Indigenous Groups In Brazil

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OP: Hello everyone, I am the United Nations Ambassador to the country of Brazil, Quincey Lascheid. As you most likely know, the tribal rights group “Survival International” has brought the world’s attention to Native Indigenous groups in the Brazil. This has been a topic of debate as to what we should do with those groups. I am ready to hear your questions on this subject.

Q: Where are these groups located?
A: Many live in the jungle of the Amazon in Brazil.
(If they want more, say Peru.)

Q: What threats do these Native people face?
A: These people face threats from illegal loggers and cattle ranchers. They destroy their homes and force them to flee, or they kill them. The diseases and infections that they bring with them can also harm
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A: An advantage of contacting these groups is that these Native people have a deep understanding of the forest and things in the forest, and so if we were to contact them we could get that knowledge. These groups also have their own languages and customs, which would be beneficial to study. If we do contact these groups, diseases that aren’t very harmful to us can wipe them out. Integrating them to society would also be a financially draining process.

Q: Should these Native Brazilians be isolated from our modern society or be brought into our “civilized” lifestyle? What is your plan?
A: The Native people should continue to be isolated from the world and Brazil, therefore we should continue letting the Native people live on the land. There is no need for us to put them at further risk them by introducing them to diseases that could wipe out their population, and therefore their customs and unique characteristics. On the first day of enacting my plan we will send out trained forces and build watch-posts to guard the areas and make sure no cattle ranchers and loggers want to illegally take their land. We will also conduct observations on the people to find more their lives and to make sure they aren’t in danger, but we will not be coming in contact with them. Only if the Native groups are in danger should we approach them. This plan will continue until the Native people make contact with us or until we have sufficient technology to meet them without putting their lives needlessly at

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