Brazilians free essay sample

Overview of Indians, social cultural conditions, assimilation, regionalism, population, economics. The Indian peoples of Brazil have seen their tribal way of life disappearing in the face of forces from the rest of Brazil, much as indigenous peoples everywhere have seen an erosion of their way of life: What has amounted to a genocidal process of attrition dates back to the arrival of the first white men, and the abuse and killing of native Brazilians has gained fresh impetus in recent decades as Brazil has opened up its frontiers in an effort to tap the vast resources of the Amazon basin (Page 85). The elite of Brazil et the priorities for the nation, and they have always put their own comfort and enrichment ahead of that of the native Brazilian. The Indians have had to yield in every confrontation with the forces of progress, and the exploitation