Mercio Pereira Gomes

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Mercio Pereira Gomes is the controversial head of FUNAI (National Indian Foundation of Brazil). Critics say that he is allied with ranchers and loggers. Gomes has stated he plans to reduce the size of reservations and open them up for "productive activity" by outside people. One of his brothers was inducted for genocide in Parque Indigena Araguaia in 1996. Reservations like Igarape Omere where isolated people live have been earmarked for productive activity and logging.

The indians response to Gomes allegations that they "have too much land" can be read on the Survival International page [1].

Sydney Possuelo, famous anthropologist and Director of the Department of Unknown Tribes (Departamento de Indios Isolados) at FUNAI since the early 1990's was dismissed from his position on January 24 2006, only days after publicly criticizing Mercio Gomes statements.

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