Brazil's Krenak Indigenous group receives a formal apology for human rights abuses and Ailton Krenak becomes the first Indigenous person to earn a seat at the Brazilian Academy of Letters.
It was a monumental week for Brazil 's Krenak Indigenous group after decades of being overlooked at best, and at worst, subjugated and tortured. On Tuesday, the Krenak people received a formal apology for human rights abuses they suffered during the military dictatorship (1964-1985) — a first in Brazil .
Then on Friday one of its leaders, renowned writer and environmentalist Ailton Krenak, became the first Indigenous person to earn a seat at the Brazilian Academy of Letters, the country's most exclusive literature body
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