The National Foundation of Indigenous Peoples (Funai) found last Wednesday (12) an isolated indigenous from the Mamoriá Grande regionlocated between the municipalities of Pauini and Labrea, in Amazonas.
According to the agency, the indigenous made contact voluntarily. The episode took place in a riverside community located on the Purus River, about five kilometers from the city’s environmental protection base.
In a statement, Funai clarified that it received information about the presence of an isolated indigenous in a non -indigenous community, and moved to the scene, accompanying the young man, to ensure his health insulation.
In addition, medical and professional inputs were made possible to provide the care of the indigenous. Last Thursday (13), he returned to the forest.
After the return, agents of the Indigenous Health Secretariat (Sesai) and Funai were moved to the community.
“While Sesai evaluated the epidemiological situation of the residents, Funai monitored the territory and guided the population about measures to protect the indigenous people isolated from the large Mamoriá Land,” says an excerpt from the statement.
According to Funai, to reinforce the protection of indigenous people and their community, two Funai teams are on their way to the Mamoriá protection base. Another Sesai team should also join the group. They will remain on site indefinitely, monitoring and following the situation.
The team will feature an indigenous collaborator of the Juma people, who is experienced in monitoring isolated peoples and speaking of the Kawahiva language, which can be the same used by the people in question.
Main threats faced by the area
According to agencies that monitor the region, the Mamoriá Grande area faces a series of challenges that urgently make their legal interdiction.
Among the main threats are land speculation; local conflicts in the form of threats from residents against Funai indigenous people and servants; And the absence of legal support for supervision, since Funai did not have a legal provision to carry out adequate inspections in the territory.
The agency continues to follow and permanently evaluate the situation, besides implement measures to protect the large mamoriá indigenous land.
