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The conflict of interethinic relations in the Brazilian Amazon diamond mining

This article aims to analyze the documentary Jewel Of Amazon, produced by American journalists about the reality of indigenous group Cinta Larga, specifically the conflicts involving this group around the exploration of diamonds present in their lands of which location is in the city Espigão D'Oeste", in Rondonia's state. The documentary content points to issues that involve both the entry of non-Indians in the lands mentioned beforeand the stigma attached to indigenous societies by the local population due to the indiscriminate exploration of natural resources that occurred in the reserve.

conflict; stigma; interethnic relations; frontier


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