Located in the Serra da Lua Region, in the Municipality of Cantá, 26 km from Boa Vista, the Tabalascada Indigenous Land celebrates on the day of the Resistance of Indigenous Peoples, April 19, 17 years of homologation of its territory. The commemoration takes place on the same date as Indigenous Peoples' Day.
The community will have a vast program throughout the day, with traditional games and competitions, such as: archery, race with croatá, eating damorida, braiding darruana and several other indigenous disputes. The event takes place after two years of stoppage due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
According to the tuxaua of the Tabalascada community, Cesar da Silva, it is important to celebrate this important date. He also thanked the Indigenous Council of Roraima (CIR) for the support it has received over time.
"April 19 is a very important day for all of us, because of the struggle we had to conquer our territory. In addition to reliving some struggles we have had over time. I also thank our CIR organization, for following this whole process and for defending our people who increasingly strengthen our community," he said.
The main access road to the community is the BR 432 that connects Boa Vista to the municipality of Cantá, crossing the indigenous land in the western part and north to south. In the northern part, the indigenous land is also crossed by the RR 207.
HISTORY OF THE INDIGENOUS LAND
The land regularization of the Tabalascada Indigenous Land began in 1977 under the management of Tuxaua Clóvis Ambrósio and ended in 2005 with its ratification.
On September 30, 2002, Ordinance No. 3,010/MJ was published in the Federal Official Gazette to carry out studies and land surveys for the revision of the Tabalascada Indigenous Land.
On May 29, 2004, the team from the Amazon Topography Company arrived in the community to carry out the work of physical demarcation of the area. During the work there were many conflicts between squatters and the community.
The historical milestone of the conquest of the Tabalascada Indigenous Land occurred on July 27, 2004. A representative of the company, together with the inspector of the National Indian Foundation (Funai), came from Brasília to conclude the demarcation work.
After that, the community began to demand the ratification of the Tabalascada Indigenous Land, as well as its resources for the compensation and removal of the squatters.
Finally, to the surprise and joy of the community, on April 19, 2005, the President of the Republic, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, signed the ratification of the Tabalascada Indigenous Land.
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