em>[wise elders with many descendants]. In 2018, the Kar\u00e3o Jaguaribaras people sought out the Indigenous movement to reinforce our struggle and break the silence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. How did you first hear about Covid-19?<\/p>\n\n\n\n I had already heard about Covid-19 by January 2020, on social networks<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3. What did you think the pandemic would be like? Did you imagine that it would last so long?<\/p>\n\n\n\n I imagined that it would be nature\u2019s response, orchestrated by the spirit Haynhang\u00e1, to the great Eurocentric chaos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4. How did social distancing work in your village?<\/p>\n\n\n\n When it became a pandemic, we closed Kalembre\u2019s doors, nobody enters nobody leaves, and we isolated those with symptoms from everyone else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5. What measures were developed to combat the virus?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Due to the fact that we lack professional assistance for specialized health for Indigenous people, to fight the virus, we avoided being in groups, and selected people to do the day-to-day shopping. Those who were chosen, upon arrival in Kalembre, have to take a bath in hot tea. We increased the consumption of vitamins, fruits, and leafy vegetables, to increase immunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 6. Did you receive any help from people or organizations outside of the village?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Help during the pandemic has been very modest, in comparison with our real need. However, during the pandemic, we had contributions from Funai [the National Indian Foundation] (hygiene kits and basic food packages, and also from the Municipal Secretariat for Social Assistance of Canind\u00e9. From the Federation of Indigenous Peoples and Organizations of Cear\u00e1 (Fepoince) and from the Center for the Defense and Promotion of Human Rights of the Archdiocese of Fortaleza (CDPDH), we received some mask kits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 7. Was there a confirmed case in the village?<\/p>\n\n\n\n In terms of Covid-19 cases, we still haven\u2019t managed to get tests to know the level of the disease in our Kalembre. However, a number of people have had symptoms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 8. How have you felt during the isolation?<\/p>\n\n\n\n We feel impotent in the face of this catastrophe, because we realize in this reality we are re-experiencing secular problems, which grew even worse during the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 9. Do you think things will return to normal when the pandemic is over?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Each second that passes is unique. We are experiencing a genesis and we don\u2019t have control of this rushing river, since we are just fish navigating in this flood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 10. Would you like to say anything else that you think is important?<\/p>\n\n\n\n The real situation of the Kar\u00e3o today is one of total abandonment in the midst of this pandemic. In the months of March and April, people began to feel severe symptoms and turned to social support and health agencies at the municipal, state and federal levels, but there was almost no concrete progress. Today, here in Kalembre, there are people with various symptoms and we don\u2019t know who to turn to anymore. It is also worth remembering that universality is a fundamental precept of health access\u00a0 \u0336\u00a0 in addition to respect for the diversity of Indigenous peoples\u00a0 \u0336\u00a0 a precept that is in the 1988 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Brazil. Amidst this pandemic, we don\u2019t even have a single vehicle to get to a hospital\u2019s urgent care and emergency rooms if we need to. I believe that it isn\u2019t easy for anyone, but we feel the lack of these hands of solidarity, especially those that know the reality of every Indigenous people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 1. Introduce yourself and say a little about your people and your village I am Paulo Henrique, of the Kar\u00e3o Jaguaribaras. I am 15. I am an Indigenous militant and live in Kalembre Feij\u00e3o, on the border between Aratuba and Canind\u00e9. 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