Decree 1775

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Decree 1775 or the Indian Decree was signed into Brazilian law by President Fernando Henrique Cardoso January 8th, 1996. The decree set a timetable for demarcation of indigenous lands by FUNAI, the governmental department which deals with indigenous issues. The decree was widely criticized as a political maneuver to benefit commercial logging and mineral interests.

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• Decree 1775
• List of articles criticizing the degree
• Brazil's Giant Step Backward on Indigenous Rights