Demarcation Diaries
18 September 2001
Steve (Team B) : Today I present you with a different kind of update. I want to offer you
the opinions of the Deni themselves. So I decided to interview one of them in order
to allow you hear his side of the story directly. more
Kontau (Team A) : The excitement of moving to another stage was felt by everyone, for finally we would set up our working
base camp in the forest. This would have happened days earlier, if not for
the Brazilian bureaucracy and the terroist attack in the United States. more
Bryan (Team A) : I have been to the forest one day since I last wrote. In that trip, I
discovered the calm beauty of the forest ahead of the demarcation team. more
Paula, Samuel and Petros (Cuniua Team) : This morning a Urubu (a large vulture) pooped on Ademar while he was
sleeping. He stood up and jumped in to the river.
more
Note: Volunteers and the Deni work in three different teams. Team C (Cuniuã Team) works by boat following the Coxodoã, Cuniuã and Canaçã rivers, the natural boundary of the Deni territory along the eastern perimeter. Teams A and B started at the north west tip, working away from each other, assisting the Deni in cutting a 1.5 meter path through the jungle and erecting signs identifying the Deni territory.
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