On May 21st, the Superior School of the Judges of the State of Tocantins (Esmat) will hold a lecture on Human Rights, the Environment and Indigenous Peoples, which will be given by world indigenous leader Ropni Metyktire, the great indigenous leader known worldwide as Chief Raoni. The event will start at 2pm in the auditorium of Esmat and it will be broadcast via the YouTube page of Esmat.
The activity offers 380 vacancies for the general public and it is part of the Program for the Socio-Political Inclusion of Indigenous Peoples, unanimously approved by the United Nations during the Forum of the United Nations Latin American Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders (ILANUD), held in Quito, Ecuador, in 2020.
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About the lecturer
The great leader known as Chief Raoni was probably born in the early 1930s, in an ancient Mebêngôkre (Kayapó) village called Kraimopry-yaka, in the northeast of the State of Mato Grosso. In 1954, when the Mẽbêngôkre people established definitive contact with the whites, Chief Raoni was around 24 years old and played a fundamental role in the pacification process of several villages. At that time, he met the Villas Boas brothers, with whom he learned how to speak Portuguese and became aware of the non-indigenous world. Throughout his career, Chief Raoni has been a protagonist in several struggles on behalf of the indigenous peoples and the Amazon, and he has become internationally recognized as a legitimate leader and spokesperson for the preservation of the environment.
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