This Decree, consisting of 2 articles, establishes administrative markings and specifies geographical coordinates of the Indigenous Land called "Lago do Marinheiro", in the Municipality of Careiro, State of Amazonas. It states that this indigenous land will belong in a permanent way to the indigenous group of Muras, with a surface of 3,586 ha. within the State of Amazonas.
Implements: Act No. 6.001 establishing the native people Statute. (1973-12-19)
Implements: Decree No. 1.775 of 8 January 1996 ruling on the administrative procedures for zoning native people’s land. (1996-01-08)
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Valerio Tranchida (CONSLEG)
Following more than three centuries under Portuguese rule, Brazil gained its independence in 1822, maintaining a monarchical system of government until the abolition of slavery in 1888 and the subsequent proclamation of a republic by the military in 1889. Brazilian coffee exporters politically dominated the country until populist leader Getulio VARGAS rose to power in 1930.
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