Ministry of Native People (Brazil)

The Ministry of Indigenous Peoples (Portuguese: Ministério dos Povos Indígenas, MPI) is a cabinet-level federal ministry in Brazil. The ministry was established on 11 January 2023 under the government of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to advance and protect the interests of the Indigenous people of Brazil.^[2][3]

Ministry of Indigenous Peoples

Portuguese: Ministério dos Povos Indígenas
Agency overview
Formed	1 January 2023; 2 years ago (2023-01-01)
Type	Ministry
Jurisdiction	Federal government of Brazil
Headquarters	Esplanada dos Ministérios Brasília, Federal District
Annual budget	$640 m BRL (2023)[1]
Agency executives	Sônia Guajajara, Minister Eloy Terena, Executive-Secretary Eunice Kerexu, Secretary of Indigenous Environmental and Territorial Rights Ceiça Pitaguary, Secretary of Indigenous Environmental and Territorial Management Juma Xipaia, Secretary of Articulation and Promotion of Indigenous Rights
Website	www.gov.br/povosindigenas/

Structure

The priorities and structure of the Ministry are being elaborated in the Thematic Group of Indigenous People created during the transition, that contains, within its objectives, the nullification of the measures adopted by the Bolsonaro Government relative to the demarcation and use of indigenous territories.^[4] The relationship between the new ministry, FUNAI and the Special Secretariat for Indigenous Health (SESAI), a division of the Ministry of Health, is yet to be established.

Departments and Secretariats

• Department of Mediation and Conciliation of Indigenous Conflicts
• Secretariat for Indigenous Environmental and Territorial Rights
  • Department of Territorial Demarcation
  • Department of Territorial Protection and Isolated and Recently Contacted Indigenous Peoples
• Secretariat of Environmental and Indigenous Territorial Management
  • Department of Environmental, Territorial Management and Promotion of Good Living
  • Department of Climate Justice
• Secretariat for Articulation and Promotion of Indigenous Rights
  • Department of Promotion of Indigenous Policy
  • Department of Indigenous Languages and Memories

Collegiate bodies

• National Council for Indigenous Policy (CNPI)

Related bodies

• FUNAI
• Special Secretariat for Indigenous Health (SESAI)

Leadership

The current federal deputy Sônia Guajajara was announced, in late December, as the head of the agency.^[5]

No.	Portrait	Minister	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party		President
1		Sônia Guajajara (born 1974)	1 January 2023 (2023-01-01)	Incumbent	2 years, 352 days		PSOL	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT)

Current composition

Public office	Name	Profession and/or academic background	Ethnicity	References
Minister of State	Sônia Guajajara	nurse and federal deputy	Guajajara	[6]
Executive Secretary	Eloy Terena	lawyer with a postdoctoral degree in anthropology	Terena	[7]
Secretary of Indigenous Environmental and Territorial Rights	Kerexu Yxapyry	chief , teacher , environmental manager and socio-environmental activist	Guarani	[8]
Secretary of Environmental and Indigenous Territorial Management	Ceiça Pitaguary	indigenous rights activist	Pitaguaris	[9]
Secretary for Articulation and Promotion of Indigenous Rights	Juma Xipaia	chief , socio-environmental activist and medical student	Xipaia	[10]
Chief of Staff	Joziléia Kaingang	Anthropologist, PhD candidate in Anthropology and activist for the rights of indigenous women	Kaingang	[8]
President of FUNAI	Joenia Wapichana	lawyer with a master's degree in law and former federal deputy	Wapixana

See also

• Genocide of indigenous peoples in Brazil
• Fundação Nacional do Índio (FUNAI)