Comments on: Amazon tribe lays waste to hydro dam site

By: Survival Acres Blog » I.D.J.I.T.

Survival Acres Blog » I.D.J.I.T. — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:29:05 +0000

[...] here’s one for you, the Amazon tribe, Enawene Nawe lays waste to a hydroelectric dam construction site that threatens their entire civilization. Awesome! In an attempt to protect the Juruena river in [...]

By: Ahni

Ahni — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:10:10 +0000

Probably not, Brriz, but you can be sure they appreciate the support!

By: brriz

brriz — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 03:22:45 +0000

more power to to you indian dudes! You are never gonna read this though…. sh1t.

By: Jonathan Wurst

Jonathan Wurst — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 20:49:53 +0000

Sorry, I made a typo. I meant Amazon Tribes This is great info. Thanks again for sharing. Jonathan

By: Jonathan Wurst

Jonathan Wurst — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 20:44:27 +0000

“Nice article! Do you have any photographs of this tribe? Amazonian tribes are so beautiful. I found some wonder pictures of Amazon tribes at Amazon Tribes

Thanks for the wonder eye-opening article!

By: Dam workers attack the Enawene Nawe | Intercontinental Cry

Dam workers attack the Enawene Nawe | Intercontinental Cry — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:06:44 +0000

[...] This news comes just two months after 120 members of the Enawene Nawe occupied the construction site of another hydro dam, and then burned it to the ground. [...]

By: tom

tom — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 04:35:04 +0000

Is that what’s happening to the tribe? What I read mentioned something about disruption of fish and pollution. Neither of which is substantiated. Hydro power is clean energy and most if not all modern dams are build with fish in mind and employ various methods for safe piscine passage. If these dams would destroy their homes, take away their possessions, etc, I’d see reason for concern, but I haven’t read anything saying as much.

By: Ahni

Ahni — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 18:16:29 +0000

This isn’t about me either, Tom. It’s about the Enawene Nawe — who, as far as I know, do not use electricity, and even if they did, they most likely would NOT benefit from hydro (or coal) development on their land.

In this situation, like hundreds of others just like it in the world today, the Enawene Nawe are essentially being told that they have to sacrifice their way of life so “other people” can get some electricity.

Are you really telling me that this is ok? that the Enawene Nawe should just sell out everything they know for people that probably couldn’t care less whether or not they live or die?

Imagine if your neighbor came to your house, told you to give up your job, your car, your money, your religion, your values, your language, your beliefs, because he thinks he can use it better that you. It’s “for the greater good”, he says.

Maybe you’re ok with that, I don’t know.
But the Enawene Nawe are not.

As for sustainable development, there are plenty of alternatives in the world. The question is, do the corporations and governments have the guts to implement them or will they continue to rely on the inferior technologies of coal, hydro, etc.

By: tom

tom — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 17:35:40 +0000

please stop being foolish and get off of your computer then. Unless you’re living off grid in a place where no one else has ever lived before. If this is the case, please share your method of 100% sustainability whilst living on the moon.

By: Ahni

Ahni — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 07:05:53 +0000

Tom, this isn’t about coal mining, it’s about hydro development — but, in any case, just because there isn’t a starbucks on every corner doesn’t mean it’s ‘uninhabited.’

The land is indigenous territory, within which the Enawene Nawe have rights that precede the “need” of electricity by “WE who foolishly depend on it for our way of life” — a group that does not include the Enawene Nawe.