For the fourth time, Supreme Court postpones “Marco Temporal” trial; Indigenous encampment continues

Scheduled for August 26, the Federal Supreme Court postponed the trial of the temporal milestone to September 1st. The trial will analyze Extraordinary Appeal 1017365, about the suit for repossession of the Ibirama-Laklãnõ Indigenous Land, filed by the government of Santa Catarina state against the Xokleng people, which has the “thesis” of the temporal milestone as a premise. The trial will have an effect on the future of indigenous land demarcations in Brazil.

Since August 22, more than 6 thousand indigenous persons from 176 peoples have gathered in Brasilia, the nation’s capital, in the “Struggle for Life” camp to follow the trial and protest against the anti-indigenous agenda of the National Congress. Set up next to the Esplanade of the Ministries, this is the largest indigenous mobilization in 30 years, according to the Indigenous Peoples of Brazil Network (Apib).

For the new trial date, about a thousand activists will remain in Brasilia, now camped in front of the National Arts Foundation (Funarte), until September 2nd.