On June 25, leaders from the Surumú, Baixo Cotingo, Raposa and Serras regions met at the Raposa Serra do Sol Indigenous Training Center (CIFCRSS), Surumú region, to discuss and evaluate the Indigenous Land Consultation Protocol that is in the process of being prepared.
The legal counsel of the Indigenous Council of Roraima (CIR), lawyer Júnior Nicácio, presented the results of the two workshops held in the communities, one inCamará/Baixo Cotingoand another oneSão Mateus/Serras, which discussed the elaboration of the Protocol of the Raposa Serra do Sol Indigenous Land.
Also participating in the meeting was lawyer Chantelle Teixeira, legal advisor to the Indigenous Missionary Council (CIMI) North I region, who addressed the importance of the consultation protocol for strengthening the autonomy of Indigenous peoples. She also cited the experience of other peoples in the Amazon who prepared their protocols, for example, Munduruku, Waimiri, Atroari, Yanomami, etc.
The leaders plan to approve the Consultation protocol in 2022, in September, during the V Assembly of the Raposa Serra do Sol Indigenous Land, so they formed a commission to study and analyze the document that was built in the workshops.
About 200 Indigenous leaders, including Tuxauas, women, young people, counselors, legal operators, GPVITI, teachers and health agents, were participating in the revision of the Consultation Protocol of the Raposa Serra do Sol Indigenous Land.