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continuing genocidal campaign against the native ples ~ which somchow makes it a neat place for ran Indian conference, And then fewer than a dozen of the 150 persons attending were native people. Only Chile included an Indian in its official delegation, The United States and Canada uid not. Delegates to the conference were invited to visit two of the fifteen reservations in Brazil, but newsmen were not allowed to sccoinpany them. The two chosen sites were the Xingu National Park and the Canclaltza- maranhao, home of the Xingu and Rankokamerkra tribes. When one critic of government polie YY pointed out that the reservation he observed mi ning corapanies, Interior Minister Costa Calvalcanti admitted that mining possibilities were “being studied” but assured reporters that other fand would be found for the Indians if their removal was necessary. . a i 1, the congress and its will be “an excelient cpportunity . for at countries i see what has becn done in benefit They have received everything from nce to financial help and mnorvatian « - genous policy planned and e: according to the highest humanistic principtes.” The p purpose of the week-long conference was said to be to enable the participating nations to share their ex- periences with protection, integration, and advance- ment of Indians. * At the final working session, the conference approved a document to he called the “Declaration of Brasi - The document reflects the philosophical conflict en- ever the 20 miition Indians of North and South Arner ica are found, Ht recommends ‘realization process of social change that assures continued integration of these groups into the ‘rational " Of course, it added the usual “respect of the | institutions and the Indian as a person, so that , the process occurs without detriment to the values on wnich he bases his identity.’ The United States delegation took along four Indians as “advisors”. Herman Narcho, a Papago from Sells, Ari- zona, who works in the Manpower ‘Administration of the Department of Labor, sang, according to reporters, four American indian songs from the Navajo, Pueblo, and Plains indians. And Dave Warren, a Pueblo Indian from Santa Ciara and director of research for the AKWESASNE NOTES — volved in Indian oppression. Although officials have been ed of crimes ranging from mass murder to theft, none have yet been tried. Bideinccedud t.” si, eaters ahen ince anit “lene ence South American Indian children hom “Sao Paulo in 1 Apparently Brazil’s netve endings are becoming a little charges by the National Congress of American (ndian: regarding the genocide taking place there. Celso Diniz, chargé a sfisires for the embassy, said that the accounts of ill treatment “are whclly false and are generally fabricated by ideologically ‘motivated polite jov- tion” desirous of conducting “unbiased studies” investigate. But Indians in North America have not been swayed by the embassy‘s denials. In one response, Benny Atencio, chairman of the All- Indian Pueblo Council of New Mexico catled upon United States president Richard Nixon “to stop Linh murder of our brothers and we demand that you the Congress take immediate action.” Atencio said Ghat American Ridges can “only be held to nese of the polici unless measures are taken to forcs change in nthe actions of the governments involved.” “ But the interests involved in the actions against Brazil’s native people read like New York's Yellow Pages Swift Meats, Rockefeller Cattle, Georgia Pacific Lumber, Alcoa Corporation, U.S. Steel, Bothfehem Steel Corp. And the American Government itself is also deeply involved. In 1970, Brazil's FUNAI, then civilian controlled, ies taken over by the military, with General de Melo 's he: general formerly was chief of military intelligence and interrogati On. EARLY AUTUMN, 1972 EGS NS FPSSL Ter Seee rey yf LES eee VELEN rs José Vicente César, secretary of the new Counsil, goes so fer as to say, “Everything we did in the past was cu He Points out thet the ruling of Vatican I! requires misstonaries to respect the religious beliefs of mis: Guard and making Indians wear uniforms, and sing ne National Anthem. Even if the Indians do not die, there is a fate worse. The Terena tribe, for exampie,transferred from the in- land Brazilian state of Mato Grosso to the northeast of 930, and are now reduced to misery. in 30 years, the culture seems completely gone. To enter- tain visiting officials, they pathetically dress up in paper hats and chicken feathers, pretending to be the Indians their fathers were. "(Thanks to Timothy Ross for his report of July 27 in th London Observer, to Taby Molenaar writing for ihe September 3, 1972, issue of Tropic, to Rob. Tenison an vival Internati (36 Craven St, London WC2N 5NG), Marie- Helére Laraque, Ben Muneta of the American In Press ation, Robert A. Erlandson of the Rio de Janeiro Bureau jal tim: -d Press International, the Wa: ton Post, and theAssociated Press for their information.) c The United States and Canada both participate in vid ual “Inter-American Indian Conference”. At year's ‘s conference, all participants signed a join t declar- ation that they advocated “a consistent process of social change that assures conti tinued it intesy tegration of “ Both the a Canada have recently denied that they have been pursuing a policy of integration or assimiia tion % and Indian groups will do well to either have the and Canada confirm or renounce the declaration mask at the conference in Brasilia. The Editors.) PAGE 26