Josué Borori Txebuare Karajá, leader of the Karajá Xambioá people, dies

The Coordination of Indigenous Organizations of the Brazilian Amazon (Coiab) reported the death of Josué Borori Txebuare Karajá, 75, an indigenous leader of the Karajá Xambioá people. According to the association, Borori was a victim of an influenza outbreak that has affected several indigenous communities.

Josué was the chief of the Hawa-Tymara Village, located in the Xambioá Indigenous Land, in the municipality of Santa Fé do Araguaia, state of Tocantins. As a retired employee of the National Indian Foundation (Funai), “he played an important role in various historical and political processes of his people, including the struggle for the demarcation of the Xambioá Indigenous Land,” wrote Coiab.