Portuguese term (edited): Terras Ind�genas (TI)

eu evitaria "indigenous lands" por me soar a "países indígenas". "territories" implicaria repetição de algo que já foi usado atrás. Alternativamente, diria "six areas of indigenous land", mantendo o nome no singular.

Portuguese term (edited): Terras Ind�genas (TI)

If you're talking about dividing up land, you need to use the word "territory." I would reverse the terms and say that "their traditional Indian lands were divided into six Indigenous Territories."

They used to be called "Indian Territories" when I worked many years ago for the Organization of American States, but "Indian" is no longer politically correct. My point is: they did use "territories."

There are nearly 400 hits for ["indigenous territories"+FUNAI] in English. Here are some examples:

... declaring and ratifying traditional indigenous territories is conducted by Funai
... Funai recognises 604 indigenous territories, 480 of which have been ...
www.brazil.org.uk/page.php?cid=2464 - 50k - Apr 9, 2005

Kayapó Indigenous Territories: Preserving Ancestral Lands ... In 2002, CI concluded
an agreement with FUNAI, Brazil's Indian affairs agency. ...
www.conservation.org/xp/ frontlines/people/parkprofile24-5.xml

To the enthusiasm of indigenous peoples and sectors of Brazilian society in solidarity with their cause, article 67 of the new Constitution ordered the demarcation of all indigenous territories in Brazil within the following 5 years. Brazil was applauded internationally and it was hoped that its historic debt to the indigenous peoples living within its national borders was going to be resolved. Five years later, however, less than half of all indigenous territories had been demarcated. The Brazilian government failed to uphold its constitutional decision: demarcate all indigenous territories by October, 1993.
Today, almost ten years after the 1988 constitutional revision, 291 indigenous territories out of the total 559 still await formal demarcation. Brazil has had four presidents in these past ten years. Ironically, most demarcations occurred under President Collor who was impeached in 1992. In only two years of government, Collor delineated the boundaries of 58 territories and finalized the demarcation of another 112, including the Yanomami territory, totaling more than 125 million acres. President Itamar Franco legalized 55 territories in two years of government. A general optimism followed the victory of President Fernando Henrique Cardoso given his political history and academic profile. Nevertheless, his government has so far fallen short from that of Collor's achievement, having delineated the boundaries of 30 territories and finalized the demarcation of another 46, about 46.5 million acres. Almost ten years and four presidents after the Constitution of 1988, 52 % of the indigenous territories still need to be demarcated and article 67 has yet to be achieved.
saiic.nativeweb.org/brazil.html



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Portuguese term (edited): Terras Ind�genas (TI)

This is how I would put it. The term "Indian" is still current but not politically correct, so "Native Brazilian" would be preferred.
BTW, the tribe name is also spelt Nhambiquara.