Association for primitive peoples

The Federation for Indigenous Peoples V. ( BfN e.V. for short , later the Bund für "Naturvölker" e.V. , most recently Bund für Indigenvölker e.V. ) was a non-profit, German association to support indigenous peoples . The association was founded in May 1995 and registered at the local court in Eberswalde in January 1996 . In 2004 the association had 112 members. In 2011 the association disbanded.

The goals of the association were (according to the statutes):

to make the lot of the last "primitive peoples" public;
to work with all necessary, peaceful means for the survival of these peoples in the dignity and tradition of their ancestors;
to support international campaigns for land rights and protests against arbitrariness and violence;
Providing on-site assistance to preserve traditional cultures and ways of life;
to work with indigenous organizations in Brazil;
Publish project descriptions and calls for donations in the association's journal Bumerang .

With the collected donations, the association supported u. a .:

a medical training and counseling project in the Amazon region of Brazil (from 1997);
medical projects for the benefit of indigenous peoples in Peru and Paraguay (since 2001);
a training and cultural center in Mongolia (since 2005).

literature

Club magazine Bumerang (1994–2011)
Hannelore Gilsenbach : Ten years of the “Bund für Naturvölker” . Help from Brandenburg for the masters of sustainability. Ed .: Bund für Naturvölker (= Brandenburg Development Policy Hefts . No. 45 ). Dr. Grabow, Teltow 2003 (32 pages).
Death blows . In: Young Freedom . July 11, 2003 ( jungefreiheit.de [accessed May 8, 2020]).