The Sai Cinza Indigenous Territory () is an indigenous territory in the state of

Pará Pará () is a Federative units of Brazil, state of Brazil, located in northern Brazil and traversed by the lower Amazon River. It borders the Brazilian states of Amapá, Maranhão, Tocantins (state), Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Amazonas (Brazilian st ...

, Brazil. A proposed dam on the

Tapajós The Tapajós ( ) is a river in Brazil. It runs through the Amazon Rainforest and is a major tributary of the Amazon River. When combined with the Juruena River, the Tapajós is approximately long. Prior to a drastic increase in illegal gold mi ...

river is on hold since it would flood part of the territory, and the constitution does not allow projects that would force relocation of indigenous people.

Location

The Sai Cinza Indigenous Territory is in the municipality of

Jacareacanga Jacareacanga is a municipality in the state of Pará in the Northern region of Brazil. It is at the very centre of South America. Conservation The municipality contains the Crepori National Forest, created in 2006. It contains 14% of the Tapaj ...

, Pará. It has an area of . It adjoins the

Mundurucu Indigenous Territory The Mundurucu Indigenous Territory () is an indigenous territory in the state of Pará, Brazil. It is occupied by the Apiacá and Munduruku people. A proposed dam on the Tapajós river is on hold since it would flood part of the territory, and t ...

to the south. The western part of the territory is bounded by the

river to the north. In the east the territory contains land on both sides of the river. The reserve is entirely within the Tapajós basin and the

Amazon biome The Amazon biome () contains the Amazon rainforest, an area of tropical rainforest, and other ecoregions that cover most of the Amazon basin and some adjacent areas to the north and east. The biome contains blackwater river, blackwater and whitewa ...

. Vegetation is 82.69% dense rainforest and 17.31 savanna-rainforest contact.

History

The Sai Cinza Indigenous Territory was declared by decree 94.604 of 14 July 1987. It was approved by decree 393 of 26 December 1991. The reservoir of the proposed

Chacorão Dam The Chacorão Dam (or Chocorão Dam, ) is a proposed dam on the Tapajós river in the state of Pará, Brazil. It would flood a section of rapids in the river, making them navigable by barges carrying soybeans to ports on the Amazon River. The da ...

on the Tapajós river would affect the

Munduruku The Munduruku, also known as Mundurucu or Wuy Jugu, are an indigenous people of Brazil living in the Amazon River basin. Some Munduruku communities are part of the Coatá-Laranjal Indigenous Land. They had an estimated population in 2014 of 13 ...

Kayabí The Kayabí or Kaiabi are an Indigenous people of Brazil, indigenous people of Brazil inhabiting the northern state of Mato Grosso. They primarily live in the Xingu Indigenous Park and the Indian Reservation of Apiaká-Kayabi south of Pará. T ...

and

Apiacá The Apiacá, or Apiaká, are an indigenous people of Brazil, who live in northern Mato Grosso, near the border of Pará. They speak an Apiacá language that is a subgroup part of the Tupi-Guarani languages, though many today speak Portuguese. Pri ...

indigenous people. As of 2010

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had not applied for registration with the National Electricity Agency to start feasibility studies for the Chacorão hydroelectric power plant, since the dam would flood parts of the

Mundurucu The Munduruku, also known as Mundurucu or Wuy Jugu, are an indigenous people of Brazil living in the Amazon River basin. Some Munduruku communities are part of the Coatá-Laranjal Indigenous Land. They had an estimated population in 2014 of 13,7 ...

and Sai Cinza indigenous territories. A spokesman said that without a decree to regulate the constitution there was no way to undertake projects in indigenous territories. A series of planning workshops in the two TIs starting in November 2011 where more than 300 indigenous people participated. In October 2013 a seminar was held in the village of Sai-Cinza on creating a Territorial and Environmental Management Plan (PGTA) for the Munduruku and Sai-Cinza Indigenous Territories. The seminar was attended by representatives from all parts of the two TIs and from involved government and civil society organizations.

People

The territory is inhabited by the

people. The estimated population was 529 in 1990, rising to 1,022 by 2000 and to 1,739 by 2013. Indigenous organizations include Associação Da'uk (AIP), Associação Indígena Wuyxaximã, Conselho Indígena Munduruku do Alto Tapajós (CIMAT) and Kerepo - Associação de Produtores Indígenas (KEREPO). The state is represented in the territory by the Fundação Nacional do Índio (Funai). There is an evangelist Assembly of God mission and a Brazilian Baptist Convention mission. There are 13 mining concessions in the region.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sai Cinza Indigenous Territory Indigenous Territories (Brazil) 1991 establishments in Brazil

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